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The Latest Breaking News from Ethiopia

Are Ethiopia and Eritrea hurtling towards war?

The two countries’ historically fraught relationship was mended in 2018, but hostilities are flaring again.

Al Jazeera

‘Many Rastas were chased away, but we’re determined to remain’: Ethiopia’s religious community under threat

Rastafarians who sought a spiritual homeland in Shashamene face eviction and arrest for flying flag of Haile Selassie’s empire

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopia's army says it killed more than 300 Fano militiamen in two days of fighting

Ethiopia's army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region, as fears have emerged of a wider regional war.

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Power struggle leads to coup in Tigray as war looms between Ethiopia and Eritrea

Tigray’s interim leader flees as rival faction seizes control, while Ethiopian tanks and troops move to border of Eritrea

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopia introduces new tax to fill gap after USAID funding pause

Ethiopia’s parliament is introducing a new tax for all workers as part of measures to fill the financial gap left by the USAID funding pause

The Independent UK

Coffee rituals and sacred sites: How to spend 72 hours in Ethiopia

The East African nation offers both city adventures and ancient wonders

The Independent UK

In South Africa, Russia’s ‘anti-colonial’ narrative sways public opinion

Sympathy towards wartime Russia has deep historical roots, back to the Cold War era and earlier.

Al Jazeera

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Ethiopia’s war may have ended, but the Tigray crisis hasn’t

For over 20 years, Ethiopia was led by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, a coalition of four ethnic-based political parties representing Tigray, Amhara, Oromo, and Southern nations, nationalities and peoples. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front was the most influential party within the coalition. However, in 2018, when the Prosperity…

The Conversation

MSF warns of ‘rapidly spreading’ outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia

The charity says the situation has worsened with the arrival of refugees from South Sudan, where thousands are infected.

Al Jazeera

France's foreign ministry warns tourists to steer clear of Tigray in Ethiopia

France's foreign ministry on Thursday warned its citizens to avoid travelling to Tigray in northern Ethiopia following clashes between factions of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the capital Mekele and the second city Adigrat.

Radio France Internationale

Fears Grow Of Renewed Conflict In Ethiopia's Tigray

Infighting between rival factions in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray has raised the spectre of a fresh war between Ethiopia and neighbouring Eritrea, analysts and residents said Thursday.

International Business Times

Ethiopia's Tigray regional government appeals for help after factional fighters seize key towns

The interim government of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has appealed for the Ethiopian federal government to intervene after a faction of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front seized control of two major towns, leaving several people wounded and raising fears of a return to civil war

The Independent UK

'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region

Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid

The Independent UK

Devastated family speaks out after 12-year-old girl is killed by a runaway car outside her school

Arsema Mekonnen’s parents said they moved to the United States from Ethiopia to provide a better life for their daughter

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

‘We just want peace’: A pacifist community amid Ethiopia’s Amhara conflict

For two years, Awra Amba has been caught up in a war raging between Fano fighters and Ethiopian government soldiers.

The Conversation

Why does Ethiopia have earthquakes and volcanoes? A geologist explains

A swarm of earth tremors and fears of volcanic eruptions in January forced tens of thousands of people to move away from Awash Fentale, an area in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The area falls within a geologically active region of the Great Rift Valley that has experienced a number…

The Guardian - UK

Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’

Witnesses making the crossing from Yemen report coming under machine-gun fire and seeing rotting bodies

The Guardian - UK

‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia

Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we examine the impact of a decision that has left aid organisations scrambling

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The Independent UK

Ethiopia and Somalia hold a first round of technical talks in Turkey toward resolving their dispute

Turkey says top diplomats from Ethiopia and Somalia have held a first round of technical talks aimed at resolving a dispute sparked by a deal between Ethiopia and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland

Radio France Internationale

African Union Summit opens as conflicts rage on the continent

African heads of state are gathering for their annual summit in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this weekend, with escalating conflict in the DRC, the war and resulting humanitarian crisis in Sudan and cuts to aid from the US dominating the agenda.

The Guardian - US

Between Nostalgia and Dreams: how immigrant identity is informed by possessions

Yusuf Ahmed’s experience of moving from Ethiopia to Kenya to the US inspires his poignant new exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Last throw of the boule for Addis Ababa’s historic pétanque club as developers turn city into hi-tech hub

In the heart of the Ethiopian capital is a relic of the French-built railway but the government’s grandiose redevelopment plans threaten this friendly club

International Business Times UK

Belle Gibson's New Identity: Fraudster Now Called 'Sabontu' And 'Adopted' By An Ethiopian Community

Years after her exposure, Gibson resurfaced under a new identity, aligning herself with a group representing the Oromo people of Ethiopia

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Daniel Kordan’s Captivating Pictures Of Ethiopian People (30 Pics)

Daniel Kordan is a landscape photographer based in Bali. In this article, we're excited to share a different side of his work: a recent collection of portraits he captured during his travels through Ethiopia. The post Daniel Kordan’s Captivating Pictures Of Ethiopian People (30 Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Conversation

Nigeria’s Brics partnership: economist outlines potential benefits

During its 16th annual summit in Kazan, Russia, Brics – a group of emerging economies determined to act as a counterweight to the west and to whittle down the influence of global institutions – invited Nigeria and eight other countries to join it as “partner” countries. Nigeria formally accepted the…

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