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Yemeni forces advance around Bab el-Mandeb but have not secured the strait, and Perim Island stays in Houthi hands, military sources tell AFP

Yemeni military sources told AFP on Saturday that gov’t forces are advancing around the Bab el-Mandeb strait but have not secured it, and that Perim Island remains in Houthi hands, after ...
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Ethiopian Gov’t takes over stalled Kombolcha railway as reports clash over its London arbitration with Yapı Merkezi

The Ethiopian Railways Corporation has taken over the stalled Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebeya railway with its own workers and machines, The Reporter said. A legal news service reported that Turkish ...
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Ethiopia’s rights commission reports killings, detentions of alleged “Fano cells” and ransom abductions as a party says detainees are pressed to sign pardon papers

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission’s fifth annual report says killings, unlawful detentions, ransom abductions and enforced disappearances continued over the past year, while the EPRP ...
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Abiy Ahmed opens a refinery in Addis Ababa built to process 600 tonnes of precious metals a year as Ethiopia moves to stop sending raw gold to Dubai

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed opened a national precious metals refinery at Bole Lemi in Addis Ababa, built to process more than 600 tonnes of precious metals a year, as officials say all of ...
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Ethiopia tells UN Security Council it has no option but self-defense against Eritrea, as federal forces are reported in Idaga Hamus

Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos told Security Council members that Eritrea’s “all-out invasion” leaves Ethiopia no option but self-defense, as federal forces were reported in ...
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Houthis deny Saudi envoy’s claim that Bab el-Mandeb is cleared, after a Yemeni military source told AFP that fighting was fierce

Saudi envoy Mohammed Al Jaber said Bab el-Mandeb had been cleared of the Houthis, a claim a Houthi spokesman denied. A Yemeni military source had told AFP that fighting was fierce.
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Some car asking prices jump as an Addis Ababa tax crackdown on brokers leaves showrooms quiet seven weeks on

Seven weeks after Addis Ababa barred brokers from displaying other people’s cars, many showrooms are still quiet and some asking prices have risen sharply, Birr Metrics reported.
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Ethiopian drones hit Eritrean troops near Adigrat, witnesses and a conflict monitor say, as Addis Ababa demands that foreign forces leave

Ethiopian drones struck Eritrean troops around Adigrat overnight, ACLED and witnesses said, as Addis Ababa demanded that all foreign forces leave Ethiopian territory.
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Parliament approves Abiy Ahmed’s new cabinet, moving Fitsum Assefa to Finance and naming nine women among 22 ministers

Parliament unanimously approved 22 ministers on Thursday, moving Fitsum Assefa (PhD) to Finance in a cabinet where women hold nine posts.
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EU warns Ethiopia-Eritrea tension risks a regional war as Isaias returns from Alamein talks

The European Union said it was alarmed by the escalating war in Ethiopia and by rising tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea, warning that the confrontation risks setting off a broader regional ...
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Oil jumps 40 percent in two months while coffee slips, leaving Ethiopia’s new finance minister a costlier import bill

Brent crude rose 40 percent from July to September while Arabica coffee fell, World Bank data show, pulling Ethiopia’s foreign currency accounts in opposite directions.
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Houthi missile lands near Aden runway minutes before a Cairo flight as the Yemeni Gov’t push stalls in the hills above Bab el-Mandeb

A damaged building at Aden International Airport, July 2017 (IOM, UN Migration, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0) [file photo] Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles and drones at Aden International ...