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Ethiopia declares state of emergency to protect civilians from Tigray rebe
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ethiopian cabinet has declared a state of emergency across the country as part of measures to protect the civilian population from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), national media reported on Tuesday.
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Ethiopian govt confirms targeted airstrikes in Tigray region
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian federal government on Wednesday confirmed targeted airstrikes in the country's northernmost Tigray region.
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Ethiopia's incumbent PM sworn in for new five-year term
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia's incumbent Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in on Monday for a new five-year term in office.
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Jaishankar speaks with Ethiopian counterpart, underlines strength of bilat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday spoke to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Demeke Mekonnen Hassen and discussed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) matters and underlined the strength of the bilateral
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Tigray Rebels Seize Ethiopia's Lalibela Listed as UNESCO World Heritage Si
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
MOSCOW, August 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels have seized the northern Ethiopian town of Lalibela included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, media reported.
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More than 100,000 children in Ethiopian Tigray are at risk of malnutrition
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] July 30 (ANI/FENA): More than 100,000 children in Ethiopia's Tigray region could suffer from severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
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2 million Ethiopians vulnerable to flooding during rainy season, says repo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia] July 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Around two million Ethiopians are vulnerable to flooding during the ongoing rainy season, the Ethiopia National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) disclosed on Wednesday.
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Angering Egypt and Sudan, Ethiopia completes second phase of filling Afric
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 26 (ANI): The announcement made by the Ethiopian government last week that it completed the second phase of filling the giant Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is Africa's largest dam, angered Egypt and Sudan.
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Tigray Conflict clouds Ethiopia's 'historic' parliamentary election
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 22 (ANI): Amid a cascade of major crises in Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country, which left millions unable to vote, Ethiopian voters went to polls on Monday in a national election that has been held as a long-awaited emergence into a multi-party demo
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The Weeknd pledges to donate USD 1 Million to Ethiopian relief efforts
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 5 (ANI): The Grammy-award winning musician The Weeknd has pledged to donate USD 1 Million to the Nations World Food Programme to aid in relief efforts in Ethiopia.
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Egyptian President el-Sissi issues stern warning over Grand Ethiopian Rena
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia (Cyprus) April 5 (ANI): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi last Tuesday issued a stern warning to Ethiopia that Egypt's share of the waters of the Nile is "untouchable" and added ominously that "if the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is filled and operated without a l
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Ethiopia rejects US allegations of ethnic cleansing in Tigray
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian government on Saturday rejected US allegations of ethnic cleansing in the northern Tigray regional state as "completely unfounded."
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