The Latest Breaking News from Ethiopia

Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?

A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022

We built an algorithm to predict how climate change will affect future conflict in the Horn of Africa: here's what we found

The Horn of Africa, on the eastern coast of the continent, is currently being battered by an intense and sustained drought thanks to which around 20 million people are going hungry. And, given the ongoing armed conflict in the region – particularly in Somalia and Ethiopia – safely getting nutritious…

The Conversation · Jul 6, 2022

‘Death sentence’: Massacres fuel protests, resentment in Ethiopia

Citizens at home and in diaspora accuse the state of complicity in targeted massacres of certain ethnic groups.

Al Jazeera · Jul 6, 2022

Reuters journalist Tsegaye Tadesse had front row seat to Ethiopian history

Tsegaye Tadesse, a former Reuters correspondent in Ethiopia who had a front row seat to history and a knack for being in the right place at the right time, has died at 92.

Reuters · Jul 3, 2022

Chennai gets direct flight to Africa

This will be Ethiopian Airlines’ fourth Indian station, after New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru

The Hindu · Jul 3, 2022

Ethiopia, partners launch USD 30 million initiative to reduce maternal malnutrition

The Ethiopian government and its partners have launched a new multi-sectoral nutrition initiative that envisages reducing maternal malnutrition, child wasting and stunting in the country.

Dynamite News · Jul 2, 2022

Ethiopia says gunmen killed 338 people in Oromiya region in June

About 340 people were killed in an attack in the western part of Ethiopia's Oromiya region earlier this month, the Prime Minister's spokeswoman said on Thursday, blaming a militia formerly allied to an opposition party.

Reuters · Jun 30, 2022

The Support System That Sparked a USWNT Opportunity

For Naomi Girma, the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants, her path to the national team and its pivotal upcoming qualifying tournament has been anything but standard.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 29, 2022

Trophy hunting will not save Africa's lions – so the UK ban on imports is a positive step for wildlife conservation

Over the past 25 years, I have spent a lot of time counting lions as part of my job. Only last month, I spent three hours with two males – possibly brothers – right next to my car in Maze National Park, Ethiopia. Lions come in the night, very quietly.…

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2022

Sudan’s military strikes disputed region bordering Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s officials said Sudan’s armed forces fired during clashes in disputed region of al-Fashaqa.

Al Jazeera · Jun 29, 2022