The Boeing 737 crashed near Bishofu town about 50 Km from the capital, Addis Ababa.

Prime minister says state forces in ‘full control’ after attempted putsch A drugstore in Ethiopia that was selling banned substances to athletes across the road from the country's main track stadium has been shut down while authorities investigate. All the latest breaking news on Addis Ababa.

However, due to the upgrading made on the power plant in the following years, its generation capacity was uplifted to 6,000 MW and again upgraded to 6450 in February 2017.Briefing cabinet members on Thursday October 17, 2019, on the progress and contentious i African Union official says African leaders have agreed to send 7,500 troops to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria.By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Her appointment was unanimously endorsed by over 500 MPs in parliament, as was the case for selection of the first woman president last week picked by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.Two weeks ago, reformist Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed government announced unprecedented cabinet with gender balance in which 10 women were selected for ministerial positions, a step that was lauded the world over.Meaza General Gezae retired a few years after the conclusion of the Ethio-Eritrea war. Nigerian manager Ndubuisi Egbo made a winning debut in the UEFA Champions League after he guided FK Tirana to a 2-0 win over Georgian side, Dinamo Tbilisi, in their 2020/21 UEFA Champions League first-round qualifying tie on Wednesday.Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. Latest News and breaking from Ethiopia » Addis Ababa : Ethiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia or High Aethiopia, is a country landlocked located in the Horn of Africa. A 22-year-old South African woman was held at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here for allegedly trying to smuggle out Rs 1.18 crore worth narcotic drugs, neatly concealed inside cricket gear and shoes. Ethiopian Airline says it is working to be a 10 billion dollar profit making organisation, fly 120 international and 26 domestic destinations by 2025. He is expected to appear in court no later than 48 hours after his arrest.Video recorded by Ethiopian security forces, and shown on Ethiopian Television, shows General Kinfe Dagnew surrounded by secuirty people.

Ethiopian Airlines tragedy: the fatal flaws that killed 157 Mr Khalid Ibrahim, Legal Adviser, All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger, said on Wednesday that a caretaker committee has taken over affairs of the party. General Asminew Tsigie is believed to have been behind the recent coordinated attacks in Bahir Dar city and Addis Ababa.In those attacks, the Ethiopian Army Chief of Staff, General Seare Mekonnen, and Deputy Chief Administrator of Amhara region, Dr. Ambachew Mekonnen, were gunned down. Out of the total voters, 98.51 percent, numbering 2, 227,063, voted in favor of self-rule of the Sidama zone and the remaining 1.48 percent or 33,463 voted against the self-rule of the zone, according to preliminary results of the referendum announced by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) on Saturday, November 23, 2019.The board disclosed that there was high voter turnout and out the total 2,280,147 registered voters, 99.86 percent numbering 2,277,063 Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Arik Air, is facing maintenance and safety challenges as it has failed to ferry its aircraft that are due for various categories of checks overseas for maintenance. June 24 2019 (Ezega.com) -- Brigadier General Asaminew Tsige was shot dead by Ethiopian security forces according to Ethiopian state media ETV. Eighty-year-old Morada Mossa was one of the victims.

The main opposition coalition in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti said Monday that a key agreement with the government following contested elections in 2013 had reached "deadlock". Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was addressing a rally when the powerful blast took place.After the explosion the state broadcaster quickly cut away from coverage of the rally, which broke up with people singing, chanting and going back to their homes. Five Ethiopian journalists and bloggers who were at the centre of a long-running criminal case that government critics say was meant to silence them have been released, while four others remain in custody, rights group said on Thursday. The Attorney-General’s Office on Friday ordered the arrest of Ethiopian Minister of State for finance on suspicion of corruption, part of an anti-graft drive that the government says has led to dozens of arrests in the last two weeks. Abiy Ahmed said the Amhara regional government was attacked while it was in meeting in Bahir Dar city. Two more people were reportedly killed in Ambo, in addition to three people killed on Wednesday. In an urgent, one-day meeting held in Mekelle city in Tigray, on July 9, 2019, the TPLF all but declared the current central government in Ethiopia unfit to lead the country and is responsible for all the grave situation the country finds itself currently.In particular, the TPLF statement sing You can find out more by clicking Portuguese giants FC Porto are willing to allow Nigeria defender Chidozie Awaziem leave the club on a permanent basis this summer A member of the Nigeria Football Federation Management has tested positive to coronavirus, the Football House have confirmed. All 157 people on board flight killed in crash, airline says All Addis ababa News updates and notification on … Ethiopian Airlines: What we know so far about crash which killed 157