Tag: ethiopia

Ethiopia aims to plant 20 billion trees by 2022

Published on May 20, 2021 by Face of Malawi

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is leading a campaign to plant 6 billion trees across the country this year. It […]

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan talks fail to break Nile Dam deadlock

Published on April 16, 2021 by Face of Malawi

The long-running dispute over Ethiopia’s mega-dam is still going nowhere. But Sudan’s prime minister has invited his Egyptian and Ethiopian […]

Journalist shot dead in Ethiopia’s Tigray – aid worker, residents

Published on January 22, 2021 by Face of Malawi

An Ethiopian journalist and his friend have been shot dead by an unidentified person in the northern Tigray region’s capital […]

World Bank to invest $5 billion in 11 African countries

Published on January 12, 2021 by Face of Malawi

The World Bank on Monday said it would invest over $5 billion over the next five years to help restore […]

Ethiopia government denies war impeding aid, agencies report staff deaths

Published on December 11, 2020 by Face of Malawi

Ethiopia’s government on Friday denied that the war in its northern Tigray region was preventing aid reaching civilians, as two […]

Ethiopia admits shooting UN team in Tigray after defying checkpoints

Published on December 9, 2020 by Face of Malawi

Ethiopia’s government admitted on Tuesday to firing on a United Nations team who were visiting refugees in the conflict-hit Tigray […]

Ethiopia accused of blocking access to Sudan as EU urges end to Tigray fighting

Published on December 4, 2020 by Face of Malawi

Ethiopian forces blocked people from the country’s embattled Tigray region from crossing into Sudan on Thursday at the busiest crossing […]

Two missiles target Ethiopian airports as Tigray conflict widens

Published on November 16, 2020 by Face of Malawi

Two airports in Ethiopia’s Amhara state which neighbors Tigray — where federal troops are fighting local forces — were targeted by rocket […]

Investigations to the arrest of six journalists begins

Published on November 13, 2020 by FACE OF MALAWI

The journalism advocacy group Reporters Without Borders is investigating the arrest of at least six journalists in Ethiopia amid the […]

AFRICA: Three amazing facts about how Ethiopia was never colonized

Published on October 12, 2020 by Face of Malawi

There is contention among a few historians as to whether Ethiopia deserves the accolade as the only country on the […]

Ethiopia to hold elections taking general precautionary measures: Speaker

Published on September 29, 2020 by Face of Malawi

ADDIS ABABA – Speaker of House of Peoples’ Representatives Tagesse Chaffo said Ethiopia will conduct the sixth general elections this […]

Majority of African youth do not view Facebook as trusted news source, Malawi On The List

Published on September 25, 2020 by Face of Malawi

More than half of youth in Africa do not regard Facebook as a trusted source of information, according to a […]

Man Turns Truck Into Home, Builds Three-Bedrooms (Watch Video)

Published on August 7, 2020 by Face of Malawi

An Ethiopian man has built a home out of his beloved freight transporter truck: a three-bedroom flat that has everything […]

POLICE ARRESTS ALSHABAB MILITANTS AND ISLAMIC STATE IN ETHIOPIA

Published on September 24, 2019 by FACE OF MALAWI

Police in Ethiopia have arrested alshabab militants and Islamic estate together with their leader. According to the report from Ethiopian […]

AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON BRIEFED ON MALAWI FLOOD DISASTER

Published on March 19, 2019 by Flora Mitumba

Malawi’s Permanent Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Chimango Chirwa, today briefed the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa […]

38 people killed in bus accident in Ethiopia

Published on March 14, 2018 by Robert Ngwira

Thirty-eight people have died in Ethiopia after the bus they were travelling in plunged off a cliff, officials say. The […]

PPPC Expert thinks otherwise on Malawian Airlines

Published on January 21, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

As Malawian airlines succeeded the liquidated Air Malawi two years ago, differences arise on whether the new airline is fulfilling […]

Malawi coach names the squad ahead of the crucial matches

Published on November 11, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Malawian coach Young Chimodzi has named his 21-man squad for the last two important 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers […]