Ethiopia embraces big projects but escalates regional tensions by seeking more access to the sea

Ethiopia’s prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed is now planning Africa’s ...
The Africa ReportOpinion

Ethiopia: Pretoria stopped the war. Politics is imperilling the peace

The Pretoria Agreement, negotiated between 23 October and 2 November 2022, is one of the most consequential diplomatic ...
World Politics Review

Ethiopia and Eritrea Are on the Brink of War Again, Over Sea Access

Amid concerns that the two neighbors could return to open conflict, Ethiopia has called for international mediation.
The Reporter

Tigray to ‘Resume’ Mining Activity under New Directive

A new directive from Tadesse’s office sets new rules for mining operators looking to work in the region. Operators who held a ...
CBS News

Truce in Ethiopia's war with Tigray rebels brought little relief. Now it seems to be falling apart.

For five months, a fragile peace agreement has allowed desperately needed humanitarian relief to trickle into Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region. But the year-long war that tore apart the northern ...
PBS

Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the cease-fire

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November. A study by local ...
The Reporter

Delayed Promises: Gheralta’s Sacred Cliffs Still Wait in Silence

The sandstone massifs of Gheralta—those improbable, cliff-carved sanctuaries that cling to Ethiopia’s northern highlands—have long been counted among the ...
Los Angeles Times

In Ethiopia’s Tigray region, food is a weapon of war as famine looms

ABI ADI, Ethiopia — First, the Eritrean soldiers stole the pregnant woman’s food as she hid in the bush. Then they turned her away from a checkpoint when she was on the verge of labor. So she had the ...
Forbes

Over 1,400 People Starved To Death In Tigray Since Food Aid Suspension

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Dozens of women and children queue inside a humanitarian aid ...
The Conversation

Ethiopia’s Tigray region has seen famine before: why it could happen again

Seppe Deckers received funding from the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR-UOS for conducting Research for Development in Africa, South America and Southeast-Asia. He also used, for the same ...
ABC News

Ethiopia declares victory in fight over Tigray region, but guerrilla warfare likely to continue

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed victory against Tigray forces. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of military operations in the northern Tigray region after saying it was in "full ...
The New York Times

Ethiopian Forces Retreat in Tigray, and Rebels Enter the Capital

After months of civil war and government occupation, Tigrayan rebels have pushed a counterattack that quickly brought them to Mekelle’s doorstep. Times journalists are there. By Declan Walsh and Simon ...