Pretoria: The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray announced to end hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough two years into a war that has killed thousands, displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands facing famine.
Addis Ababa: Negotiations between the Ethiopian government and the rebel authorities in Tigray aimed at finding a peaceful resolution to their devastating two-year conflict were continuing. According to a top diplomat, the talks led by the African Union began last Tuesday in South Africa, the first
Nairobi: Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebel authorities announced to start peace talks in South Africa aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the brutal two-year war. The African Union-led negotiations have been flagged to start after a surge in fighting that has triggered alarm in the
Nairobi: Debris from a drone strike in northern Ethiopia s Tigray region hit a World Food Programme truck carrying humanitarian aid and injured the driver, a WFP spokesperson said on Monday. WFP, a United Nations agency, helps coordinate humanitarian assistance to Tigray, where a nearly two-year
Nairobi: Deadly diseases such as measles, tetanus and whooping cough are on the rise in Ethiopia's Tigray region after vaccination rates plunged during the civil war that broke out nearly two years ago, doctors and regional health officials say. The percentage of children in Tigray receiving
Nairobi: The capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region was hit by an air strike on Tuesday, hospital officials and Tigrayan rebels said. The reported strike on Mekele came just days after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said it was ready for a cease-fire and talks
Addis Ababa: Renewed conflict in the north, a crippling drought and stubbornly high inflation: Ethiopians rang in their new year with little to celebrate. At a livestock market in the capital Addis Ababa, traders and visitors alike bemoaned the various crises confronting Africa’s second most populous
Tigray: Fighting has erupted between forces from Ethiopia’s rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces around the town of Kobo, residents and the spokesman for the Tigrayan forces said, ending a months-long ceasefire. “I am hearing sound of heavy weapons starting from this morning,”
Addis Ababa: The new US envoy for the Horn of Africa called Saturday for progress in holding Ethiopian peace talks and for unrestricted aid deliveries to stricken areas of the country. Mike Hammer, who arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday, held talks with Ethiopian Deputy Prime
