Forces in Tigray say they have shot down an Ethiopian government plane and regained control of some towns. However, as FRANCE 24’s chief foreign editor Robert Parsons explains, the
International pressure mounted Tuesday on Ethiopia's warring parties to cease fighting and protect civilians in Tigray, where the army says it has encircled the capital ahead of a
Ethiopian federal forces have taken "full control" of the Tigray region's capital Mekelle, the military's chief of staff Birhanu Jula said in a statement posted on the military's o
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed again ruled out dialogue with the leaders of the defiant #Tigray region Friday but said he was willing to speak to representatives "operating le
In Ethiopia, while the government has declared fighting in the northern Tigray region over, the Tigray People's Liberation Front has declared it is still at war. Prime Minister Abi
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has refused to have dialogue with the TPLF after meeting with peace envoys from the African Union. Meanwhile there is increasingly concern over
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
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 prime minister is rejecting growing international consensus for dialogue and a hatl to deadly #fighting in the #Tigray region as 'unwelcome', saying his country will ha
#Ethiopia's prime minister said on Thursday the army has been ordered to move on the embattled #Tigray regional capital after his 72-hour #ultimatum for Tigray leaders to surrender
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
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
The Ethiopian government rebuffed an African effort to mediate on Saturday, saying its troops had seized another town in their march towards the rebel-held capital of northern Tigr
#Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government said on Monday it had captured another town in the northern #Tigray region after nearly two weeks of fighting in a conflict alread
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy #Ahmed's government said on Tuesday that many Tigrayan militia and special forces were surrendering in line with an #ultimatum before a threatened off
Forces in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region say they will continue to fight, just hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared military operations in the region were ove
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Ethiopian Finance Minister Ahmed Shide discussed the government's ongoing military offensive against the northern Tigray region and its ca
#Tigray has been the theater of fighting since early November 2020, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced military operations against the Tigray People's Liberation Fr
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
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
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
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
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
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