Ethiopia declares state of emergency
Ethiopia announced a state of emergency on Friday after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister resigns
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday that he had submitted his
ANC needs to be cleansed from corruption: Mbeki
Former African National Congress president Thabo Mbeki has called on party members to give ANC
Rwanda takes over as AU chair, says free movement in Africa achievable this year
Rwanda took over on Sunday as the new chair of the African Union (AU) during the first day of the
AU heads of state summit opens in Addis Ababa
The 30th African Union (AU) heads of state and government summit opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on
AU to celebrate Madiba’s centenary
President Jacob Zuma has asked the African Union to consider adopting 2018 as the year to celebrate
Libyan refugees find safe haven in Niger
After months on the road into exile and inside the hell of Libyan jails, migrants rescued by the UN
US Ambassador to UN to visit African countries
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will travel to Ethiopia, South Sudan and the
Week of clashes in Ethiopia kill 50, displace 50 000
Clashes along the border of Ethiopia’s Oromiya and Somali regions have displaced around 50,000
Rains fail again in East Africa, hunger on the rise: UN
Rains have failed for a third consecutive season in East Africa, wilting crops, killing livestock
Mugabe donates $1 million to African Union
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Monday he was donating $1 million to the African Union
Ethiopia unrest killed 669 in three regions – report
A total of 669 people were killed in unrest that gripped Ethiopia for several months until
Ethiopia to open its first trans boundary railway link to Djibouti
Ethiopia will operate its first trans-boundary railway network in May this year. The railway links
Ethiopian wine sector projected to boom
East Africa’s winery sector is expected to expand rapidly over the next few years.
Rescue operations underway after landslide kills 45 in Ethiopia
At least 48 people, 15 of them children, were killed in a landslide at a huge garbage dump on the
Dlamini-Zuma to officially handover AU chairmanship to Mahamat
Outgoing chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is expected to
Drought emergency spirals in Ethiopia amid major aid shortages
Millions of drought-stricken Ethiopians needing food, water and emergency medical care are not
Ethiopia celebrates 121 years of defeating Italians
Ethiopia is one of the only two countries that were never colonised in the continent celebrated its
Rebel taxes and seizures drive hungry children out of Somalia
Thousands of malnourished Somali women and children are fleeing into Ethiopia to escape Islamist
UN Chief sees unity, cooperation as key to peaceful Africa
The UN Chief says his visit to the AU Heads of State Summit allowed stakeholders to establish a