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UAE-India flights cancelled due to volcanic eruption in Ethiopia
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, November 24 announced that flights between UAE and India have been cancelled due to volcanic eruption in Ethiopia. The decisions comes after the Hayli Gubbi…
- India
Ethiopia volcano eruption: Delhi airport sees 7 flight cancellations
New Delhi: At least 7 international flights were cancelled and more than 10 overseas flights delayed at the Delhi airport on Tuesday as ash plumes from the volcanic eruption in Ethiopia impacted…
- India
Volcanic ash plumes: Carriers cancel flights; DGCA issues advisory
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday issued an advisory to airlines and airports to deal with possible disruptions due to the ash plume from the volcanic activity in Ethiopia. Ash clouds…
- World
Ethiopia earns over USD 216 million from horticulture exports
Addis Ababa: Ethiopia has earned more than $216 million from exports of horticultural commodities during the first five months of the current fiscal year, the country’s Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration…
- Middle East
UAE inaugurates Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak School for the Blind in Ethiopia
In the presence of Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak School for the Blind has been inaugurated in Addis Ababa to…
- Middle East
Egypt flags concern as Ethiopia fills Nile dam reservoir
Cairo: Egypt has said that Ethiopia’s filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir on the Blue Nile river without a consensus with Egypt and Sudan, the two downstream countries, is…
- World
Ethiopia: 3 Muslims shot dead in protest against demolition of mosques
Three Muslim worshipers were shot to death and dozens injured by Ethiopian security forces during a protest over the demolition of mosques in Ethiopia at the grand mosque Anwar Masjid in the…
- World
WFP calls for urgent funding for drought-hit people in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for urgent funding to avoid a major humanitarian crisis in drought-affected areas of Ethiopia. The WFP, in its latest Ethiopia Drought Response…
- Middle East
Fighting in Ethiopia displaces hundreds of thousands, curtails aid: UN
Addis Ababa: Fighting in northern Ethiopia has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in recent weeks in parts of Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions, the UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for…
- Middle East
Egypt rejects Ethiopia’s plan to fill Nile dam reservoir
Cairo: Egypt has sent a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) to object to Ethiopia’s continued filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “Egypt completely rejects Ethiopia’s continuation of filling the…
- India
Saudi Arabia lifts COVID-19 travel restrictions to India, 3 other countries
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Monday lifted travel restrictions on its citizens travelling to and from India and three other countries, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The other three…
- Middle East
Ethiopia repatriates 35,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia
Addis Ababa: Ethiopia has repatriated around 35,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia in the past two months, an official said here. Speaking to local media, State Minister of Government Communications Service Selamawit Kassa…
- World
UN warns of worsening drought in Horn of Africa in four decades
Nairobi: The United Nations top relief official has warned of the worsening drought in the Horn of Africa region which has already affected more than 18 million people across Ethiopia, Somalia and…
- World
Ethiopia: 21 Muslims killed in “planned massacre” in Gonder
At least twenty one people were killed after a group of people attacked mourners at the funeral of Sheik Kamal Legas, a prominent local Sheik in the city who passed away on…
