time since diplomatic ties were severed twenty years ago hammad out of reports from the capital addis ababa. a warm welcome for members of the fost trained in addition to visit the disc in almost two decades they here to discuss peace overtures by ethiopia the top raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of most problems but interest on the offs if european prime minister ahmet say dalia this month he was ready to on all the times of a peace deal and of the country's one thousand nine hundred eight to two thousand conflict he suggested if the appeal would be willing to give up its claim to disputed land raising hopes of a settlement toughest getting over their common border with revealing nets. every train and ethiopian people are brothers and sisters relationship goes way beyond the border dispute peace between our two countries will be helpful to the people of the horn of africa and the entire continent at a tray and president assad is a forward a key in a surprise move last week welcome what he called if he appears positive messages and decided to send his first official delegation to addis

started with say much optimism hundreds of thousands of ethiopians had gathered in the capital addis ababa mescal square to support their new prime minister since taking office in april the forty two year old has announced a series of reforms including the release of tens of thousands of prisoners the opening of state owned companies to private investment and a proposed peace deal with eritrea in an address to the nation after the attack abby said that those trying to divide ethiopia would not succeed in your my family why not but i'm not certain groups planned and coordinated to destroy this large gathering to kill innocent people and to spill blood on our streets they have tried very hard but their entire plot has failed the questions are being raised about whether the security operation for such a large rally was adequate some of the officers have been saying that this is an attempt on the life of the prime minister and the definitely the supporting the rally was a great demonstration that there is a solid support for the reformist by the prime minister but at the same time the the grea

to see the country unite or nine of the arrested are police officers going to doe has more from addis ababa. if you're going to police have confirmed that the mind policeman they're holding in connection with the attack on saturday included the deputy commander of police here in the cup little addis ababa they say they will soon be charged with negligence and not putting a mouth measures in place to ensure that such a breach did not or can that the past few hours organizers of that rally also today hold a press conference in which they called for arjun blood donations to save the lives of more than forty people injured in the outside and who are in hospitals here in the cup with all now thousands of with your people flocked to mescal square in the center of the city also today. calling on mall support for prime minister ahmed reform agenda they say that promises of repealing the media rule the march abused terrorism law as well as possible peace with at syria and then see the many people who've been living in exile abroad retiring after the prime minister came to office has them all excited

been killed in a grenade attack during the new prime minister's first mass rally in the capital addis ababa more than one hundred sixty people were injured after it has announced a series of major reforms since taking office in april victoria gay some reports. this was the moment the grenade exploded close to where prime minister abbey ask why it was sitting. for a few moments there was confusion before members of the security forces came onto the stage and led the effort to safety. witnesses say they saw the man who targeted the prime minister there's a prime minister we're just concluded his speech and that moment there was a grenade. but i think the guy was just trying to stroll the stage. beside him just took him. just went off and on sunday it was a bloody end to a day that is started with so much optimism hundreds of thousands of ethiopians had gathered in the capital addis ababa mescal square to support their new prime minister since taking office in april the forty two year old has announced a series of reforms including the release of tens of thousands of prisoners the opening of s

addis ababa, capital city of ethiopia.nter that will both confirm and confound expectations. fueled largely by direct foreign investment and a returning ethiopian diaspora eager to be part of the new growth, things are changing in addis. it's one of the fastest growing economies in the world. it's not the first time the place has gone through a growth spurt. in the 1950s, emperor haile selassie, known as "the king of kings," embarked on a similar program of massive public works. this was supposed to be the legacy of ethiopia. the future. but the next time ethiopia found itself in the headlines, it was for this. and for many of us, that was the end of the story. so i'm looking forward to this week. >> marcus: i can't wait to show you ethiopia. >> anthony: i've been waiting for you. i mean, i'll tell you right now -- >> marcus: you couldn't have picked a better time because we have old ethiopia right here, and we also have new ethiopia right here, and, that's like, that combo -- it's gonna be so cool. >> anthony: marcus samu

