NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Many of the hospitals in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region, outside its capital, have been struck by artillery during…
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Death toll from attack in western Ethiopia reaches 222, Red Cross says
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The death toll from a Wednesday attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has risen to 222 people,…
Latest militia attack in Ethiopia kills 14 civilians
By Elias Meseret | AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A security official in Ethiopia’s Western Benishangul-Gumuz region says an attack this week killed 14 civilians…
More than 9,000 arrests in Ethiopia since June killing of singer
Al-Jazeera Ethiopia has arrested more than 9,000 people after deadly clashes last month, the state-run human rights commission has told the Reuters…
Ethiopia is treading a political tightrope as its unresolved ethnic tensions erupt in violence again
By Yohannes Gedamu Oromia, one of the regions in Ethiopia’s ethnically constituted federation and the country’s most populated one, also happens to be…
Ethiopian PM says singer’s death part of plot to sow unrest
Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday that the killing of a popular singer, and subsequent violence that…
How Hachalu Hundessa’s murder reveals Ethiopia’s political divide
Al- Jazeera Firaol Ajema and his friends, dressed in black T-shirts, have been meeting each afternoon in recent days to listen to…
Abduction of Ethiopian Students Fuels Anger at the Government
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopians are taking to the streets and to social media to protest their government’s failure to find at…
Ethiopia’s Parliament passes gun control law
nazret.com – Ethiopia’s Parliament passed gun control legislation aimed at tackling the surge in ethnic violence threatening the government of Abiy Ahmed.…
Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party is good news for Ethiopia
By Yohannes Gedamu In November, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed established a new pan-Ethiopian political party. It brings together three of the four ethnic-based…