The Latest Breaking News from Ethiopia

Ethiopia-born 5,000m/10,000m Olympic champion Sifan Hassan showed fighting spirit to ease into the final, timing a season’s best 3min 55.48sec to finish third in her semi-final behind winner Faith Kipyegon and Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia.

‘It’s not just the lions that are under pressure, it’s biodiversity in general,’ warn conservationists, amid a rapidly expanding human population

Ethiopia’s government and residents say the military has recaptured several areas in the embattled Amhara region from local militia fighters

Tensions between local militiamen and federal forces sparked Ethiopia’s most serious security crisis since Tigray war.

Fano rebels have been pushed out of Amhara’s second biggest city in breakthrough for Ethiopia’s federal forces.

As one of the world’s most repressive countries marks 30 years of independence, festivals held by Eritrea’s diaspora in Europe and North America have been attacked by exiles that the regime dismisses as “asylum scum.”

The United Nations World Food Program is slowly resuming food aid to Ethiopia nearly five months after taking the extraordinary measure of suspending aid following the discovery of a massive scheme to steal donated grain

Despite a peace deal last November, Eritrean troops remain in some border areas, and the Irob community is paying the price

West African defence chiefs plan a possible military intervention in Niger if coup leaders don't stand down. Also in this edition: Ethiopia's government has declared a 6 month state of emergency in the region of Amhara, after clashes between the country's military and local milita groups. And finally, Congolese athletes…