Kenyan Rescuers Find Baby Unharmed in Rubble of Building 3 Days after Collapse
Kenyan rescuers have found a one-year-old girl hidden in a bucket in the rubble of a residential building that collapsed in Nairobi on Friday. Rescue workers found the child, who was wrapped in a...
View ArticleEthiopian Politician Charged With Inciting Violence After Facebook Post About...
A former spokesman for Ethiopia’s main opposition group the Blue Party has been charged with inciting violence after his Facebook post critical of the government’s response to the protests in Oromia...
View ArticleDebris From Missing EgyptAir Flight 804 Found in Alexandria
Debris from EgyptAir Flight 804 has been found in Alexandria on Friday. The Airbus 320, which was heading to Cairo from Paris, crashed into the Mediterranean with 56 passengers and ten crew members...
View ArticleUber Launches Operations in Uganda’s Erratic Transport Market
Uber has launched its online transport network service in Uganda following its success in other African countries. Kampala is the 10th city in Africa where the US multinational ride-sharing app is...
View ArticleEthiopian Lawmakers Approve the Country’s First Cyber Crime Law
Ethiopian lawmakers on Tuesday passed the country’s first ever cybercrime bill. The bill was presented to parliament in April by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Ethiopian House of People’s...
View ArticleWinning Numbers of Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam Lottery Announced in Addis...
Ethiopian officials have announced the winners of the Grand Renaissance Dam Lottery, which was created to allow Ethiopian nationals to contribute to the construction of the 6,000 MW Dam. The first and...
View ArticleEthiopia Blocks Social Media Sites to Prevent Students From Being Distracted...
Ethiopia has restricted access to all social media sites across the country. The shutdown, which began on Saturday, is scheduled to last until Wednesday when the national university entrance...
View ArticleFacebook Suspends Popular Ethiopian News Page Over Coverage of Protests in...
Facebook has suspended the account of popular Ethiopian online news platform Mereja.com for “violating its policies.” Mereja’s Facebook page was suspended on Thursday for “misleading” people into...
View ArticleEthiopia to Raise $58 Million for the Construction of the Ethiopian Grand...
Ethiopian authorities have announced plans to raise 1.8 billion Birr (about $58 million) for the construction of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD). The Office of the National Council for the...
View ArticleDanish Ambassador Says Ethiopia’s Internet Shutdown is Indefinite
Source: Africanews.com The Danish ambassador to Ethiopia, Mette Thygesen, has revealed that the Ethiopian government has failed to give concrete promises on when mobile internet and social media...
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