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STORY: "The situation in Ethiopia is spiraling out of control. Violence and destruction have reached alarming levels," Guterres told reporters. "Hostilities in the Tigray degrade region of ...
Millions of dollars in aid to Ethiopia, a key security ally in the region, are at stake. Last month The Associated Press exposed the killing of an estimated 800 people in the city of Axum, citing ...
During July 2024, Fano began a broad offensive in the Amhara region which enabled it to seize control of rural territories. [3] [2] Fano units in Gondar started attacking the B30 Highway in September after a lull in August and launched an offensive to gain control over the C34 road, [4] which links Amhara to neighboring Sudan. Fano carried out ...
After two years of shifting alliances and conflicts, TPLF and the Ethiopian government signed a peace treaty in Pretoria on 2 November 2022. However, sporadic civil conflicts continued such as the Gambela unrest , OLA insurgency , and War in Amhara , the latter two carried out by OLA and Fano militants against the federal government.
Status: Ongoing. Start of peace talks between government of Ethiopia and the OLA on 25 April 2023. [1] [2]Conflict resumes after peace talks failed in May 2023. Peace agreement signed between OLA leaders and the Ethiopian government on 1 December 2024 and its members started moving into designated camps [3] [4] [5] [6]
In 2017, when Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was appointed the World Health Organization's director general with an overwhelming two-thirds majority vote, Ethiopia was ecstatic. One of their own, and ...
On 2 October 2016, between 55 and 300 festival-goers were massacred at the most sacred and largest event of the Oromo, the Irreecha cultural thanksgiving festival. [52] In just one day, dozens were killed and many more injured. Every year, millions of Oromos, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, gather in Bishoftu for this annual celebration ...
Democratic backsliding in Ethiopia is ongoing, most notably under the administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.Since he assumed power in April 2018, Ahmed has played a crucial role in reforms in Ethiopian politics and the reversal of policies implemented by the former ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).