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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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Ethiopian PM pushes for unity after months of ethnic violence
Abiy has presided over a series of jolting political and economic changes since coming to office in April - making peace with arch-foe Eritrea, freeing political prisoners, pledging to open up the state-controlled economy and promising to overhaul the security services.
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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.
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Far from Ethiopia's capital, change remains a distant dream
Across the country of 100 million people, legions of unemployed graduates are holding their breath, hoping the new PM Abiy Ahmed will succeed in his sledgehammer approach to dismantling the status quo.
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As Ethiopia's 'Wall' comes down, exiles dream of going home
Ethiopians forced into exile by decades of war, repression and economic stagnation are thinking the unthinkable - it’s time to go back
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Eritrea reopens embassy in Addis Ababa in fresh sign of thaw with Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki re-opened the embassy in the capital Addis Ababa in a brief ceremony, a Reuters witness said.
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Leaders of bitter foes Ethiopia, Eritrea meet for historic peace talks
Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki warmly welcomed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed when he landed at Asmara airport.
