Category: English News
Ethiopia’s Tigray forces say they released 1,000 captured soldiers
Mekele, (Reuters) - Forces in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have released around 1,000 government soldiers captured during recent fighting, the he [...]
Ethiopia rejects Arab League resolution on Renaissance Dam
New York, (HCTV) Ethiopia has rejected a resolution by the Arab League which called for the intervention of the United Nations Security Council in the [...]
At least 15 killed in suicide bombing at army camp in Somalia – witness
Mogadishu, (HCTV/REUTERS) - At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing as recruits lined up outside an army camp in the Somali cap [...]
Somaliland elections: Opposition parties win majority of seats
Hargeysa, (HCTV) - Two opposition parties in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region have won a majority of seats in the region’s first parliamentary el [...]
UN says fighting displaces up to 100,000 people in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, (HCTV) – Initial estimates indicate between 60,000 and 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Mogadishu following an outbre [...]
Somali ex-leader says soldiers attacked his home, blames president
Muqdisho, (Reuters) - A former Somali leader accused his successor President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of orchestrating an attack by soldiers on his h [...]
Voting underway in Djibouti with president seen winning fifth term
Djibouti, (HCTV) - Voters headed to the polls on Friday in the tiny but strategically important Horn of Africa nation Djibouti, with President Ismael [...]
‘All options open’: Egypt warns Ethiopia amid dam deadlock
CAIRO, (AP) — Egypt’s president warned Ethiopia on Wednesday that his government will not tolerate any moves by Addis Ababa that would reduce Egypt’s [...]
At least 100 killed in border clashes between Ethiopia’s Somali and Afar regions – official
NAIROBI, (HCTV) - Border clashes between Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions have killed at least 100 people, a regional official said on Tuesday, the [...]
US presses Somalia to hold elections immediately
Washington, (HCTV) - The United States called on Somalia on Friday to hold elections right away and end a deadlock that Washington says is threatening [...]