emmanuel igunza, bbc news, addis ababa.f terror groups linked to so—called islamic state and al-qaeda. human trafficking across the southern stretch of sahara known as the sahel, is funding the islamists who are growing in strength. mali is now home to the un‘s most deadly peacekeeping mission and the us recently lost troops in neighbouring niger. 0ur africa correspondent alastair leithead travelled to the region and sent this special report. the sahara used to be a big empty space on the map. but now this desert the size of america is being filled up by foreign armies and jihadist terror groups. convoys are coming under attack from both al-qaeda and islamic state fighters. roadside bombs are being used to deadly effect. this is what‘s left of timbuktu airport after the french and united nations base there was hit in april by three suicide car bombs, mortars and foot soldiers strapped with explosives. a foreign military presence creates a target, as it did in afghanistan, but this is about fighting a war abroad rather than

nine police officers have been arrested over a grenade attack at a rally in ethiopia's capital addis ababa two people were killed and more than one hundred fifty others injured in the explosion on saturday at an event held by the new prime minister nabil ahmed was rushed to safety neatly after the blast which he described as well orchestrated is in addis ababa with more. if your police help conform about the mind policeman the holding in connection with the talk was so today include the deputy commander of. police here in the cup with all of this of a ban they say they will soon be charged with negligence are not putting a mouth measures in place to ensure that such a breach did not or can't in the past few hours organizers of dogs running also today held a press conference in which they called for argent blood donations to save the lives or call them for two people injured in the tug and who are in hospitals here in the cup brutal now thousands of with your people flocked to muscular square in the center of the city also today. calling on mall support for prime minister months reform agen

and yet the turkish syrian border south sudan's rebel leader it was shar has arrived in addis ababa for a meeting with president salva kiir care in the shower were invited for talks by the ethiopian prime minister it will be their first meeting since a peace deal between the government of bashar as rebel group fell apart in two thousand and sixteen tens of thousands of people had been killed since the civil war broke out in south sudan five years ago. or korea's leader has told china that as country will do all it can to protect peace camp john it is in beijing where he braved china's president xi jinping on his meeting with u.s. president donald trump of course that was last month or earlier this month rather in singapore it's kim's a third visit to china since march. there have been more deaths as armed forces backed by the government try to regain control of the city in the south. peace talks between the government of the opposition have been put on hold as violence continues to shake the central american nation. has more from managua. right confrontations between anti-government pro

react meshaal have broken down on wednesday the two rivals met for the first time in two years in addis ababa along with regional leaders a new round of talks is now expected next week in sudan's capital khartoum. the world's largest oil producers are meeting in vienna to decide whether to increase production a move that would likely mean a drop in paschal prices saudi arabia and russia want opec to relax tight controls but iran and venezuela are holding out and the european union's top official donald tusk is in nostri after a meeting with chancellor sebastian kearse immigration policies will likely top the agenda ahead of a major news summit at the end of the month. now the number of central african migrants a central american sorry migrants being deported from the u.s. has risen dramatically immigration officials in guatemala report a forty five percent rise from last year in the number of people being forced to return. from guatemala city. houston what they might a trip that for many marks the end of a long dangerous and ultimately unsuccessful journey to the us migrants escaping poverty

person has been killed both and one hundred injured after a grenade attack in ethiopia's capital addis ababa prime minister ahmed had just finished addressing supporters when someone tried to throw a grenade towards the stage the tory case and he has the latest. this was the moment the grenade exploded close to where prime minister abbey ask might was sitting. for a few moments there was confusion before members of the security forces came onto the stage and led abby achmet to safety. witnesses say they saw the man who targeted the prime minister the prime minister were just concluded his speech and that moment was granted. but i think the day was just trying to. save him just took him. just went off and on sunday it was a bloody end to a day that is started with say much optimism hundreds of thousands of ethiopians had gathered in the capital addis ababa mescal square to support the new prime minister since taking office in april the forty two year old has announced a series of reforms including the release of tens of thousands of prisoners the opening of state owned companies to private in

he called if he appears positive messages and decided to send his first official delegation to addis ababa former. trail of water for independence in one thousand nine hundred three it's approaching from ethiopia declared it. broke away with the portal as someone must so what. five years later the two countries went to war over the ports but over the smaller the village of but there on the border and who it belongs to. how the two countries dealt with the aftermath of the wall has had the most intimate impact on their citizens thousands of better term nationals were deported from ethiopia that had three or two sent home ethiopians living and working within its territory dividing families and bringing businesses built over a long period your last a brahmananda term by both chose to stay in addis ababa and keep his job but the pro-government were custer when his entire family was deported in two thousand to the trail nothing prepared him for the two decades he spent away from his pardons and siblings. procedure mother my father died and i couldn't even attend his funeral it was painful not t

