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Ethiopia is worried over a defense deal between Egypt and Somalia as tensions rise in Horn of Africa

Aug. 30, 2024 15:06 PM EDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a recent defense deal between Egypt and Somalia, two countries that Addis Ababa is embroiled in disputes with amid rising tensions in the Horn of Africa region. Cairo and Mogadishu earlier this month signed a...

Turkey says Ethiopia and Somalia have made 'notable progress' in talks to settle dispute

Aug. 13, 2024 11:45 AM EDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Ethiopia and Somalia have made “notable progress” in efforts to settle a dispute sparked by Ethiopia’s deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland, Turkey’s foreign minister said Tuesday. Hakan Fidan made the comments at the end of a second round of...

Turkey hosts another round of talks to ease tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia

Aug. 12, 2024 13:48 PM EDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey hosted a second round of talks on Monday between east African neighbors Ethiopia and Somalia to try and resolve a dispute over Ethiopia's deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland, officials said. Tensions between the two African countries have...

Price instability rocks Ethiopia as it reels from foreign exchange rate reforms

Aug. 12, 2024 05:09 AM EDT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The prices on the menu have been erased at a small hotel in a suburb of Ethiopia's capital. That was no mistake, the waiters said, as businesses in Addis Ababa struggle to keep up with spiraling inflation since the government implemented a flexible...

Ethiopia's currency dives by 30% as IMF-backed reforms to stabilize the economy take effect

Jul. 30, 2024 09:42 AM EDT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's currency lost 30% of its value Tuesday, the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary Fund as part of new measures to stabilize the eastern African nation's economy. ...

Ethiopia declares 3 days of national mourning as mudslide death toll rises to 257

Jul. 26, 2024 11:51 AM EDT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian lawmakers declared three days of mourning Friday as diggers continued their search for bodies of mudslide victims in a remote part of the East African country. Heavy rain triggered deadly slides on Sunday and Monday in Ethiopia's south,...

Turkey mediates between Somalia and Ethiopia to ease diplomatic tensions

Jul. 01, 2024 17:04 PM EDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Monday mediated talks between Somalia and Ethiopia to ease diplomatic tensions between the east African neighbors, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. Tensions between the two African countries have simmered since Ethiopia signed a memorandum of...