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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 -
‘We don’t want war’ with Sudan, PM Abiy tells Ethiopia’s parliament
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday his country did not want war with Sudan, as tensions over a contested region along their border spark ... World News -
Ethiopia confirms widespread rape in conflict-hit northerly Tigray region
Scores of women have been raped in Ethiopia’s northerly Tigray region, authorities have confirmed, in the chaotic aftermath of an armed conflict last ... World News -
Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray ‘extremely alarming’ as hunger rises amid fighting: UN
Life for civilians in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has become “extremely alarming” as hunger grows and fighting remains an obstacle to reaching ... World News -
Coronavirus: UN fears “massive” COVID-19 transmission in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray
The United Nations fears “massive community transmission” of COVID-19 in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, fueled by displacement and the collapse of ... Coronavirus -
Ethiopian forces killed scores in unrest after singer’s death, says report
A new report says Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly unrest in June and July after the killing ... World News -
Toll from attack in western Ethiopia region rises to 222, Red Cross says
The death toll from a Wednesday attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has risen to 222 people, a volunteer from the country’s Red ... World News -
Ethiopia sets national election for mid-2021, even as PM Abiy seeks to quell violence
Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, 2021, the National Electoral Board said on Friday, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tries to quell ... World News -
Ethiopian troops kill 42 armed men behind deadly village attack, reports state TV
Ethiopian troops clashed with armed men involved in a deadly attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, killing 42 of them and seizing bows and ... World News