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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed appoints interim Tigray government

Abiy Ahmed's office said there would be elections held in Tigray within 6 months. The move comes after an escalation in fighting between federal forces and a rebel alliance. Ethiopia's Prime Minister ...
nytimes.com

From Allies to Enemies: Ethiopia and Eritrea Edge Toward War

The two nations fought alongside each other during a brutal conflict in Tigray that left hundreds of thousands of people dead just a few years ago. Now they are on the brink of fighting each other. By ...
Washington Post

Fighting in Ethiopia raises fears of wider war, from Horn of Africa to Red Sea

NAIROBI — Explosions sounded this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, a city rarely under direct attack. Though exactly what happened remains murky, the apparent drone strikes were a sign of just ...
Wall Street Journal

Drones Strike Ethiopia’s Capital as Country Severs Ties with Eritrea

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ethiopia severed diplomatic relations with Eritrea on Thursday, hours after drones attacked targets in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. The Ethiopian government gave Eritrean ...
Bloomberg

Ethiopia Plans Somalia Troop Pullout to Fight Rebels Back Home

Ethiopia is planning to withdraw thousands of troops from neighboring Somalia as escalating fighting at home forces Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government to redirect military resources toward a ...
The Conversation

Ethiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it matters

Four years after a fragile ceasefire ended widespread conflict in Ethiopia, the region is again slipping back into full-out war. On Sept. 23, 2026, advancing soldiers of the Tigray People’s Liberation ...
Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: Renewed Tigray Fighting Shows Need to Protect Civilians

(Nairobi) – Fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions erupted on September 22, 2026, between the Ethiopian military and forces aligned with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation ...
Washingtonian

Where to Eat Ethiopian Food Around the DC Area Right Now

I have sometimes argued that there is no such thing as a bad Ethiopian restaurant. Maybe they exist in the wilds of America outside the DC area, but it’s certainly hard to find one in Silver Spring, ...
Amnesty

Ethiopia: Tigray residents at renewed risk of human rights violations as violence returns to the region

In response to the violent clashes in parts of Tigray – Ethiopia’s northern region – between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) on 1 August, Amnesty International’s ...
CNN

Ethiopia’s PM won a Nobel Peace Prize, stoked a civil war - and is set for re-election

When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...
Foreign Affairs

The War in Ethiopia Isn’t Over

A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...