Tag: Ethiopia

Scaffolding collapsed as people climbed to see Ethiopia church mural, eyewitness tells BBC

A day after the joyous celebration of a religious festival, mass funerals…

Amensisa Ifa & Sammy Awami Amensisa Ifa & Sammy Awami

At least 30 die after Ethiopia church scaffolding falls

At least 30 people have died and more than 200 others been…

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Party like it’s 2018 – Ethiopians celebrate their new year

Ethiopia is celebrating the start of its new year - 2018. The…

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Ethiopia outfoxes Egypt over the Nile’s waters with its mighty dam

After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade,…

Farouk Chothia & Yemane Nagish Farouk Chothia & Yemane Nagish

The pride of Ethiopia – What it took to build Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam

The vastness of the building site was at first overwhelming for the…

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Aid workers ‘executed’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray war, charity says

An investigation by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) into the "execution"…

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Joyful Ethiopians and Eritreans embrace at rare border reopening

There have been celebrations at the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea as…

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Tigray party says ban threatens Ethiopia peace deal

Ethiopia's main opposition party has condemned a ban on its activities, saying…

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Ethiopia PM seeks new Tigray leader amid fears of war

In an effort to quell rising tensions in its troubled Tigray region,…

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Ethiopia does not want war with Eritrea, says PM

Landlocked Ethiopia has no intention of starting a war with neighbouring Eritrea…

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