Ethiopia
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Building collapse kills 7 in Ethiopian capital
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Seven people died in a residential building collapse in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, local media reported Wednesday.
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Over 50,000 displaced by clashes in northern Ethiopia: UN
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – More than 50,000 people have been displaced by clashes in a disputed area in northern Ethiopia, the United Nations said.
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Road accidents kill 17 in Ethiopia
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – At least 17 people were killed in two separate traffic accidents that happened in Ethiopia on Sunday, according to local officials.
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Oxfam warns of worsening hunger crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray
TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – The international aid group Oxfam warned Thursday of an aggravating hunger crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
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World Food Program:
Heavy rains in eastern Ethiopia displace 12,000 households
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Heavy rains in Ethiopia's eastern region of Somali have displaced about 12,000 households, the World Food Program (WFP) announced.
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El Nino:
Floods in Ethiopia leaves over 20 dead, displace many more
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – More than 20 people have died and over 12,000 others have been forced out of their homes in Ethiopia's Somali region due to flash flooding triggered by torrential rains, news outlets reported Saturday.
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Al-Shabaab militants kill over 160 Ethiopian soldiers
TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) –At least 167 Ethiopian soldiers were killed in an ambush by militants of the Al-Shabaab in western Somalia, the local media reported.
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Fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara kills at least 183, UN says
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – Fighting between Ethiopia's military and militiamen in the Amhara region has killed at least 183 people, the UN human rights office has said.
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Suspected air strike kills 26 in Ethiopia's Amhara region
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – A suspected air strike at the weekend in Ethiopia's Amhara region killed at least 26 people, a hospital official has said.
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Peace mediator says;
War in Ethiopia's Tigray may have killed 600,000 people
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – The brutal civil war in northern Ethiopia may have killed as many as 600,000 people, according to the African Union’s lead mediator in the peace talks.
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28 bodies of foreign nationals discovered in Zambian capital
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – Police authorities in Zambia announced on Sunday the discovery of 28 bodies of foreign nationals by the roadside on the northern outskirts of the country’s capital of Lusaka.
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Iran welcomes Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) – Foreign ministry spokesman has voiced Iran's support for a peace agreement between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
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10 killed in air strikes on capital of Ethiopia's Tigray
TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Twin drone attacks hit a residential neighborhood in the regional capital Mekele, killing 10 people and injuring others, according to Ethiopian authorities.
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Gunmen kill at least 42 people in Ethiopia's Oromiya region
TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Gunmen killed at least 42 people in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, two residents who buried the bodies in mass graves said on Friday.
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Air strike on playground kills 7 in Ethiopia's Tigray region
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – An air raid killed at least seven people, including three children, in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.
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Iran condemns terrorist attack in Ethiopia
TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman condemned the attack by armed insurgent groups on the Oromia region in Ethiopia.
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Over 200 feared dead in Ethiopia massacre
TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, have been killed in an attack in the country's Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group, which denies it.
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Raeisi calls for strengthening relations with Ethiopia
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – In a message to the president of Ethiopia, Iranian President Ebrahim Raiesi called for the development of bilateral ties between the two countries.
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Dozens of Al-Shabaab terrorists detained in Ethiopia
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – The Ethiopian security service on Saturday reported that 34 members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group were identified and arrested during an operation.
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86 killed, wounded in an airstrike on Ethiopia’s Tigray
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – An airstrike in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray killed 56 people and wounded at least 30 in a camp for the internally displaced, two aid workers quoted local authorities and eyewitness accounts as saying.
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Tigray rebels in Ethiopia kills dozens of civilians
TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – According to the government-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, Tigrayan rebels have killed more than 150 civilians in the Amhara region on suspicion of offering aid to federal forces.
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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.