Tag: Ethiopia
The big interview – How did you manage to come last?
It’s the morning after the big run. The bottom two of the Vienna City Marathon come to the twin towers of Wienerberg City, he with a limp, she with a…
Ethiopia aims to be the future African Eldorado of cryptocurrencies
Representations of the bitcoin cryptocurrency. DADO RUVIC / REUTERS Half of its population does not have access to electricity and the law still prohibits the use of cryptocurrencies, but Ethiopia…
In Ethiopia, “die or be raped”, the ordeal of thousands of women during the occupation of the rebel province of Tigray
Women displaced in 2022 in the village of Silse, about a hundred kilometers from Semera, in the Afar region (Ethiopia), where the war between the central power and the rebel…
Ethiopia: French journalist imprisoned, accused of wanting to “create chaos”
A French journalist, Antoine Galindo, has been imprisoned in Ethiopia since his arrest on February 22, with authorities accusing him of “conspiring to create chaos”, his employer announced on Monday,…
Somalia: Ethiopia defends its agreement with Somaliland, demonstration in Mogadishu
Somalis demonstrate against the agreement between Ethiopia and the territory of Somaliland, in Mogadishu, January 3, 2024 (AFP/ABDISHUKRI HAYBE) Ethiopia has assured that the maritime agreement it signed with the…
The African Development Bank withdraws its employees from Ethiopia after the attack on two of its executives
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), in Kigali, December 18. FLORIAN GAERTNER / FLORIAN GAERTNER/PICTURE-ALLIANCE/DPA/AP IMAGES The attack is serious enough to cause the departure of all…
Ukraine tries to challenge Russia in Africa
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York,…
Ethiopia: Dozens of civilians killed in Amhara conflict in October – commission
Published on 10/30/2023 at 6:01 p.m. by Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Dozens of civilians have been killed this month…
Ethiopia: Dozens of civilians killed in Amhara conflict in October
Published on 10/30/2023 at 10:37 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters by Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) –…
In Ethiopia, homophobia is unleashed after a video went viral on social networks
Demonstration by the LGBT community in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 24, 2023, in support of homosexual and transgender people who face discrimination in several African…
In Ethiopia, the exodus of doctors from Tigray, exhausted by two years of civil war
Ayder Hospital in Makalé, Ethiopia, in June 2021. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP At the entrance to Ayder hospital in Makalé, the largest in Tigray, the lists hung on a cork…
in Ethiopia, the ordeal of the Tigray women
An Ethiopian claiming to be the victim of rape by armed men, at Adigrat hospital, in the Tigray region, on March 18, 2021. BAZ RATNER / REUTERS On November 2,…