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UN official raises alarm over conditions in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-11-09 13:06:20 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:62 - ID:9260911
GENEVA, Nov 9 (MENA) - A UN official has raised alarm at the continued deterioration of human rights due to ethnic violence in Ethiopia and called for dialogue to address the crisis. In a statement released on Tuesday, Special Adviser of the United ....
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At least 80 people killed in fuel depot explosion in Sierra Leone
Date: 2021-11-06 10:56:40 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:23 - ID:9255632
WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (MENA) - At least 80 people were killed in an explosion at a fuel depot in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. "We recovered 80 bodies from the site of the accident last night with our ambulances," a rescue worker from the ....
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Somali army destroys Shabab militia hideouts in Lower Shabelle
Date: 2021-11-06 09:02:04 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:17 - ID:9255353
MOGADHISHU, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Somali National Army said its forces managed to destroy hideouts of Shabab militia, who belong to al Qaeda terrorist group in Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia. The Somali troops are launching operations to ....
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AU condemns deadly terror attack in Niger
Date: 2021-11-06 08:01:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:11 - ID:9255302
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Niger’s southern Tillabery region that left 69 civilians dead. In a press release on ....
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US State Secretary, Kenyan president discuss developments in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-11-06 05:51:12 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:2 - ID:9255213
WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (MENA) - US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Saturday made a phone call with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for discussing a number of regional security issues of joint concern, said State Department Spokesman Ned Price. He ....
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Ethiopian anti-government alliance: We edge closer to entering Addis Abab
Date: 2021-11-05 18:11:24 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:62 - ID:9254939
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (MENA) - Armed groups fighting Ethiopia's central government are swelling in numbers as they advance on the capital Addis Ababa, posing the biggest threat to embattled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's rule since a bloody year-long ....
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US advises its citizens to leave Ethiopia as soon as possible
Date: 2021-11-05 17:26:30 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:61 - ID:9254891
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Addis Ababa advised all its citizens to leave Ethiopia as soon as possible, a statement on its website said on Friday. "The security environment in Ethiopia is very fluid. We advise US citizens who ....
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S. Korea expands travel alert for Ethiopia amid civil war
Date: 2021-11-05 08:53:24 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:15 - ID:9254153
SEOUL, Nov 5 (MENA) - South Korea on Friday expanded a travel warning to all of Ethiopia after the African nation's government issued a state of emergency amid an escalating armed conflict, the foreign ministry said. Under the Level 3 travel ....
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EU: Ethiopia faces risk of fragmentation and widespread armed conflict
Date: 2021-11-04 22:51:33 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:94 - ID:9253912
BRUSSELS, Nov 4 (MENA) - The EU has voiced its deep worry about the recent escalation of fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara region and the military advances of the TPLF and Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), as well as aerial bombardment by the Ethiopian ....
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Dozens killed in terrorist attack in western Niger
Date: 2021-11-04 22:01:48 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:90 - ID:9253899
NIAMEY, Nov 4 (MENA) - A terrorist attack in Niger’s volatile “tri-border” zone with Burkina Faso and Mali has killed dozens of members of a self-defence militia, France 24 reported quoting local sources as saying on Thursday. The assault took ....
