August 01

• Sudan: WFP - Juba-Bound Russian Helicopter Crashes in Ethiopia

  The UN World Food Program (WFP) office in Ethiopia on Thursday has dismissed a report by Associated Press alleging that a helicopter that crashed in Ethiopia on Wednesday belonged... Read more »

July 31

• Sudan: EU, Ethiopia Confer On Sudan-South Sudan Concerns

  The European Union's special representative for Sudan, Rosalind Marsden, has praised Ethiopia's efforts towards delivering on a lasting peace deal between Sudan and South Sudan,... Read more »

July 26

• Ethiopia: Arrests Made After Muslims Hold Protest Rally

  In a new show of discontent over what they allege is the government's meddling towards religious affairs, thousands of Ethiopian Muslims on Friday staged protest rallies in Addis... Read more »

July 25

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Halts Issuing Work Visas to Saudi Arabia

  The Ethiopian government has suspended issuing work visas to business migrants from Saudi Arabia, according to a source from the Ethiopian ministry of labour and social affairs. Read more »

• Africa: Mbeki, Ethiopia FM Head to Sudan As Oil Deadline Looms

  The head of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki, will arrive in Khartoum today accompanied by the Ethiopian foreign minister Tedros Adhan to hold... Read more »

July 18

• Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airline Plane Makes Rough Landing After Fire Threat

  An Ethiopian Airline plane from the capital Addis Ababa to the northern tourist town of Axum was forced to make a rough landing on Wednesday after its smoke sensors went off... Read more »

July 13

• Egypt: Ethiopia Calls for Dialogue As Political Turmoil Escalates in Egypt

  Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, on Friday urged Egyptian authorities to engage in national dialogue to defuse the deadly political crises in the North African... Read more »

July 12

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Boeing Plane Catches Fire At London Heathrow Airport

  A fire broke out on an Ethiopian Airlines-owned Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet at Britain's main airport, London Heathrow, on Friday. No casualties have been reported. Read more »

July 11

• South Sudan: Ethiopia Says Ties With South Sudan Continuing to Improve

  Ethiopia's newly-elect deputy prime minister, Demeke Mekonnen, on Thursday said relations between his country and South Sudan, since its independence from Sudan have improved in... Read more »

July 09

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Deputy PM Attends South Sudan's Independence Day

  Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister, Demeke Mekonnen, attended South Sudan's second anniversary of independence on Tuesday Read more »

July 06

• Sudan: South Sudan's FM Briefs Ethiopian PM About Recent Talks With Khartoum

  South Sudan Foreign Affairs Minister and International Cooperation, Nhial Deng Nhial, said that there are promising developments towards a speedy implementation of agreements... Read more »

July 04

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Pm Reshuffles Cabinet, Annual Budget Approved

  Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Thursday reshuffled his cabinet, in a move aimed to improve the leadership in the federal government. Read more »

July 03

• Ethiopia: Saudi Arabia Scraps Plan to Deport 40,000 Ethiopians

  Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have cancelled a plan to expel thousands of undocumented Ethiopian immigrants, after the Horn of Africa nation intervened diplomatically. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Proposes Body to Verify Claims of Rebel Support Between Khartoum and Juba

  The Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Monday proposed the establishment of an investigative body that will attempt to verify claims if rebel support traded between... Read more »

June 29

• Sudan: Symposium - Ethiopia's Nile Dam Cuts Sudan's Expenditure On Siltation

  The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) which is being built on the Blue Nile river will enable neighbouring Sudan to save millions of dollars a year in clearing sedimentation,... Read more »

June 23

• Sudan: Sudan & South Sudan Diplomats Voice Support to Ethiopia Dam

  Diplomats from Sudan and South Sudan have expressed their support for Ethiopia's controversial Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river just 30km from the Sudanese border. Read more »

June 22

• Sudan: UNHCR - Eritreans Continue Fleeing to Ethiopia and Sudan

  Eritrean refugees crossing to neighbouring Ethiopia are on the rise, while the number entering Sudan has dropped compared to the previous year, according to the United Nation... Read more »

• Sudan: Bashir to Stand Again?

  The Sudanese president, Omer Hassan al-Bashir has hinted today that he could run for re-election in the upcoming presidential elections on the ruling National Congress Party (NCP)... Read more »

June 18

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Egypt Ease Tensions Over Nile Dam, Agree to Hold Tripartite Talks Including Sudan

  After weeks of verbal confrontations Ethiopia and Egypt on Tuesday agreed to cool down their tension over Nile water and to engage further tripartite consultations, including... Read more »

June 17

• Ethiopia: Egyptian Foreign Minister in Ethiopia for Talks Over Nile Water

  Ethiopian foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom on Monday met his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Kamel Amr, in Addis Ababa where the two sides discussed Ethiopia's controversial... Read more »

June 14

• South Sudan: South Sudan Backs Ethiopia's Nile Dam

  The Governments of South Sudan has voiced support to a Ethiopia's controversial Nile Dam project which the country is building along the Nile river, while Addis Ababa minimised... Read more »

• Sudan: Rebels Launch Fresh Attacks in South Kordofan

  Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) said they captured a locality, west of the capital of South Kordofan Kadugli, while the United Nations announced that an Ethiopian... Read more »

June 11

• Ethiopia: Egypt Escalates War of Words Over Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project

  Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia heightened on Monday after Cairo threaten Addis Ababa in connection with its first dam project along the Blue Nile. Read more »

June 09

• Ethiopia: "No Force Could Stop Nile Dam Project", Says Ethiopia

  As tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia rise over a new dam on the Blue Nile, Addis Ababa on Sunday stressed that no force could stop the construction of its massive Grand Ethiopian... Read more »

June 03

• Sudan: Ethiopia Denies Holding Political Prisoners As Opposition Calls for Release

  A newly founded opposition coalition, Semeyawi (Blue) party on Sunday held demonstration in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa calling for the immediate release of detained political... Read more »