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Millions in Somalia facing hunger as drought continues
Somalia has missed its fifth rainy season in a row, forcing many to abandon their farms. More than seven million people are facing food insecurity in the country.
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Ethiopia’s gov’t and Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war
African Union says Ethiopia’s government and Tigrayan forces formally agree to end fighting after talks in South Africa.
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Human rights groups accuse Ethiopian military of war crimes in Tigray
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are accusing the Ethiopian military and regional armed forces of war crimes in the Tigray region, based on interviews with 400 refugees in Sudan.
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Ethiopia starts electricity production at Blue Nile mega-dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has begun generating electricity for the first time.
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African Union slams ‘wave’ of coups, calls for permanent UNSC seats
The African Union has condemned a series of coups on the continent, on the final day of a summit in Ethiopia.
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Millions at risk as drought threatens eastern Ethiopia, warns UN
The UN calls for help as it reveals millions of people are at risk of starvation in Ethiopia.
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Ethiopian-Canadians painfully watch Tigray conflict from afar
Ethiopian-Canadians have been painfully watching from afar as Ethiopia’s deadly conflict in the Tigray region between government forces and rebels, leaving thousands dead and more at risk of starvation.
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Ethiopia announces pardons for high-profile political prisoners
Gov’t says it will release several leading TPLF members and opposition leaders from the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups.
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Tigrayan forces announce retreat to Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Forces from northern Tigray region announce withdrawal from neighbouring regions of Amhara and Afar.
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Ethiopia arrests Associated Press freelance journalist
News agency calls for immediate release of Amir Aman Kiyaro, says he has done ‘important work on all sides’ of Ethiopia’s conflict.
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Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed leading military from the front line
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been leading the military at the front line since Tuesday, according to the government.
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Ethiopia PM pledges victory in video from front line: State media
Video shows Abiy wearing military fatigues, saying the army’s morale is high and Tigrayan forces have been pushed back.
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Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed vows to lead army ‘from the battlefront’
Nobel Peace Prize winning prime minister says he will lead troops battling Tigrayan rebels from Tuesday.
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Tigrayan fighters capture thousands of government soldiers
The Presidents of Kenya and South Africa have called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia conflict threat to wider regional security: Blinken
US Secretary of State focused on Ethiopia while visiting neighbouring Kenya during first trip to sub-Saharan Africa.
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As Ethiopia’s conflict grinds on, fears rise
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the rebel group must withdraw from the Amhara and Afar regions bordering Tigray, before talks can begin.
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Canada calls on all warring parties in Ethiopia to immediately end hostilities
Samuel Getachew, an Ethiopian-Canadian journalist, joined Power & Politics Monday from Addis Ababa to discuss the year-long Ethiopian civil war that has seen thousands killed and millions displaced, with widespread reports of human...
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UN staff detained in Ethiopia’s capital, world body says
At least nine United Nations staff members and their dependents have been detained in the Ethiopian capital, the world body said.
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UN finds evidence of abuses from sides in Tigray conflict
The United Nations has found evidence that all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict have violated international human rights, and some may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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'All parties' in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict committing abuses, says joint rights team
The United Nations and Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights commission say that all combatants in the year-long war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have committed brutal acts, which may amount to war crimes. (The Associated Press)
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Both sides accused of war crimes in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
Human rights organizations have accused both sides of Ethiopia’s civil war of human rights abuses and war crimes, while the prime minister vowed to crush a Tigray invasion.
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UN Security Council calls for an end to Ethiopia fighting
The fifteen-member body expresses ‘deep concern about the expansion and intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia’.
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Ethiopian government rallies protesters against Tigrayan rebels
Hundreds of thousands of people have demonstrated in several Ethiopian cities in support of government forces battling a rebel advance.
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Canada withdraws families of embassy staff, non-essential personnel from Ethiopia
Canada is withdrawing the families of embassy staff as well as non-essential personnel from Ethiopia as fighting in the country's northern region of Tigray intensifies.