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'Everything increasing except wages': inflation batters Ethiopia

Addis Ababa (AFP) - "Everything is increasing except our wages," Ethiopian porter Zerihun told AFP, summing up the financial crisis facing the Horn of Africa nation as it reels from skyrocketing inflation and an economic slowdown.

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Abiy Ahmed gained power in Ethiopia with the help of young people – four years later he's silencing them

When Abiy Ahmed took power as Ethiopia’s prime minister in April 2018, he was the youngest head of government in Africa.

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Capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region reconnected to electric grid

The capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, Mekelle, has been reconnected to the national power grid following the signing of a ceasefire deal a month ago. The city has been cut off from electricity for more than a year, and most areas outside the city are still cut off from the…

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Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Ethiopia's Tigray

Basic services like electricity and telecoms have been restored to key parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region following the signing of a cease-fire deal a month ago, but most areas are still cut off from the world

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Africa can be the global engine of economic growth and Britain must help

In the Sixties my late mother travelled from Sierra Leone to London to train as a nurse. Today, I am travelling to Kenya on my first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as Foreign Secretary.

Evening Standard

Power back in capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region - state affiliated media

Power services have been restored in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, for the first time in over a year, state-affiliated Fana Broadcast said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Former development secretaries urge Sunak to increase east Africa aid amid drought

‘Famine in all but name’ ravaging Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, yet British aid is one-fifth of 2017 amount

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Factbox-What is happening in Sudan?

Sudan's military leaders and a coalition of civilian parties signed a framework deal on Monday that could launch a new political transition in the country.

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Ethiopia’s Tigray forces withdraw '65 percent of fighters from frontline'

The commander-in-chief of the Tigray rebel forces has said that 65 percent of his forces have "disengaged", a month after a ceasefire agreement over Ethiopia's war-torn northern region.

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Ethiopia's Tigray forces say they have withdrawn 65% of fighters from frontlines

More than half of Tigrayan forces have withdrawn from the frontlines, the forces' top commander said, a month after a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the two-year conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Reuters

World Cup 2022 has a winner, say women football fans: safety

Female fans from Brazil to Colombia and Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia say they’re enjoying late-night games, safe and secure.

Al Jazeera

Half a million Ethiopian migrants have been deported from Saudi Arabia in 5 years - what they go through

Tens of thousands of migrant Ethiopian workers have been forcibly repatriated from Saudi Arabia each year since the early 2010s. Although this is carried out as part of a crackdown on illegal migrant workers, legally documented workers have frequently been caught in the dragnet. Another 102,000 Ethiopian citizens will soon…

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Ukraine says ship with wheat for Ethiopia arrives, part of anti-famine push

A ship with Ukrainian wheat destined for Ethiopia arrived in port on Saturday, the first vessel to sail as part of a push to send food to countries most vulnerable to famine and drought, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Reuters

UN anxious for unfettered aid access to Tigray

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations still cannot get unfettered access to bring humanitarian aid into Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, one month after the ceasefire, the World Health Organization said Friday.

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WHO says still doesn't have full access to Ethiopia's Tigray

The World Health Organization said on Friday it still does not have the unfettered access to Ethiopia's northern Tigray region stipulated in a truce signed a month ago.

Reuters

Looting, forced removals plague Ethiopia's Tigray despite truce - witnesses

Ethiopia's allies are looting towns, arresting and killing civilians and relocating thousands of people from a disputed part of Tigray despite a truce between the government and local forces, witnesses and aid workers in the northern region say.

France 24

Countering Russian narratives and documenting war crimes in Ukraine

As the international advocacy officer at Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Drik works to rally global support for Ukraine and fight against Russian disinformation. On a recent trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, she found that many wrongly consider the invasion of Ukraine as a proxy war between Russia and…

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‘No timeline’ for restoring internet to Tigray: Ethiopia minister

In a ceasefire agreement signed earlier this month, Ethiopia committed to restoring basic services to the Tigray region.

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Freezing temperatures grip Kyiv as power shortages persist in Ukraine

Snow fell in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv Sunday, while the electricity supply was still disrupted due to recent air strikes carried out by Russia, guaranteeing a difficult winter for the city's inhabitants. Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of fresh strikes from Moscow. Read our live blog to review all…

The Independent UK

Kidnappings, looting cited in Ethiopia's Tigray after truce

Eyewitnesses and aid workers say that allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray

Al Jazeera

Food aid into Ethiopia’s Tigray ‘not matching needs’: UN

Access to some parts of Tigray remains constrained even as all four road corridors are now open, UN food agency says.

Reuters

Blinken stresses implementing Ethiopia ceasefire on call with PM

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a call with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday stressed the importance of implementing a ceasefire in the country, where the government and Tigrayan forces have agreed to end fighting.

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UN Envoy Warns Against Return of War in Ethiopia

UNHCR Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mohammed Abdi Affey has warned the Ethiopian parties against a return to fighting between the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), saying any such move could cause a humanitarian catastrophe. Affey announced there were 103 million displaced persons and refugees,…

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Civet musk, a precious perfume ingredient, is under threat. Steps to support Ethiopian producers and protect the animals

The African civet — an animal closely related to the mongoose and widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa — is among four mammals known to secrete scented compounds. Civets produce this “musk” to mark territory and communicate among themselves and other animals. It recently appeared in the news because when the…

France 24

Aid convoys arrive in Ethiopia's Tigray region following truce

In tonight's edition: The UN food agency says that 15 trucks carrying food aid have entered Ethiopia's Tigray region. It comes as humanitarian groups gain access to the area for the first time since a ceasefire deal was signed two weeks ago. We speak to David Miliband, president of the…

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