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AfDB Pulls Expats From Ethiopia After Arrests, Assault By Security

THE African Development Bank (AfDB) said Wednesday it was withdrawing international staff from Ethiopia after the arrest and assault of two staffers “by.

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Five Killed In Ethiopia After Drone Strike Hits Ambulance

FIVE civilians have been killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region after a drone strike hit an ambulance, witnesses told the BBC. Three other people,.

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Ethiopia Pilgrims Return To Aksum For Festival In Ark Of Covenant City

AS many as half a million people have descended on Ethiopia’s sacred city of Aksum, according to its mayor, for a religious festival.

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Heavy Fighting Flares In Historic Ethiopian Town Of Lalibela

FIGHTING has erupted in the historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela, as government forces and local militia have clashed, residents told the BBC. Lalibela.

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Foreign Affairs Ministry Clarifies Alleged Detention Of Nigerians In Ethiopia

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted allegations made by one Dr Paul Azike in a viral video over the plight of Nigerian.

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Heavy Gun Fight Reported In Historic Ethiopian City

FIGHTING has continued to be reported in Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region between government troops and local militias with the historic city of Gondar.

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At Least 183 Killed In Clashes In Ethiopia’s Amhara – UN

AT least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the United Nations said Tuesday as it appealed.

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Amhara Violence: Air Strike Kills 26 In Ethiopia

A SUSPECTED air strike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has killed at least 26 people, a hospital official said. The strike in Finote Selam.

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Ethiopia Declares ‘State Of Emergency’ Over Amhara Violence

ETHIOPIA’s federal government on Friday declared a “state of emergency” as violent clashes escalate between the national army and local fighters from the.

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Ethiopia Repatriates Ugandan Cult Members Who Went There To Starve

Eighty members of a Ugandan religious cult who had been convinced to travel to Ethiopia and starve themselves have been repatriated, authorities in.

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UN Suspends Food Aid To Ethiopia Over Fraud Fears

THE UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says it is suspending some food aid to Ethiopia while it addresses worries that donations are being.

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Sudan: Ethiopia Blocks Fleeing Nigerian Students

THE Federal Government, on Monday, confirmed that some Nigerian students fleeing the conflict in Sudan were denied entry into Ethiopia, but stated that.

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