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Dec
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan RSF leader visits Ethiopia in first public wartime tour

Sudan RSF leader visits Ethiopia in first public wartime tour

NEWS
THE leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces visited Ethiopia where he said he discussed the need for a swift end to the war between the RSF and the Sudanese army, during the second leg of a rare publicly-announced foreign tour. RSF leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, whose whereabouts since the war began in mid-April were previously unknown, landed in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa after meeting Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at his country home on Wednesday. Diplomatic efforts, including Saudi and U.S.-led talks in Jeddah, have made little visible progress towards halting the conflict in Sudan. The RSF has recently made military…
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Dec
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia becomes Africa’s latest sovereign default

Ethiopia becomes Africa’s latest sovereign default

BUSINESS
ETHIOPIA became Africa's third default in as many years after it failed to make a $33 million "coupon" payment on its only international government bond. Africa's second most populous country announced earlier this month that it intended to formally go into default, having been under severe financial strain in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and a two-year civil war that ended in November 2022. It had been supposed to make the payment on December 11, but technically had up until Tuesday to provide the money due to a 14-day 'grace period' clause written into the $1 billion bond. According…
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Dec
21
2023
By JOE BAVIER
AfDB to withdraw international staff from Ethiopia after assault

AfDB to withdraw international staff from Ethiopia after assault

NEWS
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) will "immediately" withdraw all its international employees from Ethiopia following an assault on its staff members by government security forces, the institution said. The AfDB lodged a formal complaint with Ethiopian authorities last month, calling the physical assault and hours-long detention of two of its employees on October 31 a "very serious diplomatic incident". The bank sent a high-level delegation to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on November 22 to meet with the Ethiopian government and bank staff, Wednesday's statement said. The delegation assessed that the situation had not been resolved, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said in…
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Dec
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt says talks over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have failed -statement

Egypt says talks over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have failed -statement

NEWS
EGYPT said the latest talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had failed but it would monitor the process of filling and operating the dam. "Egypt reserves its right, in accordance with international charters and accords, to defend its water and national security in case of any harm," Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said in a statement. In a statement, Ethiopia's foreign ministry said Egypt had "misrepresented" Ethiopia's positions in the talks, adding that Egypt's "colonial era mentality and erected roadblocks against efforts toward convergence". Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in…
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Dec
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia peace minister critical of PM Abiy held for suspected coup plot

Ethiopia peace minister critical of PM Abiy held for suspected coup plot

NEWS
ETHIOPIA'S state minister of peace has been fired and arrested on accusations he conspired with rebel groups to overthrow the government, state media reported on Tuesday. The move against Taye Dendea, a senior member of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party, follows a series of social media posts he has made in the past week criticising the government for failing to maintain peace in the country. Sintayew Alemayew, Taye's wife, said her husband was arrested by dozens of uniformed and plainclothed police on Monday night, and said authorities gave her three days to leave her house or face eviction. Last week…
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Dec
07
2023
By CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Ethiopia, Tanzania and Morocco ranked Africa’s top tourism performers

Ethiopia, Tanzania and Morocco ranked Africa’s top tourism performers

NEWS
THE end of a civil war in Ethiopia, Tanzania’s president featuring in a historical tourism documentary and rising infrastructure and marketing investments in Morocco have bolstered the three countries' tourism rankings on the continent, according to a new report. The three countries were ranked as Africa’s top tourism performers in 2023 after exceeding their pre-pandemic arrival numbers by the highest margins. “Africa recovered 92% of pre-crisis arrivals (in) this seven-month period, with Ethiopia, Tanzania and Morocco by far exceeding their respective pre-pandemic levels in January-July 2023,” according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Barometer. The Barometer ranked Ethiopia…
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Dec
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia’s Oromiya region accuses OLA rebels of killing ‘many’ people

Ethiopia’s Oromiya region accuses OLA rebels of killing ‘many’ people

NEWS
THE government of Ethiopia's largest region, Oromiya, accused the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebel group of killing "many civilians" in attacks that followed the failure of peace talks in Tanzania. At least 36 people were killed when unidentified attackers struck three villages in Oromiya's Shirka district on November 24 and 27, residents told Reuters. Hailu Adugna, the Oromiya region's spokesman, blamed the attacks on the OLA, an outlawed splinter group of a formerly proscribed opposition party that returned from exile in 2018. "The terror group is committing brutal acts on civilians because it is now very anxious," Hailu told the…
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Nov
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia’s education system is in crisis – now’s the time to fix it

Ethiopia’s education system is in crisis – now’s the time to fix it

EDUCATION
IN October 2023, Ethiopia’s minister of education, Berhanu Nega, disclosed several shocking figures on the outcomes of the 12th-grade national examination. Of the 3,106 schools that administered the 12th grade (secondary school leaving) examination for the 2022/23 academic year, 43% reported that none of their students had passed. TEBEJE MOLLA, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Deakin University DAWIT TIBEBU TIRUNEH, Research Associate, University of Cambridge And, for the second consecutive year, more than 96% of students who participated in the national school leaving examination scored less than the mark (an average of 50%) required to pass. This means that hundreds…
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Oct
14
2023
By METI TESHOME, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Essential credit comes to millions of women as microfinance and mobile money gain traction in Ethiopia

Essential credit comes to millions of women as microfinance and mobile money gain traction in Ethiopia

BUSINESS
WHEN 38-year-old Konjit Alebachew lost her husband, she urgently had to find an income. Farming looked like an option. But the widow, who lives 120 kilometres from Addis Ababa, would have to raise capital. “I started working in one of the private farms in my home town and saved a small amount from my monthly salary,” Alebachew said, describing the period five years ago, right after she lost her husband - and her three daughters lost their father. With no bank account and no financial history, she battled to manage her finances in a way that would offer her a…
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Oct
05
2023
By BIRD STORY AGENCY
Precious artefacts looted in 1868 war with Britain returned to Ethiopia

Precious artefacts looted in 1868 war with Britain returned to Ethiopia

NEWS
THE British government's return of Ethiopian artefacts looted in the war of Magdala in 1868, announced in September has drawn attention once again to the looting of artefacts from Africa and elsewhere, in Europe's many colonial wars. Among the returned artefacts was a lock of hair belonging to Prince Alemayehu, son of the first modern ruler of Ethiopia, Emperor Tewodros II. “The secular items including jorn cups and a shield and the Prince's hair were handed over to the Ethiopian Ambassador and delivered to the Embassy in London. The Holy Tabot will be repatriated by the priests assigned by the…
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