The Latest Breaking News from Ethiopia

Air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region kills at least 5 people -doctor

An air strike on Friday in a village in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region killed at least five people and injured 37 others, the director of the hospital that received the victims said on Twitter.

Reuters · Oct 7, 2022

Ethiopia rights probe extended after close vote at U.N. body

Countries voted on Friday to extend a U.N.-mandated monitoring mission for a war in Ethiopia where investigators have found "reasonable grounds to believe" that parties to the conflict have committed serious rights violations, including war crimes.

Reuters · Oct 7, 2022

Peace talks in Ethiopian conflict are delayed, diplomats say

Diplomatic sources say African Union-sponsored peace talks to resolve Ethiopia’s two year-long Tigray conflict will not take place as planned this weekend

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

More than 50 killed in northern Ethiopia air strike, say aid workers and Tigray forces

More than 50 people were killed in an air strike on Tuesday that hit a school in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that was sheltering people displaced by conflict between the federal and regional governments, two aid workers and Tigray forces said.

Reuters · Oct 5, 2022

Ethiopia, Tigray leaders invited for talks in South Africa

A diplomat in Addis Ababa has said the African Union is still waiting for a response from the Tigrayan side.

Al Jazeera · Oct 5, 2022

Kinross grandmother Jo Middlemiss takes on "beautiful" skydive for charity close to her heart

Jo was raising funds for the Ethiopia Medical Project (EMP), the charity she co-founded with cousin Maureen Burnett

Daily Record · Oct 5, 2022

Ethiopia's Tigray leader invited to peace talks in S. Africa

The leader of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has been invited to peace talks in South Africa this weekend as part of a pan-African effort to end one of the world’s most overlooked wars

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Ethiopia, Tigrayan forces accept African Union-led peace talks

Ethiopia's government and rival Tigrayan forces said on Wednesday they have accepted an invitation by the African Union to participate in peace talks aimed at ending a two-year conflict.

Reuters · Oct 5, 2022

London Marathon 2022: Yalemzerf Yehualaw recovers from fall to win women’s race as Amos Kipruto is fastest man

Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw recovered from a fall to win the women's race at the London Marathon.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2022

Amid the chaos, the WHO’s Tedros plans for the next pandemic

While Tedros has yet to catch the virus, his life, at the centre of the pandemic, has been infected by the chaos and conspiracy Covid-19 has created, writes Adam Taylor

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022