Ethiopia
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Sudan says it repelled attempted incursion by Ethiopia forces
TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – Sudan's military said on Sunday it had repelled an attempted incursion by Ethiopian forces in the border area between the two countries.
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Ethiopian FM felicitates Amir-Abdollahian on his inauguration
TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke congratulated Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Airstrike hits busy market in Ethiopia, kills dozens
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray village of Togoga on Wednesday, leaving dozens killed.
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Egypt complains to UN of Ethiopia's measures on Nile dam fill
TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) –The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Egypt has sent a letter to UN Security Council to reaffirm its "complete rejection" of Ethiopia's unilateral measures on filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
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350,000 people in famine conditions in Ethiopia’s Tigray
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – A high-level UN-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimated about 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are facing famine conditions.
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Egypt rejects Ethiopian PM's statements on building new dams
TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – Egypt rejected on Monday the statements of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed that Ethiopia will build a number of dams across the country.
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Pres. Rouhani felicitates Ethiopia on National Day
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – Addressing his Ethiopian counterpart in a message, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani extended his felicitations to the nation and the government on the country’s National Day.
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Ethiopia to plant 6bn trees as part of nationwide campaign
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Ethiopia will plant 6 billion tree seedlings during the coming rainy season in the new phase of its Green Legacy campaign, the prime minister’s office announced on Tuesday.
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Egypt’s Sisi warns ‘all options open’ after dam talks fail
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Egyptian President el-Sisi has warned that “all options are open” after the latest round of talks between his country, Sudan and Ethiopia about a giant dam built by the latter on the Blue Nile ended without progress.
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UN calls for compromise, coop. over Nile dam
TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – The United Nations on Tuesday called for compromise and cooperation in order to reach an agreement over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile.
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Cairo concerned about Abu Dhabi suspicious actions: Report
TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – Egyptian sources say tensions between Cairo and Abu Dhabi have escalated to the point where the Egyptian president has ordered a review of recent relations between some Egyptian officials and the UAE.
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Freight truck overturn kills 12 Ethiopians
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – At least 12 people were killed when a freight truck carrying them overturned in Ethiopia's Amhara regional state.
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Ethiopia reports 1,161 new COVID-19 cases: report
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Ethiopia registered 1,161 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 161,974 as of Wednesday evening, the country's Ministry of Health said, according to Xinhua news agency.
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Iran rejects claims of plot to attack UAE Embassy in Ethiopia
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Embassy in Ethiopia has rejected allegations by the New York Times that Iran planned to attack the UAE Embassy in Addis Ababa.
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‘Tens of thousands’ could die of starvation in Tigray
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The Ethiopian Red Cross Society says 80 percent of Ethiopia’s northern, conflict-torn Tigray region has been completely cut off from humanitarian aid.
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Sudan, Ethiopia dispatch armed forces to common border areas
TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – Following the escalation of tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia, both sides have dispatched military forces to common border areas.
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Bomb blast in Ethiopia kills 3, injures 5
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Three people have been killed and five others injured in a bomb blast in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.
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VIDEO: Israeli of Ethiopian descent protest over police shooting
TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Thousands of Israelis of Ethiopian descent and their supporters staged sit-down protests at major road junctions throughout Israel during the last week after a member of the immigrant community was shot dead by police.
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Zuckerberg’s attempts to boycott Ethiopian uprisings in occupied territories
TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – The Social Networks such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have been abruptly interrupted during the Ethiopian Jewish protests occupied territories so that transferring messages and news through them was very difficult and in some cases impossible.
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Intl. Quds day marked in Belarus, Ethiopia
TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – The 40th anniversary of International Quds Day was marked in Iranian embassies in Belarus and Ethiopia on Friday.
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VIDEO: Latest footage of site where Ethiopian plane crashed
TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed on Sunday in the southeast of Ethiopia claiming lives of 157 individuals on board. Air crash investigators & Red Cross workers spent Monday retrieving remains and personal items belonging to the 149 passengers and eight crew members, of 35 different nationalities, who were on flight ET302.
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China grounds Boeing 737 fleet after Ethiopia plane crash
TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – Chinese airlines grounded all their Boeing 737 MAX jets following the request from the country's aviation regulator.
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Iran expresses regret over Ethiopia plane crash
TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has expressed regret over the crash of an Ethiopian passenger plane, which claimed the lives of all its passengers and crew members.
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By: Fatemeh Salehi
Saudi Arabia, UAE footprint in Eritrea, Ethiopia rapprochement
TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – The reconciliation between Ethiopia and Eretria after 20 years is top news in the African continent and KSA and UAE are speculated to be contributing to this development.
