The Latest Breaking News from Ethiopia

In tonight's edition: We speak to Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who is the first African to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize. But first, at least two Cameroonians have died in Ukraine since the war began. Hundreds of others remain trapped in the country. And in Ethiopia, hundreds of…

As much of the world’s attention is focused on the bloodshed in Ukraine, the head of the World Health Organization saya there is ”nowhere on earth where the health of millions of people is more under threat" than Ethiopia's Tigray region

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett decided on Tuesday to allow the immigration of 3,000 Jews from war-torn Ethiopia. The decision came following a tumultuous Israeli government session, which saw accusations that the authorities were privileging immigrants from Ukraine over those coming from Ethiopia. A spokesman said this would be a…

Eleven people, including nine ethnic Tigrayans were killed on 3 March in the Benishangul-Gumuz region

First we take you to Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has accused security forces of carrying out summary killings of Tigrayan men suspected of involvement in a fatal attack in the region of Benishangul-Gumuz. At least 53 people died after an unidentified armed group attacked a civilian convoy. The…

At least 53 people died in western Ethiopia after an unidentified armed group attacked a civilian convoy and its military escort in a region plagued by ethnic violence, a rights body appointed by the government said on Sunday.

A video circulating on social media from Ethiopia showing armed men, some in military uniforms, burning civilians to death in the western part of the country will be investigated, and the perpetrators would be brought to justice, Addis Ababa announced on Saturday.

Since Nov. 2020, thousands have been killed and millions displaced as Ethiopian federal forces battle Tigrayan fighters.

The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that human rights in northern Ethiopia had deteriorated significantly since November, adding that her office has received reports of "severe and wide-scale violations", including lethal air strikes and hundreds of incidents of rape.

Egypt and Sudan currently claim absolute control of Nile water resources. The two states – handed the rights in colonial treaties with the British – have resisted subsequent attempts by the Nile basin states to produce new agreements. But Ethiopia defied the old treaties and built its Grand Renaissance Dam…

Three African refugees lie down to rest after washing their children's clothes near a shabby camp in Khur Maksar in Yemen. They laid out the clothes to dry on the street near the camp, the tents of which are made of tree branches and threadbare clothes. Thousands of Ethiopian refugees…