s post of messages and decided to send his first official delegation to addis ababa form a province of ethiopia eritrea walked for independence in one thousand nine hundred three its oppression from ethiopia declared its will landlocked resit broke away with the portal as someone must so what. five years later the two countries went to warm up over the ports over the small undusted village of button on the border and who it belongs to. how the two countries dealt with the aftermath of the war has had the most intimate impact on their citizens thousands of it turned nationals were deported from ethiopia that had three or two sent home ethiopians living and working within its territory dividing families and running businesses built over a long period your last a brahmananda term by both chose to stay in addis ababa and keep his job at a pro-government were custer when his entire family was deported in two thousand and two at a trailer nothing prepared him for the two decades he spent away from his patents and siblings and i'm getting a new procedure much of my father died and i couldn't

a brahman at a term by both chose to stay in addis ababa and keep his job for government work custom when his entire family was deported in two thousand to the trail nothing prepared him for the two decades he spent away. from his part insensibly next. procedure mother my father died and i couldn't even attend his funeral it was painful not to see my mother for so long i'm so thankful that the two countries are finally talking about peace his brother better kit also a journalist and up walking for the state because they need a trailer he fled to thier p.r. three years ago to escape forced conscription into the army the lead to violence it was strange to see two brothers on either side of the borders peeling propaganda and trading insults over the airwaves. many theaters and eritreans are surprised at the speed at which things are now moving apart and easing of hostilities has raised hopes of a normalization of relations that might boost regional trade and law tensions mohammed at all just a disciple the ethiopia. several zimbabwean presidential candidates of signed a pledge to keep a

dollar holding back the private sector al-jazeera as mohamed adult reports now from addis ababa this is the greatest dump on the blue nile nearing completion the project has been fully funded by the government and the people of ethiopia it's a fact that many here are proud of yet them vicious infrastructure projects like the dam have put pressure on the country's foreign reserves which are already short supply foreign currency shortages the worst that i've witnessed in my entire life in its all time lows that we have heard of and seen and this is because look at the economy look at the construction sector you look at the manufacturing sector that imports everything and the government projects all those that have been planned and viciously have slowed down. a mother calls for the crisis is that ethiopia sells fall less than what it binds the international monetary fund says that it's europeans for the reserves at the end of the two thousand and sixteen two thousand and seventeen fiscally studer three point two billion less than what it spends on imports in two months. in recent years

has more from addis ababa. if european police confirmed that the mind policeman in custody included the deputy commander for the police and that they say they have been arrested because of what they are calling gross negligence of not putting enough security measures in place to ensure such an incident did not or car at the rally in support of the prime minister thousands of youth your peers government must call square on saturday in support of reforms being carried out by the government of prime minister some of the reforms they say they are already enjoying the benefits of including the release of files of political prisoners the return from exile of your previous political opposition leaders and also some are hailing what they're calling the possibility of peace between israel and ethiopia many youth europeans are shocked that they would go to such lengths to stop what they see as a really positive move the reforms which they say this country really needs women in saudi arabia are now officially allowed to d

nine police officers have been arrested over a grenade attack at a rally in the ethiopian capital addis ababa two people were killed and more than one hundred fifty others were injured in the explosion on saturday and held by the prime minister ahmed was rushed to safety immediately after the blast which he described as well orchestrated. mohammed though has more from. if you're going to police have confirmed that the mind policeman they're holding in connection with the attack on saturday include the deputy commander of police here in the cup little addis ababa they say they will soon be charged with negligence and not putting a mouth measures in place to ensure that such a breach did not or can't in the past few hours organizers of that rightly also today hold a press conference in which they called for arjun blood donations to save the lives of more than forty people injured in the tub and who are in hospitals here in the cup which will now thousands of ethiopia has flocked to mescal square in the center of the city also today. calling on mall some polls for prime minister months we form a

