Africa Ethiopia According to data compiled by Quartz, the country lost $145,8 million due to government-imposed internet blackouts in 2022 that directly harmed over one million people
Africa Ethiopia Lionel Messi, Argentina's recent World Cup-winning football star, announced on social media that he will collaborate with the company OrCam to donate visual aids to visually impaired Ethiopians
Africa Ethiopia Ethio Telecom has restored telephone services in 27 towns and cities in Tigray that had been interrupted due to the civil war; the actions have been made possible by the peace agreement signed in November
Africa Ethiopia The maternal and infant mortality rate in Ethiopia has decreased over the last 30 years, revealed the Ethiopian public health institute, and in particular it has decreased in the period 2000-2019
Africa Ethiopia The oldest Bible in the world can be found in Ethiopia: made of parchment and with well-preserved illustrations, it was found a year ago in an ancient Orthodox monastery in the highlands of Tigray and has now been dated to between 330 and 650 AD
Africa Ethiopia Twelve Ethiopian Jews received certification as ritual slaughterers last week, becoming the only officially recognised kosher 'shochtim' in Ethiopia, after a months-long training programme
Africa Ethiopia More than forty thousand runners took part in the Great Ethiopian Run on Saturday in the country's capital, cheering peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels, hoping the race can be held in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray
Africa Ethiopia Ethiopia's Tigray region welcomed the first international aid delivery since the ceasefire ended on Tuesday, with the International Committee of the Red Cross bringing two trucks of medicine
Africa Ethiopia A peace agreement ending the bloody two-year war in the northern areas of Ethiopia was signed in Pretoria, with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (Tplf) agreeing to lay down its arms
Africa Ethiopia More aid has arrived in the Ethiopian region of Tigray after the signing of a truce in November: 14 trucks of humanitarian aid, including some carrying fuel and much needed food aid from the UN World Food Programme
Africa Ethiopia The latest air strikes in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region risk worsening the impact of hostilities on civilians, described as 'devastating' by Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Africa Ethiopia Election officials said Ethiopia will hold a referendum next February in several areas in the south of the country to consider forming a 12th regional state
Africa Ethiopia Peace talks under the auspices of the African Union, proposed for this weekend to try to end a two-year conflict in the northern Tigray region, have been postponed for logistical reasons, Tigray forces and two diplomatic sources said yesterday