Ethiopia

Sudan yesterday announced its commitment to removing border restrictions with Ethiopia through "Joint Technical Commissions," local media has reported. The move was said to have aimed at strengthening the...

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed, was put in an uncomfortable situation by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali when he asked him to support the...

The engineer in charge of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam has been found dead in the capital Addis Ababa. Police opened an investigation after the body of 53-year-old Simegnew Bekele...

Since arriving in Lebanon, Sudanese migrant worker Abdallah Afandi has been turned away from beach resorts, mistaken for a cleaner and prevented from renting an apartment – all because...

Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a "joint declaration of peace and friendship", Eritrea's information minister said today. This brings to an end the war between the neighbouring states and...

Saudi Arabia has caught more than 21,000 people who have infiltrated its borders without the necessary paperwork over the last eight months, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday. "The total...

The joint security committee made up of officials from the Sudanese town of Al-Fashqa and their counterparts from Ethiopia's Amhara Region has agreed to prevent border infringements in the...

Ethiopia's new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has become the first head of government to visit Eritrea, breaking away from the "no-peace, no-war" situation that has existed between the neighboring...

Informed sources in Khartoum have revealed that Sudan is to establish a tripartite investment fund with Ethiopia and Egypt, Quds Press has reported. The move comes in the context...

Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir received a message from Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, on Wednesday days after violence erupted between farmers from both countries in the border area. The message...

Egypt will start implementing an "urgent plan" to develop the country's water resources and achieve water security, the country's Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouli, announced today. Speaking to the Egyptian...

Climate changes on Egypt's northern coast could force five million people to leave the country's Nile Delta area, Egypt's irrigation minister said yesterday. In light of population estimates for...

The United Arab Emirates pledged a total of $3 billion in aid and investments to Ethiopia on Friday, an Ethiopian official said, a major show of support for the...

Somalia and Ethiopia announced they were jointly investing in four seaports to attract foreign investment to their two countries, the latest move in a tussle for access to ports...

Egyptian writer and journalist Gamal Sultan has called on Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to release all the political detainees following a recent pardon for Ethiopian prisoners. "Should we...

Egypt and Ethiopia vowed on Sunday to tackle their differences over a dam Addis Ababa is building on the Nile River that Cairo fears threatens its water supplies. Ethiopia...

The UN migration agency said on Wednesday that 46 migrants have drowned and 16 others are being presumed dead as they are still missing in Yemen's shores. "Tragedy struck migrants...

About 140 East African migrants escaped from smugglers holding them captive near the Libyan town of Bani Walid earlier this week, according to a local source and a UN report....

Saudi Arabia will soon release Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, an Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire arrested in November during a crackdown on corruption, Ethiopia's prime minister said. Abiy Ahmed made the...

Saudi Arabia has agreed to release 1,000 Ethiopian nationals who have been in prison in the Gulf state for a variety of offences, Ethiopian state affiliated media said on...

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have reached an agreement in their ongoing dispute over the construction of the Renaissance Dam on the River Nile. Progress was made in talks held...

The United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has expressed its concerns that the Saudi-led military collation in Yemen may bomb the its buses if they move African immigrants...

Roshan De Stone is a human rights advocate working in Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. As a freelance journalist, she has published with Al Araby, Al Jadaliyya and SalonSyria...

Ethiopia and Israel signed several cooperation agreements in the fields of health, education, energy and agriculture yesterday. The signing came during the Ethiopian-Israeli Business Forum held in Addis Ababa...

Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to setup joint forces which will protect Addis Ababa's Grand Renaissance Dam. The Chiefs of Staff of both countries, Kamal Abdul-Marouf Al-Mahi and Samora Yunus, met last...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Monday that it has evacuated 76 illegal Ethiopian immigrants from Yemen on Sunday. "They were stranded in Aden, southern Yemen, and...

A common tactic for intelligence agencies is the use of front companies. In books about Israeli spy agencies, the tactic is a frequent reappearance. Former Mossad officer Victor Ostrovsky's...

The Saudi authorities said they had arrested 994,000 people between 18 April to 22 April, Saudi Okaz newspaper reported. According to the paper, 14,467 people were stopped by the...

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir yesterday discussed with African Union Peace and Security Commissioner, Ismail Sharqi, the United Nations Security Council decision to reduce United Nations African Union Mission in...

Ethiopia and Sudan have ignored an Egyptian invitation for a meeting this week in Cairo to resume discussions on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Last week, the Egyptian Foreign Minister,...

Talks about the River Nile between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia held in Khartoum on 5 April were deadlocked. The discussions revolved around Ethiopia's construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam....

On Thursday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry refused to be held responsible for the failure of the latest round of negotiations over the Renaissance Dam in Khartoum. The Egyptian Foreign...