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WHO approves a Covid-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm for emergency use

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The World Health Organization on Friday approved an emergency COVID-19 vaccine from the Chinese state-run drugmaker Sinopharm, reinforcing Beijing's desire to play...

1.3 million doses of different life-saving vaccines delivered for the children...

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310,000 children will be vaccinated against common childhood illnesses as UNICEF air charter flies vaccines into Eritrea. On 29...

The US is tracking an uncontrolled Chinese rocket traveling at 18,000...

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The US Space Command says it's tracking a large Chinese rocket body that's out of control and expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere...

UN RELEASES $65M FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE AS TIGRAY CRISIS WORSENS; 16...

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The United Nations has provided US$65 million for humanitarian response in Ethiopia. More than 16 million people in Ethiopia need humanitarian assistance,...

President Isaias Afwerki receives American delegation

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Asmara, May 7, 2021 ‐ Yesterday afternoon, President Isaias Afwerki received and held talks with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, the American Special Envoy...

FRONTLINE: Escaping Eritrea

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Five Years in the Making, Undercover Documentary Exposes Horrors Inside Eritrean Regime’s Network of Prisons— In the past two...

Eritrea’s president visits Sudan amid tensions over Ethiopia

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The President of Eritrea arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for talks with Sudanese officials when tensions arose in the long-standing border dispute...

US envoy heads to Ethiopia as Tigray crisis marks six months

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Washington on Tuesday sent the newly appointed envoy to the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, to Ethiopia and Eritrea, as fighting in...

Breaking: The EU cancels its planned deployment of Electoral Observation Mission...

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The EU's senior representative Josep Borrell said that the block has cancelled the deployment of it's planned Election observation mission to Ethiopia. 

US Envoy Heads to Horn of Africa

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Brinken said in the statement that Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman will visit Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan through May 13.

Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce after 27 years of marriage

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife and philanthropist Melinda announced on Monday that they would get divorced after a 27-year marriage. 

East Africa’s free press still under threat, global survey shows

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Today is World Press Freedom Day, and this year’s theme emphasizes on "information as public good". Today remains a crucial one for...

More than 800 migrants rescued in Mediterranean head to Italy

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A charity ship has sailed towards Italy's Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers boats, while Italian coast...

The J&J vaccine isn’t causing nausea and fainting, anxiety is

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A new report  from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered that anxiety is to blame for a series of adverse...

Ethiopia to designate TPLF, OLF-Shene as ‘terror’ groups

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Ethiopia has added two armed groups to its "terror list", including the Tigray People's Liberation Front, against which it launched a massive...

Turkey’s TIKA distributes food in Ethiopia

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Turkey's state-run aid agency on Thursday dispensed food items to 550 displaced families on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. 

WHO approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

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The approval came with the increase in the number of cases worldwide, putting pressure on governments to accelerate vaccination programmes. 

Kenya says Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps to close next year

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The Kenyan government informed the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) that it will close two refugee camps with more than 400,000 people...

Japanese Government provides New Emergency Grant to UNICEF to improve Cold...

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In cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Japanese government provided a new emergency grant of US$1.45 million to improve...

ARMED FORCES FROM TIGRAY LAUNCH ATTACK INSIDE AMHARA REGION; LOCAL OFFICIALS...

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Local authorities in the Amhara Regional State, Wag Hemra zone, said an early morning April 25 military attack in Abergele Woreda of...

Ethiopia’s Tigray War Is Fueling Amhara Expansionism

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The conflict in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia, is ostensibly about political control. The federal government's said objective is to arrest...

Tigray rebel leader Debretsion Gebremichael new video footage

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An unconfirmed new video footage of the former president of the Tigray region and the chairman of the Tigray's  People’s  Liberation Front...

U.S. Africa Envoy: Ethiopia Crisis Could Make Syria Look Like ‘Child’s...

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The Biden administration this month introduced Jeffrey Feltman, a veteran former senior U.S.and United Nations diplomat, out of semi-retirement to count on...

Eritrean troops block, loot food aid in Tigray: documents

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According to government documents from Agence France-Presse, Eritrean soldiers are blocking and looting food aid in the war-torn Ethiopian Tigray region, stoking...

Blinken presses Ethiopia’s Abiy to ensure full withdrawal of Eritrean troops...

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Monday, in a phone call to Abiy, Blinken “pressed for Ethiopia’s and Eritrea’s commitments to withdraw Eritrean troops from Tigray to be implemented immediately, in...

Antony Blinken to make a first virtual visit to Africa

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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will make a virtual visit to Africa for the first time and will meet with the...

Do you really need to drink 8 glasses of water a...

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The hotter climate and longer days have stimulated reminders to "stay hydrated" and drink 8 glasses of water or approximately 2 liters...

Eritrea releases 97 Egyptian fishermen detained for 100 days

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Eritrean authorities on Sunday released 97 Egyptian fishermen who had been detained due to entering Eritrean territorial waters since January 12th.They were...

Breakthrough Malaria Vaccine Is 77% Effective, Giving Hope Against One Of...

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According to the preliminary clinical trial results published Thursday , the Oxford University team behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot has developed the...

EU pulls Eritrea funding, citing Tigray conflict, ‘lack of interest’

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The European Commission plans to "de-commit" more than €100 million away from Eritrea in the clearest sign yet that Brussels "dual-track" try...