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The death toll is expected to rise in south Ethiopia landslide (Image: Basketo Zone Government Communication Affairs Department)

Hunt for survivors after 229 die in Ethiopia landslides

The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has jumped to 229, a local official said, as the search for survivors and casualties continued into the second day.

World • 23 Jul 24

Saudi guards on the border with Yemen (File pic)

Saudi guards kill hundreds of Ethiopian migrants - HRW

Saudi border guards fired "like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the Gulf kingdom from Yemen, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report.

World • 21 Aug 23

Passengers arriving today from Tigray are greeted by relatives at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa

Tears and prayers as flights to war-torn Tigray resume

Kahssay Hailu sobbed, smiled and said prayers as she stood outside Addis Ababa airport, preparing to board a plane home to Ethiopia's war-torn region of Tigray.

World • 28 Dec 22

The joint statement said the two sides 'concluded a peace agreement' following 'intensive negotiations'

Ethiopia's warring sides agree to end fighting in deal

Warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray have declared they had set the goal of "permanently" ending the fighting, agreeing to a truce backed by a programme of disarmament and integration of rebels.

World • 02 Nov 22

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the UN was ready to support the African Union to end the 'nightmare'

UN chief: Ethiopia fighting 'spiralling out of control'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate end to fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying the country was being torn apart by war.

World • 17 Oct 22

It was not immediately clear what sparked the anger against Ireland

Ethiopia in ultimatum to Ireland over 'hostile' stance

The Ethiopian government has issued an ultimatum to Ireland over its stance on the nation's near two-year conflict, accusing it of hostility in international forums and warning about future diplomatic ties.

World • 14 Oct 22

A man crouches to inspect a damaged playground following an air strike in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region

UN condemns Ethiopia air strike that 'hit playground'

The UN children's agency UNICEF has condemned an Ethiopian air strike that "hit a playground" in the rebel-held Tigray region, killing at least four people including two children.

World • 27 Aug 22

'I don't know even who is dead or who is alive,' Mr Tedros said

WHO chief says his relatives are starving in Tigray

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed his upset and frustration at not being able to help relatives who he says are starving in Tigray, in northern Ethiopia. "I don't know even who is dead or who is alive," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

World • 25 Aug 22

A severely malnourished two-year-old girl is fed via a tube in Banadir Maternity and Children Hospital in Mogadishu

350,000 Somalian children at risk of death from hunger

The United Nations has predicted that 350,000 children in Somalia could die from hunger by the end of the summer.

World • 14 Jun 22

Two women sit on bags of aid dispensed at the Silsa Internally Displaced Peoples' camp in Silsa, Ethiopia

Tigray rebels agree to 'cessation of hostilities'

Tigrayan rebels agreed to a "cessation of hostilities" today, a new turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia following the government's announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce yesterday.

World • 25 Mar 22

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is set to be the largest hydroelectric scheme in Africa

Ethiopia starts generating power at Nile mega-dam

Ethiopia has begun generating electricity from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile, a milestone in the controversial multi-billion dollar project.

World • 20 Feb 22

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been at the centre of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke ground in 2011

Ethiopia to start generating power from Nile dam

Ethiopia will start generating power from its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile tomorrow, government officials have said.

World • 19 Feb 22

A woman seats next to her belongings in the Agda Hotel compound in Semera, Ethiopia, which hosts hundreds of civilians fleeing violence

Attack on Ethiopia refugee camp kills 5, UN

Fighting in northern Ethiopia's Afar region has "engulfed" a camp housing refugees from neighbouring Eritrea, killing five and forcing thousands to flee, the UN said today.

World • 18 Feb 22

The UN has said its food distribution operations in the Tigray region are on the verge of grinding to a halt

Looming humanitarian disaster in Tigray region - UN

At least 108 civilians have been killed this month in a series of airstrikes in the war-torn northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, the United Nations said today.

World • 14 Jan 22

A mother from the Amhara region of Ethiopia comforts her child at the Zanzalima Camp for Internally Displaced People

Ethiopia denies army is retreating from Tigray

The Ethiopian government said its army was clearing rebellious Tigrayan forces from the northern Amhara and Afar regions, dismissing Tigrayan statements that forces were retreating voluntarily to create an "opening for peace".

World • 21 Dec 21

United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif during today's meeting

UN rights forum agrees to probe abuses in Ethiopia

The UN Human Rights Council has voted to launch an international investigation into abuses in Ethiopia, despite protests from Addis Ababa, amid warnings of looming generalised violence.

World • 17 Dec 21

Military vehicle damaged by Tigray rebels after Ethiopian army took control of part of Amhara

Ethiopian military accused of new Tigray atrocities

Armed forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region have stepped up killings, mass detentions and expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in neighbouring western Tigray, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today.

World • 16 Dec 21

Edi Maa holds her baby receiving treatment for malnutrition at a MSF nutrition centre in Heart, Afghanistan

Mothers selling children to feed family - UN food chief

The head of the World Food Programme has said the UN agency is facing a perfect storm where conflict, climate and Covid are coming together to create unprecedented suffering in poorer and war-torn countries.

World • 15 Dec 21

A man holds the Ethiopian national flag at a ceremony for new military recruits (File photo)

US calls for urgent negotiations over Ethiopia conflict

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greatly concerned about Ethiopia's military escalation and called for urgent negotiations over the crisis, a US State Department spokesperson has said.

World • 27 Nov 21

The World Food Programme has distributed food to internally displaced people affected by the conflict

UN report highlights 'extreme brutality' in Tigray war

The UN rights chief has slammed the "extreme brutality" of the year-long war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, voicing alarm that a recent state of emergency would inflame the situation.

World • 03 Nov 21

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said 'it's inevitable every person will be tested'

Ethiopia declares state of emergency over rebel threat

Ethiopia declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday and ordered residents of Addis Ababa to prepare to defend their neighbourhoods amid fears that Tigrayan rebels were heading for the capital.

World • 02 Nov 21

The capture of Dessie would be a strategic gain for the Tigrayan fighters against the central government forces who are trying to dislodge them from the Amhara region (File pic)

Strategic town in Ethiopia seized: Tigrayan forces

Rebellious Tigrayan forces have said they had seized the strategic town of Dessie in Ethiopia's Amhara region where tens of thousands of ethnic Amharas have sought refuge from an escalation in fighting, but the government has denied this.

World • 30 Oct 21

Ethiopian rebels take hold of World Heritage Site

Rebels from Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region have seized Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the neighbouring Amhara region famous for its 12th-century stone churches.

World • 06 Aug 21

The rebels said they had secured most of the city of Alamata (File pic)

Rebel forces in Ethiopia's Tigray launch new offensive

Tigrayan rebel forces have launched a new offensive in the conflict-torn northern region of Ethiopia and seized a major town, a spokesman said.

World • 13 Jul 21

A long queue of voters wait outside a polling station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian leader secures overwhelming election victory

Ethiopia's ruling party has secured an overwhelming majority in a landmark parliamentary poll, the electoral board said today, ensuring a new five-year term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

World • 10 Jul 21