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By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): The al-Shabaab terrorist group stormed several towns in southwestern Somalia along the border with Ethiopia, a security official confirmed on Thursday, fearing heavy losses in the ensuing clashes with security forces from both sides. Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shahaab militants attacked the towns of Aato, Yeed, and Washaqo in the province of […]

1st May 2022

Ethiopians observe grand iftar on capital streets, decry communal violence

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) Over half a million people broke fast on the streets in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Friday in solidarity with the Muslim community, which is observing fast during the holy month of Ramadan. On the somber occasion, people chanted slogans and condemned the heinous attack, in which miscreants torched […]

29th Apr 2022

Ethiopia: 20 Muslims killed in cemetery in Amhara region by Christians

(Agencies): At least 20 Muslims were killed, a mosque torched, Muslim businesses destroyed in Amhara region, northern Ethiopia, Tuesday. Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council on Thursday urged the government to probe attacks against Muslims in the northern city of Gonda. According to Anadolu Agency, an eye witness told them that at least 40 Muslims were […]

15th Nov 2020

Ethiopia: Rebel rocket attack targets Eritrean airport

By Tufak Aktas (AA): A rocket attack on the Eritrean capital from Ethiopia’s Tigray province’s border was reported Sunday as an operation against rebel rule continues in the province. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, which governs Tigray province, carried out the attack that targeted the airport in Asmara, Tesfa News reported. Rockets did […]

17th Apr 2020

Ethiopia: Muslims, Christians join to fight COVID-19

By Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA-Ethiopia (AA): While in other parts of the world, authorities labored to convince some religious groups about the dangers of the pandemic, in Ethiopia two major religions Christianity and Islam took no time to join the fight against the coronavirus or COVID-19. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed-led government also obliged them, […]

26th Dec 2019

Ethiopia: Muslims urge probe into torching of mosques

By Addis Getachew and Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA): Muslims in Ethiopia condemned the weekend torching of mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the country. A demonstration on Tuesday in Jijjiga, a Muslim-dominated city in the east, urged an investigation into the arson attacks. Over the weekend, four mosques and a church were burned […]

24th Jun 2018

Ethiopia: Deadly explosion hits PM rally killing one injuring 150

By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA): One killed and 150 injured Saturday when an explosion disrupted a rally by Ethiopia’s new prime minister in capital Addis Ababa. Abiy Ahmed was rushed to safety after the grenade explosion. In a televised address later, he said: “A few individuals were killed in the explosion perpetrated […]

7th Jun 2018

Ethiopia: Out of prison, Muslim activist demands reforms

By Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA (AA): Moving clouds, wet winds, and the sound of the rain had darkened the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. It was 6 o’clock. The road leading to the Betel neighborhood where Abubakr Ahmed, a high-profile Muslim rights activist preacher lives, looks like a scene of staged confusion. Street lights go […]

4th Aug 2015

Ethiopian court jails Muslim activists, journalist

ADDIS ABABA, (AA): An Ethiopian court on Monday slapped four leaders of a local Muslim group, a journalist and 13 others with hefty jail terms for “incitement” and “terrorism”. All of those sentenced, who have remained in police custody for the past three years, are Muslims. All of them were convicted in a trial held […]

29th Jul 2015

: Obama talks rights, democracy at African Union headquarters

ADDIS ABABA, (AA): Wrapping up a five-day visit to Africa, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke Tuesday in Addis Ababa, where he urged African countries to democratize, respect human rights and ensure the continent’s leaders abided by presidential term limits. Obama made his appeal during an address delivered before African diplomats, investors, scholars and civil society […]

2nd Jun 2015

Somalia: 50 killed in clashes between Somali, Ethiopian militias on border

MOGADISHU, (Xinhua): At least 50 people were killed and scores of others injured in border clashes between Somali clan militia and Ethiopian paramilitary unit since last week, the Somali authorities said on Monday. Somalia’s Galgadud region governor, Hussein Weheliye Cirfo, said most of the victims are civilians in the week-long fighting between Somali militia […]

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