emmanuel igunza, bbc news, addis ababa. years on from the eu referendum, cabinet ministers insist the uk is prepared to walk away from brexit talks without a deal, saying the prime minister is "not bluffing". we can speak to professor anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe. thank you for being with us this morning. what has changed if anything towards public attitudes towards brexit? what opinion polling shows is there has been a very small shift towards people thinking that we should not have voted to leave but it is a marginal think. what the polling also shows is the shift happens largely because people who did not or could not vote now say they would vote remain, there has been little switching from leave two remaining macro or by sports and the bottom line is the guide remains divided down the middle. and in terms of the practicalities, we are two years terms of the practicalities, we are two yea rs into terms of the practicalities, we are two years into the three year process but is clearly becoming a much l

the other stories making news around the world and there was also a blast in ethiopia's capital addis ababa at least one person was killed and dozens wounded after a grenade went off during a pro-government rally there is panic following the blast which new prime minister on the ahmed escaped the rallies organizers called it an assassination attempt french president in manama kron has hosted talks with the new spanish prime minister petro sanchez ahead of sunday's migration summit in brussels both said they favored closed my friend reception centers at key arrival points in europe where asylum claims could be processed micron also called for financial sanctions against you countries which refused to accept refugees. all right turning now to the soccer world cup and champions germany are in action at this hour against sweden they need to win or draw or their campaign will be over to help make sense of it all i'm joined here in the studio by chris harrington from. hi there to you chris ok let's start with group f. so mexico came away with a win against south korea earlier this evening take us

the two sides could move the conflict towards a peaceful resolution pulling a peace gesture from addis ababa. under the new prime minister if the o.p.'s says it will recognize a two thousand and two ruling on the border between the two countries part of the ruling handed the border town of bad may to eritrea. well our joining me now here in our berlin studio is. she is president of the german african foundation a very warm welcome it's good to have a year with us is this a potential breakthrough in bilateral relations between eritrea and ethiopia well i hope so because this is indeed a historic moment. personally i'm very happy because after all it is by second homes though it is a i mean they have for quite some time but i haven't been there for the last fifteen years so everybody who is familiar with the horn of africa has waited for this day to come that every trains and theo pins are need and thanks to the new prime minister that t. in his inaugural speech invited eritreans and excepted the border ruling which was decided the hague commission the boundary commission some years ago i thin

what you hear is the sound of a grenade exploding at a rally in ethiopia as capital addis ababa where one person is dead and dozens have been injured the rally was in support of prime minister abi aman seen here being removed by security since taking office in april abi has introduced a flurry of reforms including the lifting of a draconian state of emergency. u.s. president donald trump has a brand new to sanctions against north korea for one year saying the country still poses a quote extraordinary threat this comes just days after the u.s. announced it would suspend a large scale military exercise with south korea the joint war games have long angered the north. now tens of thousands of supporters of the european union have gathered in central london to call for a final vote on the terms of brains it comes exactly two years to the day that britain held its referendum on leaving the e.u. in that twenty sixteen vote fifty two percent voted to leave forty eight percent wanted to remain organizers of today's rallies say that with so much uncertainty over the terms of brags that it's on

there was also a blast in ethiopia capital addis ababa at least one person has been killed and dozens wounded after a grenade went off during a pro-government rally new prime minister. escaped the panic following the blast the rallies organizer has called it a quote assassination attempt local media reports nine police officers have been detained over the attack. u.s. president donald trump has renewed sanctions against north korea for one year saying the country still posed a quote extraordinary threat this comes just days after the u.s. announced it would suspend a large scare milt scale military exercise with south korea the joint war games have long angered the norm. it's summertime here in germany and the living is supposed to be easy but not for some of germany's best known institutions the world cup team the car industry and the usually unshakeable machall the german squad is struggling and russia the diesel great scandal is still rocking the car industry and the chancellor has been attacked from within her own party our reporter charlotte tell some people took to the streets o

