Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia, Somaliland agree deal on port access
Ethiopia has struck a "historic" agreement to use the main port in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland, as the landlocked country seeks more access to sea channels for shipping, officials said Monday.
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UN halts aid handouts in Ethiopia town after mass looting
The World Food Program has suspended aid distribution in the northern Ethiopian town of Kombolcha after "mass looting" of its warehouses blamed on Tigrayan forces, a U.N. spokesman said on Dec. 8.
More than 150 killed in Ethiopia attack: Rights agency
Gunmen killed more than 150 people in an attack last week in a restive part of western Ethiopia that sparked deadly reprisals, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Aug. 26.
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Caught in the crossfire, Ethiopian minority flees to Sudan
Dragged into a conflict not of their making, members of Ethiopia's Qemant ethnic group say their only choice was fleeing to Sudan - marking another bleak turn in a widening war.
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Erdoğan speaks with Georgian, Ethiopian premiers over phone
The Turkish president on Aug. 1 held separate phone conversations with Georgian and Ethiopian prime ministers, according to Turkey's Communications Directorate.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili discussed Turkey-Georgia relations and regional issues,
Gunmen kill dozens in Ethiopia attack, says rights body
Gunmen killed more than 100 people in an attack on Dec. 23 in western Ethiopia, the national human rights body said, the latest in a series of deadly assaults in the area.
Millions of children in Ethiopia's Tigray out of reach
About 2.3 million children in Ethiopia's Tigray region do not have access to humanitarian assistance since a conflict started early November, according to the United Nations Children's Fund.
In a statement late on Dec. 15, UNICEF said the situation will worsen if access to the children is delayed.
Rockets target Eritrea capital after Ethiopia declares victory in Tigray
Rockets launched from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have again targeted the capital of Eritrea, diplomats told AFP on Nov. 29, while the U.S. embassy in Asmara reported there were "six explosions" in the city.
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Committee announced on its website.
The Week of the Nobel Prizes Begins
With the announcement of the Nobel Prize winner in medicine, the unusual season of 2019 begins, in which two literature recipients will also be awarded and during the speculations that Greta Thunberg may be grabbing the Peace Prize.
The first prize is already announced.
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