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 ...

The use of violence to acquire political authority has deep roots in Ethiopia’s modern history. Yonatan Tesfaye/Unsplash The renewed hostilities in Tigray threaten to undo a peace process that had ...

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 ...

Ethiopia and Eritrea have exchanged accusations of aggression at the United Nations, raising fears of a new conflict in the Horn of Africa region as fighting intensifies in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray ...

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of an “all-out invasion” in a message to the United Nations Security Council, while Eritrea says it is facing a “war of aggression” from its neighbour. “The all-out ...

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of an "all-out invasion" of its northern Tigray region and warned it will defend itself, days after residents told the BBC Eritrean troops had crossed into the country. In ...

Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under drone attack from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...