Ethiopia’s prime minister has reshuffled top security officials as the military offensive against rebels in the northern Tigray region escalates. Abiy Ahmed has defied calls from t
#Ethiopia’s government has declared victory in its war against a rebel militia in the northern #Tigray region, but #fighting continues to hamper relief efforts and anguished expatr
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In the #Tigray town of Humera, rubble still lines city streets, the power is still cut and civilians are trying to recover from the shelling and shooting that slammed #Ethiopia's T
#Ethiopia's state-appointed rights #watchdog accused a Tigrayan youth group on Tuesday of #killing hundreds of civilians as federal and local forces both claimed advances in a thre
The year 2020 may have ended with Christmas effectively cancelled in Britain, but the country broke ground in offering its population a shot in the arm. Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-
The year 2020 may have ended with Christmas effectively cancelled in Britain, but the country broke ground in offering its population a shot in the arm. Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-
The European Union has called on the Ethiopian government to lift the communications blackout on the Northern Tigray region, as EU Commissioner Janez Lenari visited the Umm Rakouba
Twisting Ethiopia's arm... The European Union delays almost 90 million euros in funds over the Tigray conflict. The money will only be given if the federal government meet the EU's
Ethiopia's federal government announces it's taken a key town in Tigray as it continues its advance on the rebel region's capital. Meanwhile over 25,000 have reached Sudan after fl
The first international aid convoy arrived Saturday in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region since fighting broke out more than a month ago, triggering a refugee crisis and human
A local youth group aided by police and militia killed at least 600 people in a "rampage" on November 9 in #Ethiopia's northern #Tigray region, the national rights #watchdog said T
No pandemic was going to keep Argentina from its Evita moment. For hours Thursday, they filed past the coffin of Diego Armando Maradona, the rags-to-riches hero of a nation thanks
Two explosions hit cities in Ethiopia's Amhara state, which neighbours the northern state of Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces, and the human rights commission
Rockets from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region hit the capital of neighbouring Eritrea on Saturday, diplomats said, the latest indication that Ethiopia's internal conflict is sprea
Rockets launched from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region targeted the capital of Eritrea several hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared military operations in the
Egypt calls it an "existential threat". As of next month, Ethiopia says it's going to start filling Africa's largest dam. How fast? Too fast, for Cairo and Khartoum, which both dep
Ethiopia's Nobel Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vows a final strike to win the war in the Tigray region of the country.
The conflict first erupted on November 4 when A
The Ethiopian government said on Friday that its military offensive against the leaders of Tigray province was proceeding successfully and would end shortly as civilians fleeing fi
Just 13 months ago, Ethiopia's prime minister was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - now critics say Abiy Ahmed is leading his nation into war. In the northern Tigray region, thousand
#UN agencies are planning for the possible arrival of 200,000 refugees in #Sudan fleeing violence in #Ethiopia over a six-month period, UN officials said on Friday, with one voicin
In tonight’s edition: Ethiopia is allowing unimpeded humanitarian access to the UN to try and help civilians caught in the middle of weeks of conflict between government and Tigray
On tonight’s show: The UN has said that Monday’s massacre in northern Ethiopia could amount to war crimes, this thousands flee the violence and head into neighbouring Sudan. French
The #UN said Tuesday that a full-blown humanitarian #crisis was unfolding in northern #Ethiopia, where thousands of people each day are fleeing the conflict in the Tigray region. F
#Ethiopia's military is fighting battle-hardened troops in the northern #Tigray region, threatening stability around the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia, #Eritrea, #Sudan... Who are the f
In tonight's edition: There are growing international calls for Eritrean troops rumoured to be supporting federal troops in the Ethiopian region of Tigray to withdraw as fighting c
Since fighting erupted between Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) earlier this autumn, tens of thousands of civilians have fled across the border into
In tonight's edition: A tight race in Ghana. Voters wait to hear if their President has won a second term, or if a former president will return to the top job. Ethiopians living ab