Tigray

In the arid depths of Ethiopia's Tigray region, where drought and conflict have become a cruel reality, Tigray is on the brink of famine, ravaged by two years of war and the unforgiving effects of climate change. Once-lush fields now lie…

Ethiopian war-scarred Tigray region is "on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe" comparable to the famine in 1984-85 that prompted the global fundraising music event Live Aid, a regional leader has said. A starkly worded statement…

The EU Foreign Policy Chief has said that the EU and the US were monitoring the implementation of the peace agreement in Ethiopia and will only gradually restore their relations with Addis Ababa. "First of all, in Ethiopia, this was a…

The dominant party in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has nominated its spokesman Getachew Reda to be president of a regional interim administration called for in a peace deal that ended a two-year war in the region. The Tigray People's…

The African Union (AU) has called for a "political dialogue" between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan officials, more than three months after a peace agreement that ended a bloody conflict in the north of the country. The statement…

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said Thursday that allegations of rights abuse by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region during the two-year war there amounted to "fantasy". "This is a fantasy in the minds of those who are... in…

The Ethiopian government says it has sent $90 million to the Tigrayan capital to help restart banking services in the country. Prime Minister Abiy's national security advisor, Redwan Hussein, announced on Twitter that the National Bank had…

Forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region, who fought in support of federal troops during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn in line with an Africa Union-backed ceasefire, the army said. Ethiopian federal government and the…

Federal police in Ethiopia began to deploy to Mekele, the capital of war-torn Tigray province marking a new stage in a nearly two-month old peace deal. War between the federal government and Tigray rebels began in November 2020. Prime…

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, told parliament that the ceasefire agreement between his government and forces in Tigray would be implemented ‘honestly’. The two sides signed a further deal in Kenya on Saturday on the full…