Ethiopia

Sudan official: Thousands more refugees expected to flee Ethiopia

Some 5,000 Ethiopian refugees are expected to cross into Sudan in the coming days, a Sudanese official says, as world marks 70th anniversary of 1951 Refugee Convention amid worsening refugee crisis.

Thousands of refugees from Ethiopia's Amhara cross into Sudan

Sudanese government report says 3,000 asylum-seekers hail from Ethiopia's restive Amhara region, which borders conflict-hit Tigray state.

‘The whole world has left us’: Eritrean refugees caught in Tigray crossfire

Thousands of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia have endured mass rights violations amidst the Tigray war and an information blackout. Here is my humble attempt to shed light on what happened during a terrifying three months of abuse.

Tigray assault on Ethiopia's Afar causes heavy casualties, displacement

At least 20 civilians have been killed and some 70,000 displaced as rebel forces from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region mount attacks on neighbouring Afar region, Ethiopian officials say.

Ethiopia completes filling of controversial Nile mega-dam for second year

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

Fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray spills into neighbouring regions

Spokesman for Tigray People's Liberation Front says they carried out operations against special forces and militia fighters from Oromia region, Ethiopia's largest, who were massing along the Tigray-Afar border.

Ethiopia's Tigray forces free 1,000 captured soldiers

Ethiopia's Tigray forces free 1,000 captured soldiers Leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front says the group still has 5,000 and that it will keep senior officers "who will face trial".

Amnesty International: Tigrayans ensnared in wave of arbitrary arrests

Amnesty says total number of Tigrayans arrested by Ethiopian authorities is likely to be in the hundreds, with the whereabouts of many unknown.

Ethiopia's Abiy vows to repel fresh Tigray rebel assault

Tigray forces have seized Alamata, southern Tigray's main town, and advanced to region's west where fertile farmlands have long been contested.

Clashes reported between Ethiopian troops, Tigrayan forces in refugee camp

Tigrayan rebel forces have launched a new offensive in the conflict-torn northern region of Ethiopia and claim to have seized a major town there.

PM Abiy's party wins landslide victory in Ethiopia vote

Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party secures overwhelming majority in last month's poll, giving him popular mandate he has long coveted.

Ethiopia rejects call by Egypt and Sudan for UN action on Nile dam

UN Security Council members back African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, urging the parties to resume talks.