Ethiopia

Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency said on Monday.

At least 64 people were killed and 180 were injured in an air strike on a market in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, a local health officer said Thursday, as the army denied targeting civilians.

The new 10,000m world record was the fourth career world record for Sifan Hassan, who was coached by the now-banned Alberto Salazar.

More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia's troubled northern Tigray region need emergency food aid, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it appealed for $203 million to scale up its response.

Indian aviation regulator DGCA today allowed foreign-registered Boeing 737 Max aircraft, which were grounded in the country since the March 2019 fatal crash of such a plane in Ethiopia, to overfly India after taking the agency's permission.

More than 500 rape cases have been reported to five clinics in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the United Nations said on Thursday, warning that the actual numbers might be far higher.

Gudaf Tsegay broke the women's world record for the indoor 1500 metres, after posting a time of three minutes, 53.09 seconds.

Two Nigerian nationals, including a woman, were arrested in Bengaluru on charges of drug peddling. 3,000 ecstasy pills and cocaine, received from the Netherlands and Ethiopia through postal parcel service were seized by the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB), the central agency said on Tuesday.

Delhi half marathon: Avinash Sable became the first Indian to run a half marathon under sixty one minutes.

The 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people within five months in 2018 and 2019 and triggered a hailstorm of investigations.

After nearly two years of scrutiny, corporate upheaval and a standoff with global regulators, Boeing Co won approval on Wednesday from the US Federal Aviation Administration to fly its 737 MAX jet again after two fatal disasters.

The United Nations said Tuesday it is releasing $100 million in aid for seven countries that include Ethiopia to help them avoid famine because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a "gruesome" attack on a passenger bus in west Ethiopia, a part of the country that has recently seen a spate of deadly assaults on civilians, the national human rights body said Sunday.

Refugees fled to Sudan on Tuesday and the African Union appealed for a ceasefire in a north Ethiopian region where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is waging a military offensive against local leaders defiant of his authority.

The death count from demonstrations and ethnic violence that erupted in Ethiopia last week following the murder of a popular singer from the Oromo ethnic group has risen to 239, according to a tally of police figures.

Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency said on Monday.

At least 64 people were killed and 180 were injured in an air strike on a market in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, a local health officer said Thursday, as the army denied targeting civilians.

The new 10,000m world record was the fourth career world record for Sifan Hassan, who was coached by the now-banned Alberto Salazar.

More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia's troubled northern Tigray region need emergency food aid, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it appealed for $203 million to scale up its response.

Indian aviation regulator DGCA today allowed foreign-registered Boeing 737 Max aircraft, which were grounded in the country since the March 2019 fatal crash of such a plane in Ethiopia, to overfly India after taking the agency's permission.

More than 500 rape cases have been reported to five clinics in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the United Nations said on Thursday, warning that the actual numbers might be far higher.

Gudaf Tsegay broke the women's world record for the indoor 1500 metres, after posting a time of three minutes, 53.09 seconds.

Two Nigerian nationals, including a woman, were arrested in Bengaluru on charges of drug peddling. 3,000 ecstasy pills and cocaine, received from the Netherlands and Ethiopia through postal parcel service were seized by the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB), the central agency said on Tuesday.

Delhi half marathon: Avinash Sable became the first Indian to run a half marathon under sixty one minutes.

The 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people within five months in 2018 and 2019 and triggered a hailstorm of investigations.

After nearly two years of scrutiny, corporate upheaval and a standoff with global regulators, Boeing Co won approval on Wednesday from the US Federal Aviation Administration to fly its 737 MAX jet again after two fatal disasters.

The United Nations said Tuesday it is releasing $100 million in aid for seven countries that include Ethiopia to help them avoid famine because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a "gruesome" attack on a passenger bus in west Ethiopia, a part of the country that has recently seen a spate of deadly assaults on civilians, the national human rights body said Sunday.

Refugees fled to Sudan on Tuesday and the African Union appealed for a ceasefire in a north Ethiopian region where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is waging a military offensive against local leaders defiant of his authority.

The death count from demonstrations and ethnic violence that erupted in Ethiopia last week following the murder of a popular singer from the Oromo ethnic group has risen to 239, according to a tally of police figures.