Vår reporter i Etiopia: Slått ned og truet på livet
Bistandsaktuelts reporter i Etiopia ble mandag formiddag angrepet og slått ned i sitt eget hjem. Tre bevæpnede menn trengte seg inn i boligen Lucy Kassa leier i hovedstaden Addis Abeba. Angriperne tok med seg pc-en hennes og truet henne med…
Norsk professor trues på livet av etiopiere
Bergens Tidende | En av verdens ledende eksperter på Etiopia, professor Kjetil Tronvoll, hetses av etiopiske myndigheter og trues på livet av etiopiere i eksil.
Tronvoll er professor i freds- og konfliktstudier ved Bjørknes Høyskole i Oslo…
Security agents killed in central Somalia roadside bomb attack
Al Jazeera | Police say Abdirashid Abdunur, intelligence chief for Dhusamareeb town, was killed in the blast claimed by al-Shabab.
A roadside bomb went off just outside the central Somalia town of Dhusamareeb on Sunday, killing 12 agents working…
Somalia’s opposition cease recognising president as election row escalates
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An alliance of Somali opposition parties proposed the creation of a national council of lawmakers, opposition leaders and civil society to govern the Horn of Africa nation after the president’s term expired on Monday…
European envoy in Sudan to ease tension with Ethiopia
Anadolu Agency | Tension escalated between Sudan and Ethiopia over their border dispute
A European special envoy is set to arrive in Sudan on Sunday for talks aimed at easing tension with Ethiopia over their border dispute.
“The High Representative…
Desert Locust situation update 4 February 2021 – FAO
FAO | Numerous immature swarms persist in southern Ethiopia and Kenya. There has been increased swarm movement in Oromia (East Harerge, Bale, Borema, Arsi) and SNNP (South Omo) regions of the south. The few swarms that moved to northern Ethiopia (Afar…
Ethiopia arrests 15 over UAE embassy attack plot: Reports
Al Jazeera | The country’s intelligence and security service said suspects were working on direction of foreigners, local media report.
Ethiopia’s state-run media have said authorities arrested 15 people over a plot to attack the United…
Sudan army clashes with Ethiopia forces, regains control of seized borderland
MEMO | Border clashes between the Sudanese army and Ethiopian forces were renewed in Al-Fashqa Al-Sughra on Thursday. Sudanese sources have confirmed that the army has regained control of new lands previously seized by Ethiopian forces.
The…
US pledges support for Ethiopia’s reforms
MEMO | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced his government's continued assistance to Ethiopia's ongoing reform measures, Anadolu Agency reports.
After a phone call with Blinken on Friday, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said…
Ex-Peace Corps volunteers plead with US for help on Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 350 former Peace Corps volunteers and a trio of former U.S. ambassadors have written to U.S. congressmen urging them to condemn the violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, warning that “as the fighting ostensibly…