-a a grenade attack on a pro-government rally in the capital addis ababa has left at least one person dead and dozens wounded new prime minister escaped harm the rallies organizer called it a quote assassination attempt the city's deputy police commissioner and nine officers have reportedly been accused of security shortcomings and detained. and going to turkey where campaigning has concluded for landmark elections coming up on sunday the candidates spent their final day rallying their supporters president move these elections up by more than a year and it's being seen as a referendum on his fifteen years in power. the last chance to drum up votes before the election president added one addressing tens of thousands of supporters in istanbul top of his agenda the new presidential system which will give him sweeping new powers if he is reelected. you show love was not about any account serious in the turkey will take flight with this new system god willing this will take us up to a new level we will achieve what others cannot imagine. and once challenges have also taken full advantage o

in ethiopia capital addis ababa at least one person has been killed and dozens wounded after a grenade went off during a pro-government rally in a central square there was panic following the blast which knew it the open prime minister ahmed escaped rallies organizer has called it an assassination attempt. on explosion also hit a rally in zimbabwe where president emerson and that god was addressing his supporters he was unhurt but several others are reported to have been injured including the country's vice president the once happened at the white city stadium in the southwestern city of below while you president was campaigning there ahead of nationwide elections in july he was soon power last november after the ouster of zimbabwe's long time leader robert mugabe germany's chancellor has wrapped up her brief visit to the middle east to discuss the migration crisis on sunday on the americal a schedule to travel to brussels for informal talks on the same subject with sixteen other e.u. leaders but reaching agreement will not be easy. done under the magical senior level needs an internat

we're hearing there is the sound of a grenade exploding at a rally in ethiopia's capital addis ababa where one person is dead and dozens have been injured the rally was in support of prime minister abi aman seen here being removed by security since taking office in april abi has introduced a flurry of reforms including the lifting of a draconian state of emergency. all right let's turn to the soccer world cup in russia now and the game that germany fans have been laboring over for the past week tonight's match up with sweden has become a must win because the germans and expectedly lost their opening match of the tournament so the center of the german soccer universe at the moment is of course sochi where the match against sweden will take place w. jonathan harding is just outside the stadium and he joins us now for more so jonathan the moment has just of better rived just how big is this game. or does he get. it's any bigger than this is so well cup game that germany absolutely has to get a result in defeat here tonight and they will be out and not is the most shocking thing that ger

of the other stories making news around the world there was also a blast in ethiopia's capital addis ababa at least one person was killed and dozens were wounded after a grenade went off during a pro-government rally there was panic following the blasts which new prime minister on the ahmed escaped the rallies organizer has called it an assassination attempt. tens of thousands of supporters of the european union have gathered in central london to call for a final vote on the terms of brands it comes exactly two years to the day that britain held this referendum on leaving the e.u. the rallies organizers say the public deserves the final word on any deal. all right let's turn to the soccer world cup in russia now in the game the germany fans have been laboring over for the past week tonight's match up with sweden has become a must win because the germans unexpectedly lost their opening much of the tournaments so the center of the german soccer universe at the moment is of course sochi where that match against sweden will take place we can see already jonathan harding he's just outside that

the sound of a reported grenade exploding out a rally in ethiopia's capital addis ababa where dozens are reportedly injured they rally was in support of prime minister abi aman seen here being removed by security since taking office in april he has introduced a flurry of reforms including the lifting of a draconian state of emergency. u.s. president donald trump has renewed sanctions against north korea for one year saying that the country still pose a quote extraordinary trash this comes just days after the u.s. announced it would suspend a large scale in their tree exercise with south korea a joint war games have longer to the north. moving on to some sports news on the defending champions jeremy are center stage at the where i caught the saving and i have publicly it's from day to be sports in studio with me jeremy are under a lot of pressure on the defending champions most win later today against sweden are they in the right mindset for this victory do you think you're absolutely right i mean they are feeling the pressure i'm sure everyone's hoping that the change of scenery from

he is a lecturer in law at kiel university from the european capital addis ababa we have daniel better he's the founder of foreign affairs an online magazine covering issues on the horn of africa and for the eritrean perspective we have a web well there in kingston ontario he's an associate professor of african and world history at queen's university and joining us from london. she's a political scientist an independent researcher on african affairs she's also an advisor to the africa youth movement welcome to the stream what i want to start with you what was your reaction when you heard prime minister i know it. thank you very much for having me my initial reaction was optimism cautious optimism. that peace finally was to have a chance at the horn of africa in general and the relationship between the two countries in particular. but the fact that international law has been violated or the two countries existed after the illegal settlement of the matter for more than sixteen years. immediate solution was not going to come just from announcements and there would be a lot of entrenched i

