Ethiopia

Growing demand for flowers, even as Russia's war in Ukraine cuts production, has led gardeners in Kenya, Africa's top flower grower, to raise prices, according to a Bloomberg report. Kenya's exports in 2022 are…
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When Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power in Turkey two decades ago, he tried to reorient Turkish foreign policy. The emphasis is on Europe and the West, despite his initial interest in joining the European Union.…
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Queues form daily early in the morning outside the Russian embassy in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Seduced by rumors on social media, young and old, many with army diplomas in hand, arrived there hoping to fight…
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New humanitarian aid convoys arrived or were heading to Mecca on Thursday, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray province, a theater of war that has been threatened with famine since November 2020, according to the World…
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Russia has not been able to dominate the drone sector in the war in Ukraine, but the Ukrainian (Turkish-made) Bayraktar TB2 can not provide close air support to Kyiv, as it is very vulnerable to Russian air defense,…
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Turkey has started production of the ultrasonic "Red Apple" stealth UCAV Baykar Defense is the company owned by Selcuk Bayraktar, son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a company that not only has…
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At least 750 civilians were killed or executed between July and December 2021 in two northern Ethiopian provinces where war has been raging for 16 months, according to a report released by the Ethiopian Human Rights…
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Rebels from the state of Tigray have raped women and underage girls, in several cases in groups, in two communities in the state of Amhara, the human rights organization Amnesty International complains in a report…
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The Ethiopian parliament decided today to lift the state of emergency that was imposed in the country in November when guerrillas from the province of Tigray threatened to reach Addis Ababa, the Foreign Ministry…
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At least 108 civilians have been killed in airstrikes allegedly carried out by the Ethiopian Air Force in the Tigray region since early January, the United Nations said today, citing possible war crimes. The UN…
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