Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, (PHOTO / AFP) Addis Abeba – Egypt has launched a new round of diplomatic lobbying across Africa, positioning its outreach as a counterweight to Ethiopia’s policies on the Nile.  Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held phone calls on Thursday with his counterparts in Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia, …

Demeke Atnafu, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Kenya, Photo: Ethiopian Embassy in Nairobi Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Embassy in Nairobi has issued an apology and clarification after publishing, and later deleting, a statement on its official page regarding the establishment of a new administrative structure in the Somali Regional State. The post sparked online controversy among …

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, (PHOTO / AFP) Addis Abeba – Egypt has launched a new round of diplomatic lobbying across Africa, positioning its outreach as a counterweight to Ethiopia’s policies on the Nile.  Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held phone calls on Thursday with his counterparts in Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia, …

Demeke Atnafu, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Kenya, Photo: Ethiopian Embassy in Nairobi Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Embassy in Nairobi has issued an apology and clarification after publishing, and later deleting, a statement on its official page regarding the establishment of a new administrative structure in the Somali Regional State. The post sparked online controversy among …

Dasenech and Turkana communities mark reconciliation ceremony with return of livestock. Photo: Dasenech District Communication Addis Abeba – A symbolic gesture intended to ease recurring cross-border tensions between Ethiopia’s Dasenech and Kenya’s Turkana pastoralist communities this week saw the return of livestock seized during recent recurring clashes On 10 August, the Dasenech community returned livestock …

Dasenech and Turkana communities mark reconciliation ceremony with return of livestock. Photo: Dasenech District Communication Addis Abeba – A symbolic gesture intended to ease recurring cross-border tensions between Ethiopia’s Dasenech and Kenya’s Turkana pastoralist communities this week saw the return of livestock seized during recent recurring clashes On 10 August, the Dasenech community returned livestock …

Meareg Amare (on the right) was tragically killed after being targeted by a hate speech campaign on social media (Photo: Abrham Meareg) Addis Abeba– Amnesty International has welcomed a ruling by the High Court of Kenya that determined it has jurisdiction to hear a case against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, over allegations that …

Meareg Amare (on the right) was tragically killed after being targeted by a hate speech campaign on social media (Photo: Abrham Meareg) Addis Abeba– Amnesty International has welcomed a ruling by the High Court of Kenya that determined it has jurisdiction to hear a case against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, over allegations that …

(Photo: Addis Standard source) Addis Abeba– Four Ethiopians were killed and three others wounded in an armed confrontation in Kukruk Kebele, Dasenech District, South Omo Zone, along the Ethiopia-Kenya border, in what residents and local officials described as an attack by “armed militants from Kenya’s Turkana County” on Saturday, March 22, 2025. A resident of …

(Photo: Addis Standard source) Addis Abeba– Four Ethiopians were killed and three others wounded in an armed confrontation in Kukruk Kebele, Dasenech District, South Omo Zone, along the Ethiopia-Kenya border, in what residents and local officials described as an attack by “armed militants from Kenya’s Turkana County” on Saturday, March 22, 2025. A resident of …