had just finished addressing tens of thousands of supporters in the capital addis ababa mescal square when someone tried to throw the grenade towards the stage. the problem is there were just concluded his speech and the moment there was a grenade. but i think the guy was just trying to. save him just took him so he just went off and on sunday there are some people who are just wounded because of. taking office in april of forty two year old primus as a series of changes including the release of tens of thousands of prisoners the opening of state and companies to private investment and a peace deal with rival eritrea has some of his address to the nation shortly after the attack in yemen my fellow why not but that i'm not certain groups planned and coordinated to destroy this large gathering to kill innocent people and to spill blood on our streets they have tried very hard but their entire plot has failed despite that a few europeans have been hurt there are a few people who have been killed and others have been injured but first for those who lost their lives for ethiopia's forgiven

s new prime minister scaped a grenade attack at a mass rally in the capital addis ababa r.b.a. ahmed was whisked away by his security immediately after the blast one person was reported dead and more than one hundred sixty people injured ahmed has announced a series of major reforms since taking office in april or now turkey's presidential candidates have held their final rallies ahead of sunday's elections which are widely viewed as the most crucial in decades president. urged people to get out and vote he attacked his opposition for lacking vision and boasted of his achievements while in office like new health infrastructure has been in power since two thousand and three called the snap election eighteen months early but his main challenger muharram n.j. is also held a rally in istanbul drawing a massive crowd he's painted a bleak picture of turkey on the one saying its currency would remain weak and its refugee problems on resolved six candidates running for president under reforms the winner would acquire sweeping new executive power as iraqi prime minister. solder of annou

he is a lecturer in law at kiel university from the european capital addis ababa we have daniel better he's the founder of foreign affairs an online magazine covering issues on the horn of africa and for the eritrean perspective we have. in kingston ontario he's an associate professor of african and world history at queen's university and joining us from london. she's a political scientist an independent researcher on african affairs she's also an advisor to the african youth movement welcome to the stream what i want to start with you what was your reaction when you heard prime minister i know it. thank you very much for having me my initial reaction was optimism cautious optimism. that peace finally was to have a chance at the horn of africa in general and the relationship between the two countries in particular. but the fact that international law has been violated or the two countries existed after the illegal settlement of the matter for more than sixteen years. immediate solution was not going to come just from announcements and there would be a lot of entrenched interests that w

react mashad have broken down on wednesday the two rivals met for the first time in two years in addis ababa along with regional. lead is a new round of talks is now expected next week in the sudanese capital khartoum tens of thousands of people have been displaced across south sudan from five years of conflict morgan is our correspondent in south sudan we're lucky enough to have her here in doha she's spotted extensively on this south sudanese war so the talks have broken down in ad is why well these talks of feel pretty much the same reason every talks in the past have been held which have been held by ego has failed ourselves sudan's government have different list of demands compared to what rick might charge the opposition leader wants he wants two different sets of armies one under his command and the other under the command of the president and the house and the government said they're not going to have bad he also wants to rejoin the government back for his vice president and the government says they're not going to let him come back again and till they run for elections and if he win

broken up without agreement on wednesday the two rivals met for the first time in two years in addis ababa along with regional leaders a new round of talks is now expected next week in the sudanese capital khartoum millions of people have been displaced in the five year conflict in. south sudan the civil war broke out in two thousand and thirteen just two years after saw sudan won independence from neighboring sudan president salva kiir an ethnic doing the country's largest group sacked then deputy reac mashal who's from the second largest community the new way of blaming an attempted coup the conflict a school aged leading to the deaths of an estimated fifty thousand people and creating africa's largest refugee crisis since the one nine hundred ninety four one genocide the u.n. accuses both sides of widespread ethnic cleansing and gang rape so prevalent that it's become normal according to the u.n. regional leaders have attempted to broker several peace deals in that time and all have failed algeria south sudan correspondent even morgan has more on the latest breakdown in talks. what will

started with say much optimism hundreds of thousands of ethiopians had gathered in the capital addis ababa mescal square to support the new prime minister since taking office in april the forty two year old has announced a series of reforms including the release of tens of thousands of prisoners the opening of state owned companies to private investment and to propose peace deal with eritrea in an address to the nation after the attack be said that those trying to divide ethiopia would not succeed in your my fellow why not but that i'm not certain groups planned and coordinated to destroy this large gathering to kill innocent people and to spill blood on our streets they have tried very hard but their entire plot has failed the questions are being raised about whether the security operation for such a large rally was adequate some of the officers have been saying that this is an attempt on the life of the prime minister and the definitely the supporting the rally was a great demonstration that there is a solid support for the reformist by the prime minister but at the same time the the gre

