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…
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Ethiopia: 2,000 charged over violence sparked by pop star’s death
Al- Jazeera About 2,000 people are facing charges over violence that erupted in Ethiopia after the June killing of an iconic pop…
Ethiopia falls into violence a year after leader’s Nobel peace prize win
Ethiopia faces a dangerous cycle of intensifying internal political dissent, ethnic unrest and security crackdowns, observers have warned, after a series of…
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…
Five arrested for attack on mosques in northern Ethiopia
Five people suspected of burning down four mosques in Ethiopia‘s Amhara region have been arrested, a regional spokesman said, as rising inter-communal and…
Ethiopia PM Abiy under harsh criticism over his silence as 67 killed in unrest
By Simon Marks | New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia —Weeks after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is coming…
Ethiopia: At least 17 killed in violence over Sidama autonomy
Al Jazeera – At least 17 people have been killed in clashes between Ethiopian security forces and activists seeking a new autonomous…
Ethiopia PM presses plan to return displaced people after violence
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister on Thursday pursued a plan to return displaced people to their homes following ethnic violence, meeting…