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Ethiopia PM’s office says Tigray interim administration set up as part of peace plan
Ethiopia’s office of the Prime Minister said on Thursday an interim administration for the Horn of Africa country’s northern region of Tigray has been ... World News -
Ethiopia holds referendum on creation of a 12th regional state in the south
Ethiopians were voting on Monday in a referendum on the creation of a 12th regional state in the south of the country, the third such ballot in under ... World News -
Cautious optimism as Ethiopia sets out on long road to peace after two years of war
A year that began with no end in sight for one of the world’s deadliest conflicts finished on a note of cautious optimism in Ethiopia’s northern ... World News -
Dozens killed by Ethiopian ethnic group: Survivors
Militia members from Ethiopia’s second largest ethnic group killed dozens of people and torched and looted homes in an attack on a town in the ... World News -
Clashes erupt along border of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region
Fighting between forces from Ethiopia’s rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces has erupted around the town of Kobo, ... World News -
Ethiopia completes third filling of mega-dam reservoir: PM
Ethiopia has completed the third filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday, a development that could ... World News -
Ethiopia state rights body says video shows extrajudicial killings by security forces
Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights commission said in a statement late on Saturday that a video circulating on social media showed government ... World News -
Ethiopia’s Abiy says panel formed to negotiate with northern Tigray forces
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday the federal government had formed a committee to negotiate with the northern Tigray region’s ... World News -
Ethiopia’s PM Abiy says government open to talks with Tigray rebels to end conflict
Ethiopia’s government is open to talks with the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front to end a 15-month conflict in the country, Prime Minister Abiy ... World News -
Ethiopia PM inaugurates electricity production at Nile mega-dam
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed officially inaugurated electricity production from the country's mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, a milestone ... World News -
Diaspora group: Ethiopia PM open to talks with Tigray forces
Ethiopia’s prime minister has revealed there will be negotiations on a cease-fire between his government and the rival Tigray forces who have been ... World News -
Ethiopia’s Abiy has ‘special responsibility’ to end Tigray conflict: Nobel panel
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, said Thursday that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the honor in 2019, ... World News -
Ethiopia says Abiy at battlefront to take charge, handing duties to deputy
Ethiopia’s government said Wednesday that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the battlefront to take charge in the country’s yearlong war and left ... World News -
Tigray fighters say Ethiopia capital not facing ‘bloodbath’
Tigray forces fighting Ethiopia’s government on Sunday played down reports that they would face a hostile population or cause a “bloodbath” if they ... World News -
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed says he will bury his foes ‘with our blood’
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday pledged to bury his government's enemies “with our blood” as he marked the start of the war in the ... World News -
Ethiopia’s PM defiant as rival Tigray forces make advances, seized key cities
Ethiopia’s prime minister has called on his supporters to redouble their efforts in the country’s war, as rival Tigray forces claimed to have seized ... World News -
Top official in Ethiopia’s Tigray interim government seeks asylum abroad
A top official in the interim administration of Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region told AFP on Saturday he had fled the country and was seeking asylum, ... World News -
Turkish President Erdogan offers to mediate end to Ethiopia fighting
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday offered to help mediate an end to fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, vowing to protect the ... World News -
France suspends military cooperation with Ethiopia as Tigray conflict intensifies
France has suspended a deal on military cooperation with Ethiopia, two sources close to the issue said on Friday, as concern intensifies over the ... World News -
Ethiopia’s Tigray forces seek new military alliance with insurgents from Oromiya
Forces from Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region said on Wednesday they were in talks to forge a military alliance with insurgents from Ethiopia’s most ... World News -
Stop Tigray forces ‘once and for all,’ Ethiopia urges citizens
Ethiopia’s government on Tuesday called on “all capable Ethiopians” to join the military and stop resurgent forces from the embattled Tigray region ... World News -
Protesters close vital road, rail links between Djibouti, Addis Ababa: Official
Ethiopia’s Somali region said on Wednesday a vital road and rail trade route linking the landlocked capital of Addis Ababa to the sea port of Djibouti ... World News -
Thousands of Ethiopians from Amhara region cross into Sudan fleeing conflict
Three thousand Ethiopian asylum-seekers crossed into Sudan late Monday, according to a government report seen by AFP, hailing from the Amhara region ... World News -
Ethiopia PM Abiy vows to repel ‘enemies’ after Tigray rebel offensive
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday promised to “defend and repel” attacks by Ethiopia’s enemies after rebels in Tigray launched a fresh offensive ... World News -
Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed boasts of military might despite rebel gains
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday his government could easily recruit one million new fighters but wants to foster a period of “silence” ... World News -
Ethiopia’s parliament approves $12.9 bln budget at 18 pct spending hike
Ethiopia’s parliament approved a 561.7 billion birr ($12.9 billion) budget for the 2021/22 fiscal year, an 18 percent rise in spending from a year ago ... Economy -
Ethiopian forces’ withdrawal from Tigray capital opens new chapter in brutal war
The capture of the Tigray regional capital by its ousted rulers this week was a dramatic setback for Ethiopia’s government, diplomats and analysts say ... World News -
Next week’s election will be peaceful, says Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia will show a skeptical world that it can successfully hold a peaceful election next week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told a crowd of tens of ... World News -
PM Abiy Ahmed’s reforms on test as Ethiopia reschedules elections for June 21
Ethiopia’s poll body on Thursday said twice-delayed national elections would be held on June 21, kicking off a fresh countdown to a major test of ... World News -
Ethiopian PM Abiy confirms Eritrean troops entered Tigray during recent conflict
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that troops from neighboring Eritrea entered the northern Tigray region ... World News