you open his new prime minister escaped a grenade attack at his first mass rally in the capital addis ababa one person was reported dead and more than one hundred sixty people injured r.b.a. ahmed has announced a series of major reforms since taking office in april. reports. this was the moment the grenade exploded close to where prime minister abby asked why it was sitting. for a few moments there was confusion before members of the security forces came onto the stage and led to safety. witnesses say they saw the man who targeted the prime minister there's a prime minister we're just concluded his speech and that moment there was a grenade. but i think the guy was just trying to stroll the stage. beside him just took him. just went off and on sunday it was a bloody end to a day that is started with say much optimism hundreds of thousands of ethiopians had gathered in the capital addis ababa mescal square to support the new prime minister since taking office in april the forty two year old has announced a series of reforms including the release of tens of thousands of prisoners the opening

s positive messages and decided to send his first official delegation to addis ababa former province of ethiopia eritrea voted for independence in one thousand nine hundred thirty its oppression from ethiopia declared its will landlocked resit broke away with the portal as someone must so what five years later the two countries went to warm up over the ports over the small and thus the village of button on the border and who it belongs to. how the two countries dealt with the aftermath of the war hoshide the most intimate impact on their citizens thousands of it too unless schools were deported from ethiopia that a threat to send home ethiopians living and working within its territory dividing families and bringing businesses built over a long period. of brahman at a term by both chose to stay in addis ababa and keep his job for government work custer when his entire family was deported in two thousand to the trail nothing prepared him for the two decades he spent away. from his part instance of links. to see germany my father died and i couldn't even attend his funeral it was painfu

ethiopia thirty people have been arrested after a grenade attack at a political rally in the capital addis ababa also on saturday the new prime minister ahmed was vista way immediately after the blast two people were killed and more than one hundred fifty others injured described the attack as an attempt by forces who don't want to see the country united all nine of the arrested are police officers mohammed doe has more on this story now from addison i'm about. if you're going to police have confirmed that the mind policeman they're holding in connection with the attack on saturday includes the deputy commander of police here in the cup little addis ababa they say they will soon be charged with negligence and not putting a mouth measures in place to ensure that such a breach did not or can that the past few hours organizers of that rally also today hold a press conference in which they called for arjen blood donations to save the lives of more than forty people injured in the tide and who are in hospitals here in the cup brutal now thousands of with your people flocked to mescal square in the ce

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started with say much optimism hundreds of thousands of ethiopians had gathered in the capital addis ababa mescal square to support the new prime minister since taking office in april the forty two year old has announced a series of reforms including the release of tens of thousands of prisoners the opening of state owned companies to private investment and to propose peace deal with eritrea in an address to the nation after the attack could be said that those trying to divide ethiopia would not succeed in your my fellow why not but that i'm not certain groups planned and coordinated to destroy this large gathering to kill innocent people and to spill blood on our streets they have tried very hard but their entire plot has failed the questions are being raised about whether the security operation for such a large rally was adequate some of the officers have been saying that this is an attempt on the life of the prime minister and the definitely the supporting the rally was a great demonstration that there is a solid support for the reformist by the prime minister but at the same time the t

and near the turkish syrian border and south sudan tribal leader written ashar has arrived in addis ababa for a meeting with president salva kiir care and were invited for talks by the ethiopian prime minister it will be their first meeting a sense of peace deal between the government of bashar as rebel group fell apart in two thousand and sixteen tens of thousands of people have been killed since the civil war broke out in south sudan five years ago. earth korea's leader has told china has country will do all it can to protect pace can john and is in beijing where he briefed president she's in pain on his meeting with u.s. president donald trump in singapore earlier this month it's the third visit for him to china since march welcome davis is a senior analyst at the australian strategic policy institute he says he doesn't think north korea will denuclearize despite having promised to do so. i don't think denuclearization will happen that's the key issue the north koreans talk about denuclearization of the korean peninsula and this is the exact same words they've used every single time th