London, March 25, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ethiopia’s government has announced plans to free over 4,000 prisoners to reduce the rate of the spread of coronavirus. Prisoners to benefit from the move will include those convicted of minor offences and women with babies. READ ALSO: PRINCE CHARLES TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Other prisoners from foreign nationalities charged with involvement ...

London, March 9, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A special night school for Ethiopia’s enslaved child maids is fifteen years old and the founder, a local charity, the Organization for Prevention, Rehabilitation and Integration of Female Street Children (OPRIFS) is celebrating the success of an enduring legacy OPRIFS, legally registered on January 14th, 2000 focuses on the promotion of safer ...

London, Feb. 20, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A rare and looted 18th century crown was on Thursday returned to Ethiopia about two decades after it was discovered in the Netherlands READ ALSO: LIBYAN SECURITY FORCES RAID SHOPS SELLING UNLICENSED WEAPONS The Dutch government facilitated the handover “with the belief that it has a duty to restitute this important ...

London, Feb. 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-America’s top diplomat in his final Africa stop on Tuesday discussed political reforms with Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister, and the U.S. plans to provide “substantial financial support” to strengthen them, Ethiopia said. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said he and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also spoke about regional ...

London, Jan. 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Four people with suspected coronavirus have been put into isolation in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, the BBC’s Bizuwork Olana reports. Ethiopia becomes the second African country after Ivory Coast quarantine her citizen over apprehension they might have the deadly virus RELATED: IVORY COAST INVESTIGATES FIRST CASE OF CORONAVIRUS IN AFRICA On ...

London, Jan. 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-US President Donald Trump seems to think that the Nobel Peace Prize won by the Ethiopian PM, Ahmed Abiy should have been given to him, but instead went to a wrong person Why, what did he say? “I’m going to tell you about the Nobel Peace Prize, I’ll tell you about ...

London, Jan. 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Agroup of Somali refugees and their host community in Ethiopia have discovered a new way to save the environment through clean energy. When Asha Abdikadir Ahmed used to cook with firewood, her restaurant filled with billowing clouds of smoke. But now, when she tosses a briquette onto the fire, it burns ...

London, Nov. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Former Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn got more than he bargained for in a recent interview with Deutsche Welle, DW . Conflict Zone is Deutsche Welle’s top political interview where every week , host, Tim Sebastian is face to face with global decision-makers, seeking straight answers to straight questions, putting the ...

London, Nov. 4, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A powerful climate phenomenon in the Indian Ocean stronger than any seen in years is unleashing destructive rains and flooding across East Africa – and scientists say worse could be coming. Violent downpours in October have displaced tens of thousands in Somalia, submerged whole towns in South Sudan and killed dozens ...

London, Oct. 24, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Russia has offered to mediate the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Addis Ababa is building on its share of River Nile. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Puti had made the offer to both Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister ...