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Why does the Nobel Peace Prize often stir controversy?

With winner from 343 candidates set to be announced on Friday, a look at an award won by Obama, Gorbachev and Kissinger.

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Nobel Prize Season Arrives amid War, Nuclear Fears, Hunger

This year's Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster. The secretive Nobel committees never hint who will win the prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics or peace. It's anyone's guess…

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Nobel Prize season arrives amid war, nuclear fears, hunger

This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster

The Independent UK

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Amid the chaos, the WHO’s Tedros plans for the next pandemic

While Tedros has yet to catch the virus, his life, at the centre of the pandemic, has been infected by the chaos and conspiracy Covid-19 has created, writes Adam Taylor

The Independent UK

U.N. food agency: debris from drone strike hit truck in northern Ethiopia

Debris from a drone strike in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region hit a World Food Programme truck carrying humanitarian aid and injured the driver, a WFP spokesperson said on Monday.

Reuters

One killed in air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray, hospital says

An air strike in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region killed one person on Friday, a hospital chief executive said, the latest in a series of strikes since fighting resumed late last month.

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What stagnated the Ethiopia peace process?

The Ethiopian forces and Tigrayan rebels failed to progress in peace talks during a five-month truce period.

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Eritrea issues army mobilisation call as Ethiopia fighting resumes - Canadian government

Eritrea is mobilising armed forces due to the re-eruption of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the Canadian government said on Saturday, raising fears that the fighting may intensify in a war that has already displaced millions and triggered a humanitarian disaster across northern Ethiopia.

Reuters

Ten dead in second day of air raids in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Twin drone attacks hit residential neighbourhood of Midre Genet in regional Tigray capital of Mekelle.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia's economy struggles as war reignites in Tigray

Once home to one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, Ethiopia is struggling as the war in its Tigray region has reignited and weary citizens far from the front are pleading for peace

The Independent UK

Air Strike Hits Ethiopia’s Northern Tigray Region Capital

An air strike hit the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Tuesday, an official at a hospital said. The air strike happened days after Tigray's regional government said it was ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process in its war with the central government…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels ready to accept ceasefire and AU-led peace process

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels said on Sunday they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union, removing an obstacle to negotiations with the Addis Ababa government to end almost two years of fighting.

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia's Tigray Rebels Say Ready for AU-led Peace Talks

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels said Sunday they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union, removing an obstacle to negotiations with the government to end almost two years of brutal warfare. The announcement was made amid a flurry of international diplomacy after fighting…

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Tigrayan forces say ready to accept an AU-led peace process in Ethiopia

Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for nearly two years said on Sunday they are ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process.

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US Says Sending Envoy to Ethiopia, Condemns Eritrea Return to War

The United States on Friday dispatched an envoy to Ethiopia to seek an end to renewed fighting, and condemned neighboring Eritrea for re-entering the conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Mike Hammer, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, will head this weekend to Ethiopia and "convey…

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Gunmen kill dozens in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Report

Witnesses say at least 42 people have been killed as clashes between the Oromo and Amhara groups escalate.

Reuters

Explainer-Why has fighting restarted in north Ethiopia?

Fighting has erupted again around the borders of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, shattering a ceasefire declared in March. Both sides blame each other for restarting the war, which originally ignited in November 2020 when Tigrayan forces seized military bases across their region.

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Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters

I speak to myself whispering Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries…

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Ethiopia forces accused of deadly attack as Tigray war escalates

Witnesses say a school in Mekelle was attacked and four civilians killed, but the government denies the reports.

The Independent UK

Tigray war: ‘I can’t help my starving family’, says Ethiopian World Health Organisation boss

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns Tigrayan relatives are ‘completely sealed off’ by civil war

France 24

Air strike hits capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region as fighting resumes

An Ethiopian air strike hit the capital of Tigray on Friday killing four people, including two children, rebel spokespeople and humanitarian sources said, as the government vowed to "take action" against military targets in the war-torn region.

The Independent UK

UN chief urges Ethiopia and Tigray leaders to halt fighting

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging Ethiopia’s prime minister and the leader of its restive Tigray region leader to immediately halt the latest hostilities

Reuters

Fighting flares for second day in northern Ethiopia

Fighting flared for a second day in northern Ethiopia, residents said on Thursday, an outbreak of violence that has shattered hopes for fledgling peace talks between the government and forces from the Tigray region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fighting Flares Up in Northern Ethiopia after Five-month Lull

Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on Wednesday, shattering a five-month truce and dealing a blow to peace efforts.

Al Jazeera

UN calls for ceasefire amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for a ceasefire after renewed fighting erupted around the Tigray region.

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