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Sudanese community warned over situations in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-11-10 15:21:15 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:77 - ID:9262900
KHARTOUM, Nov 10 (MENA) – Sudan’s embassy in Addis Ababa has warned the Sudanese citizens resident in Ethiopia to be vigilant, and carry identification papers while moving, avoid gathering and travelling outside Addis Ababa, in light of the ....
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AU Commission reaches new deal with USAID to fight climate change in Africa
Date: 2021-11-10 15:08:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:63 - ID:9262845
YAOUNDI, Nov 10 (MENA) - Although Africa is the lowest emitting region worldwide (2-3% of CO2 emissions), it is the most vulnerable to climate change. Many partners have already contributed to addressing this issue, but much more needs to be done, ....
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UN says 16 local staff detained in Ethiopia amid push to end war
Date: 2021-11-09 22:02:07 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:111 - ID:9261738
NEW YORK, Nov 9 (MENA) - Sixteen Ethiopian staff working for the United Nations were in detention Tuesday after government raids targeting ethnic Tigrayans, the United Nations said, as foreign envoys scramble to end the country’s year-long ....
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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 ....
