The Latest Breaking News from Ethiopia

Judge challenges $2.5 billion Boeing 737 Max plea deal after outcry from victims’ families

DALLAS — A North Texas U.S. District judge Friday questioned Boeing’s $2.5 billion deferred plea deal in the 737 Max investigation because government prosecutors didn’t seek the input of the family members of the victims of crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

Tribune News Service · Oct 22, 2022

Ethiopians protest against outsiders amid Tigray conflict

Thousands of people in towns across Ethiopia have staged demonstrations against what they say is interference by outsiders in the country’s internal affairs

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2022

US judge applies ‘crime victims’ status in Boeing 737 MAX crashes

The first Boeing Max 737 crashed in Indonesia in October 2018, killing 189, and another crashed in Ethiopia killing 157.

Al Jazeera · Oct 22, 2022

African Union says Ethiopia peace talks to start Oct. 24 in S.Africa

The African Union said on Friday peace talks it is leading that are aimed at ending the conflict in Ethiopia would start on Oct. 24 in South Africa.

Reuters · Oct 21, 2022

U.S. grants Temporary Protected Status to Ethiopians fleeing conflict

The U.S. government on Friday granted Temporary Protected Status for 18 months for Ethiopians currently residing in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Reuters · Oct 21, 2022

Commentary: The world’s worst war you aren’t watching is in Ethiopia

While the world’s eyes are trained on the war in Ukraine and whether Vladimir Putin is unhinged enough to use nuclear weapons, another war rages mostly unseen some 3,000 miles away in Ethiopia.

Chicago Tribune · Oct 21, 2022

More bodies, thought to be of Ethiopian migrants, found in mass grave in Malawi

Bodies of four men, believed to be en route to South Africa, found less than a mile from where 25 bodies were exhumed in Mzimba

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022

New October date set for talks in Ethiopia's Tigray war

The Ethiopian prime minister’s national security adviser says the African Union has scheduled peace talks to resolve Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict for Oct. 24

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

Tigray peace talks to be held after WHO warns of genocide risk

Ethiopian has announced that peace talks on the two-year war in Tigray are to start in South Africa next week. The news comes a day after the WHO warned that urgent "action" was needed to prevent "genocide" in the region.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 20, 2022

25 bodies of migrants discovered in mass grave amid fears of genocide

The news comes as World Health Organization Director-General said there is a “very narrow window now to prevent genocide” in Ethiopia

Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022