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Going green: Ethiopia's bid to plant four billion trees
Ethiopia plans to plant a mind-boggling four billion trees by October, as part of a global movement to restore forests to help fight climate change and protect resources.
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Ethiopia to send 50,000 workers to UAE
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that under the deal, 50,000 workers would be sent to UAE in the 2019/2020 fiscal year.
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Ethiopia holds funeral service for murdered army chief
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wept and mourners wailed as the coffin of Seare Mekonnen, draped in the Ethiopian flag, was carried to the front of a room filled with soldiers in military fatigues, in footage carried by state media.
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Sudan forces arrest protest leaders after deadly crackdown
It comes just days after Monday's crackdown by men in military fatigues on a weeks-long sit-in that left dozens of demonstrators dead.
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Ethiopia PM presses plan to return displaced people after violence
Abiy Ahmed, who took office in April 2018, has won international plaudits for announcing bold reform pledges, but the blossoming of political freedoms over the past year has been accompanied by a surge in ethnic violence.
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Ethiopia hosts $173,000-a-seat dinner to beautify capital
The state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate published pictures of diners, some wearing tuxedos, seated at a long rose-covered banquet table.
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Kenya, Somalia to 'work towards peace' in sea border spat
This came after Kenya accused Somalia of selling oil and gas blocks at a London auction, despite a pending delineation case before the International Court of Justice.
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Ethiopia PM meets opposition parties, promises fair elections
Abiy Ahmed has turned national politics on its head since coming to power in April by welcoming back exiled opposition and separatist groups.
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Ethiopia chooses dissident to head vote board as PM presses reforms
The job went to Birtukan Mideksa just weeks after she returned from the United States under an amnesty announced by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
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Ethiopia arrests senior military and intelligence officers
The arrests are a rare move against the country's powerful security apparatus.
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Ethiopia's PM says soldiers who marched on palace sought to 'abort reforms'
Several hundred armed soldiers descended on the palace on 10 October and met Abiy Ahmed in what the government initially said was a bid to press for a rise in pay.
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Ethiopia creates 'Peace Ministry' to tackle violence in sweeping reshuffle
Some analysts criticised the new body’s composition saying it was dominated by the security services and lacked civilian input.
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Ethiopian PM meets with soldiers demanding pay rises - TV
Speaking to ETV and other state-affiliated media after the meeting, the 42-year-old prime minister did not mention an agreement but said he had listened to the soldiers.
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Amnesty International condemns arrests in Addis Ababa
The human rights watchdog says the crackdown threatens the new era of human rights gains in Ethiopia.
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More than 1,200 detained over deadly Ethiopia violence - police
Twenty-eight people died, the head of the capital’s police commission Degfie Bedi said, raising the death count from 23.
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Ethiopia, Eritrea leaders celebrate peace
Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki visited their troops stationed at Bure, a region that saw some of the fiercest fightings during their 1998-2000 war.
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Ethiopia's 2020 vote will be free, won't be delayed by reforms - PM
Abiy Ahmed, who took office in April, has pledged to open up the state-dominated economy and has taken steps to end decades of hostility with neighbouring Eritrea — moves that could reshape the country and the broader Horn of Africa region.
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As forgiveness sweeps Ethiopia, some wonder about justice
Rights groups that have documented the torture - from psychological torment to the use of water and ceiling hooks - say there must now be a greater focus on justice.
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Ethiopian rebels declare ceasefire
The Ogaden National Liberation Front launched its bid for a secession of the Somali Region, also known as Ogaden, in eastern Ethiopia in 1984.
