The Ethiopian Federal High court 20th criminal bench sentenced Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot Hailemedhin Abera to nineteen years & six months in prison. On March 17th the court passed a guilty verdict in one of the two charges against the former Ethiopian Airline Co-Pilot .
Security forces in Taiz governorate detained 59 Ethiopian nationals attempting to enter Yemen illegally on Monday March 16, days after another 53 were captured in Mocha district.
US Announces new funding as refugee official completes visit
Officials from Ethiopia, the United Nations, and the United States inaugurated a new refugee camp in the Gambella region on March 15, with the United States announcing nearly $1 million in new funding for a nutrition program for South Sudanese refugees that will also benefit Ethiopian host communities in the Gambella region.
