The Latest Breaking News from Ethiopia

Ethiopian Airlines plane misses landing after both pilots fall asleep

Alarm raised when flight approached Addis Ababa airport but kept cruising at 37,000ft

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

Ethiopia flight overflew runway after both pilots 'fell asleep' before descent

Flight ET343 from Khartoum to Addis Ababa was travelling at 37,000 feet when the two pilots fell asleep, with an alarm waking them up when the autopilot shut off, it is reported

Daily Mirror · Aug 19, 2022

Ethiopia calls WHO chief's comments on Tigray "unethical"

Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as “unethical” the statement by the World Health Organization’s director-general that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is “the worst disaster on Earth” and his assertion that the lack of global attention is due to Tigrayans’ “color of the skin.”

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

UN-Chartered Ship in Ukraine Readying for Journey to Africa

The United Nations-chartered ship MV Brave Commander will depart Ukraine for Africa in coming days after it finishes loading more than 23,0000 tons of wheat in the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, a UN official said. The ship, which arrived in the port near Odesa, will sail to Ethiopia via a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 14, 2022

Nowhere to run: the plight of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has hosted large numbers of Eritrean refugees for years. Before the recent conflict, about 100,000 Eritrean refugees lived in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

The Conversation · Aug 11, 2022

Ukraine expects to load grain shipment to Ethiopia -minister

Ukraine expects a ship to arrive on Friday to load grain for delivery to Ethiopia under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the country's infrastructure minister said on Thursday.

Reuters · Aug 11, 2022

Ethiopia Storing 7 Billion Cubic Meters of Nile Waters

Ethiopia has stored around 7 billion cubic meters of water since starting the third round of water collection from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Addis Ababa began building the GERD on the Blue Nile River in 2011, raising tension with the downstream states, Egypt and Sudan. Abbas Sharaki, Egyptian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 9, 2022

Athletics: Kenyans are running for other countries, but that's not why medals are fewer

The 2022 World Athletics Championships ended in relative disappointment for Kenya, which continued its decline in the overall medal standings. Since the 2005 championships in Helsinki, when Kenya ranked ninth with only seven medals, the team has been exceptionally consistent. It has ranked in the top three in all subsequent…

The Conversation · Aug 5, 2022

Cairo Hopes UAE Can Play ‘Effective’ Role in GERD Crisis

The United Arab Emirates is seeking to play an “effective” role to advance negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). It is also aiming to resolve the 11-year conflict by relying on its political rapprochement with parties to the case, namely Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. An informed source said…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 5, 2022

In a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia

The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the border from neighboring Somalia in unprecedented attacks in recent weeks that a top U.S. military commander has warned could continue

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022