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Egypt and Sudan say that the Renaissance dam will reduce the flow of the Nile

Washington to host meeting on Ethiopia dam dispute

Egypt's foreign minister has confirmed that his country would take part in mediated talks in Washington next month over a controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile.

World • 30 Oct 19

At 43, Abiy Ahmed is the youngest head of government in Africa

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his peacemaking efforts with Eritrea.

World • 11 Oct 19

Government employees were given time off to participate

Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day

Ethiopia has planted 350 million trees in one day to combat climate change and desertification, according to the government.

News Lens • 30 Jul 19

Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy said regional officials were in a meeting when the coup attempt occurred

Senior Ethiopian officials killed in coup attempt

Ethiopia's chief of staff and at least three other senior officials have been killed during a coup attempt by an army general in the northern state of Amhara, state television said.

World • 23 Jun 19

Mr Negasso was president between 1995 and 2001

Former Ethiopian president Negasso Gidada dead at 75

Former Ethiopian president Negasso Gidada has died in Germany where he was undergoing medical treatment for an unspecified illness.

World • 27 Apr 19

Ethiopian women are still excepted to drop out of school, cook, clean and look after children

Ethiopia's fight for gender equality

RTÉ's Jackie Fox reports on Ethiopia's culture towards women and its efforts to change from a patriarchal society following the #MeToo movement.

World • 25 Apr 19

Chinese firms were involved in building the Addis Ababa-Adama Expressway in Tulu Dimtu

Ethiopia and the Chinese dream in Africa

Jackie Fox of RTÉ's foreign staff visits Ethiopia as the country struggles to pay back billions of euro in debt to China after the communist country helped to industrialise Addis Ababa.

World • 23 Apr 19

Investigators are trying to determine why the aircraft plunged into a field shortly after take-off

Ethiopia crash had 'similarities' with Indonesia crash

Ethiopia has said the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had "clear similarities" with October's Lion Air crash, according to analysis of the black boxes recovered from the wreckage.

World • 17 Mar 19

People from over 30 countries were killed in the crash

Identifying Ethiopia crash victims may take six months

Identifying the remains of the 157 people killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash may take up to six months, the airline has said.

World • 16 Mar 19

Sunday's crash after take-off from Addis Ababa was the second such disaster involving Boeing's 737 MAX

France to examine Ethiopian Airlines' black boxes

French investigators have taken possession of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet's black boxes in an attempt to find clues into Sunday's disaster that killed all 157 passengers from 35 countries.

World • 14 Mar 19

Governments around the world are grounding Boeing 737 Max aircraft or barring them from their airspace

US grounds Boeing 737 MAX amid growing safety concerns

The ban on the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is now worldwide after US President Donald Trump joined Canada and other countries in grounding the aircraft amid mounting global fears for the jets' airworthiness.

World • 14 Mar 19

All 157 people on board the flight died in the crash

Black boxes recovered from crashed Ethiopian flight

Ethiopian Airlines has said both the cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder have been recovered after yesterday's crash.

World • 11 Mar 19

The region of Obock where boats set off for the Middle East

38 people dead as two boats sink off coast of Djibouti

The death toll has risen to 38 after two migrant boats sank in heavy seas off the coast of Djibouti, the UN migration agency has said on Wednesday.

World • 30 Jan 19

The ancient site at Labibela will go green for St Patrick's Day

Ethiopian UNESCO site to go green for St Patrick's Day

The UNESCO site at Lalibela in Ethiopia is to be lit up with green lights this St Patrick's Day, it was announced today.

World • 11 Jan 19

Leo Varadkar met President Sahle-Work Zewde this morning

Taoiseach calls for deeper Europe-Africa links

The Taoiseach has said that China, Russia and Saudi Arabia will be the dominant influences in Africa unless Europe urgently forges deeper links with the continent.

Politics • 09 Jan 19

Irish troops are involved in an EU training mission in Mali (Pic: European External Action Service)

Taoiseach begins week-long visit to Mali and Ethiopia

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is to begin a week-long programme in Africa today, during which he will visit Irish troops in Mali and later meet Irish NGOs operating in Ethiopia.

Politics • 07 Jan 19

The crash happened on a flight between the eastern city of Dire Dawa and Bishoftu near the capital Addis Ababa (Pic: Google Maps)

18 killed in Ethiopian military helicopter crash

18 people have died after a military helicopter crashed in Ethiopia's Oromia region, the state-affiliated news agency Fana said.

Ethiopia • 30 Aug 18

Ethiopian security forces intervene after the blast went off at the rally in Meskel Square

Senior police officer arrested over Ethiopian attack

The deputy commissioner of the Addis Ababa Police Commission has been arrested over shortcomings in security after a grenade attack in the Ethiopian capital killed one person and left more than 100 wounded, according to state-run TV.

World • 23 Jun 18

A woman and child at a camp for displaced people in the Kaxda district, on the outskirts of Mogadishu

Aid agencies warn east Africa on the brink of famine

Aid agencies have warned that years of drought and conflict have left eastern Africa on the brink of famine, with 16 million people facing the threat of starvation.

World • 11 May 17

Anti-government protesters gathered at the religious festival in Ethiopia's Oromiya region

52 people killed during stampede in Ethiopia

Fifty-two people died in a stampede at a religious festival in Ethiopia to celebrate the end of the rainy season, the regional government said.

News • 02 Oct 16

The video purports to show the killings of around 30 Ethiopian Christians

US condemns reported Christian killings by IS

The White House has condemned the reported execution of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya as "brutal mass murder."

News • 20 Apr 15

President Michael D Higgins is on the second leg of his African visit

President arrives in Malawi on African visit

President Michael D Higgins has arrived in Malawi as he continues with his visit to Africa.

News • 10 Nov 14

President Michael D Higgins met Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in Addis Ababa

President Higgins addresses unrest in South Sudan

President Higgins has said that a resolution to the ongoing conflict in South Sudan is crucial, if a major humanitarian crisis is to be halted.

News • 06 Nov 14

Three bilateral treaties were signed between Ireland and Ethiopia

Agreements between Ireland and Ethiopia signed

President Michael D Higgins has witnessed the signing of three significant bilateral treaties between Ireland and Ethiopia.

News • 03 Nov 14

President Michael D Higgins begins his three-week trip in Ethiopia

Higgins urges international help to tackle Ebola

President Michael D Higgins has called on the international community to provide all assistance possible to African countries currently tackling the Ebola outbreak.

News • 02 Nov 14