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In Ethiopia’s Tigray region, hunger kills 2000 children in a single year, according to a new report.

April 21, 2022

According to a survey completed by regional health officials and reviewed by The Associated Press, at least 1,900 children under the age of five have...

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MKs will lead an Israeli humanitarian mission to Ethiopia.

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April 12, 2022

The first stage of an Israeli humanitarian mission to Ethiopia, led by Likud MK Gadi Yevarkan, was slated to travel on Monday evening, a year...

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Ethiopia postpones national elections scheduled for June 5th.

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May 16, 2021

Ethiopia has postponed parliamentary elections scheduled for June 5, the country's electoral body announced on Saturday, adding that an extension of more than three weeks...

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Egypt and Sudan both rejected Ethiopia’s plan to share data on the Renaissance dam.

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April 11, 2021

Egypt and Sudan refused an Ethiopian request to exchange data on the operation of its massive hydropower dam on the Blue Nile on Saturday, after...

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‘Choose – I kill you or rape you’: abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia’s war

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January 23, 2021

The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and...

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Ethiopian general says Eritrean troops entered Tigray

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January 8, 2021

A senior Ethiopian general said in a video clip posted on social media this week that Eritrean troops had entered the country uninvited while his...

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300 Ethiopian immigrants the first to make aliyah to Israel in 2021

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January 3, 2021January 3, 2021

The government decided in 2015 to help the last remaining Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah. New Ethiopian immigrants are seen at Ben-Gurion Airport on one...

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Sudan taking control of land on border with Ethiopia -minister

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December 27, 2020

Sudan has taken control of most of the land it accuses Ethiopians of encroaching upon near the border between the two countries, the Sudanese information...

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Ethiopia says national election to be held in June

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December 26, 2020

Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, the electoral board said on Friday, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed seeks to quell political and...

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Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

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December 24, 2020

Gunmen killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Wednesday, the human rights commission said, as...

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Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps; U.N. concerned over move

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December 11, 2020

Ethiopia’s government said on Friday it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps they had fled in the northern region of Tigray, a move that alarmed...

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U.S. thinks Eritrea has joined Ethiopian war, diplomats say

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December 8, 2020

The United States believes Eritrean soldiers have crossed into Ethiopia to help Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government battle a rebellious northern force, despite denials from...

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Ethiopia scorns guerrilla war fears, U.N. team shot at in Tigray

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December 8, 2020

Ethiopia’s government denied on Monday that northern forces whom its troops have fought for a month would be able to mount a guerrilla insurgency, while...

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Insecurity holds up aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid workers say

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December 6, 2020

Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is too volatile for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of civilians in need, humanitarian workers said on Sunday, amid reports...

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Why did Ethiopia’s prime minister launch an attack on Tigray?

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December 6, 2020

Abiy recently got a PhD in peace and security studies from Addis Ababa University, but he’ll be concentrating on the “security” part for the foreseeable...

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Ethiopia sees war ending, EU complains of partisan aid access

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December 4, 2020

Ethiopia said it had captured or killed most commanders of a rebellious northern force, while Tigray’s fugitive local leader countered on Friday that civilians were...

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Aid coming to north Ethiopia, refugees recount war suffering

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December 4, 2020

Relief agencies in Ethiopia prepared convoys on Thursday to truck aid into Tigray region, where a month of war is feared to have killed thousands...

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United Nations and Ethiopia reach aid pact for war-hit Tigray

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December 3, 2020

Ethiopia and the United Nations agreed on Wednesday to channel desperately-needed humanitarian aid to the northern region of Tigray, where a month of war is...

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Experts say that the Ethiopian War may become insurgency guerrilla warefare

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December 1, 2020

Ethiopia’s nearly month-long war against rebellious northern forces may be transforming into a guerrilla conflict, experts said on Tuesday, even though federal troops declared victory...

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In Sudan camp, a Tigray farmer once displaced by famine now shelters from war

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November 30, 2020

Ethiopian farmer Berhan Halie came to Sudan 35 years ago to escape hunger. Now 65 and walking with a stick, he is back again, this...

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The Tigray Forces claim to have shot down the Ethiopian aircraft, taken a city

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November 29, 2020November 29, 2020

Rebellious forces from Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray said they had shot down a military aircraft and recaptured the city from federal forces on Sunday,...

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Ethiopian forces capture town, push toward Tigrayan capital, senior military official says

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November 28, 2020November 28, 2020

The Ethiopian military has seized control of the town of Wikro, 50 km (30 miles) north of the Tigrayan capital, a senior official said on...

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Ethiopia to launch ‘final phase’ of offensive in Tigray region, says PM

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November 27, 2020

The Ethiopian military will begin the “final phase” of an offensive in the northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday, after an...

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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis explained: The long, medium, and short story

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November 22, 2020

A conflict between the government of Ethiopia and forces in its northern Tigray region has thrown the country into turmoil. Members of the Ethiopian Army...

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Ethiopia PM gives Tigray forces 72 hours to surrender regional capital

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November 22, 2020

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave Tigrayan regional forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the regional capital of Mekelle....

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Ethiopia rejects African mediation, pushes toward rebel-held Tigray capital

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November 21, 2020

The Ethiopian government rebuffed an African effort to mediate on Saturday, saying its troops had seized another town in their march towards the rebel-held capital...

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Ethiopian troops push for regional capital, rebels promise ‘hell’

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November 18, 2020

Ethiopia predicted swift victory but northern rebels promised them “hell” on Wednesday in a two-week war threatening the vast nation’s unity and further destabilising the...

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Rockets fired at Eritrean capital from Ethiopia, diplomats say

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November 14, 2020

At least three rockets were fired at Eritrea’s capital from Ethiopia on Saturday night, five regional diplomats said, a major escalation of an 11-day conflict...