SHOCKING: 10 - What They Never Told You

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.

Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

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.

France 24 · Aug 26, 2022

Key events in the war in northern Ethiopia

A nearly two-year-long war in northern Ethiopia has killed thousands of civilians, left millions of people needing food aid and displaced millions more. Here are some of the main events in the conflict.

Reuters · Aug 24, 2022

Alarm bells as Somalia's new president sours relationship with Ethiopia

The new government in Somalia that won elections held in May has got off to a rocky political start in its relations with the relatively powerful and influential neighbour, Ethiopia.

The Conversation · Aug 21, 2022

Ethiopia Says It Demands 'African Solution' for GERD Crisis, Rejects Outside Mediation

Ethiopia said it strongly demands an "African solution" to its dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which it is building along a tributary of the Nile River, raising tensions with the two downstream countries. MP and Advisor to the Minister of Water and Energy…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 19, 2022

Ethiopia government proposes plan for peace in war-torn Tigray

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front dismisses the move and says the gov’t is engaged in ‘obfuscation’.

Al Jazeera · Aug 17, 2022

Egypt Renews Adherence to Nile River Water Rights

Egypt has renewed its “adherence” to its water rights, a few days after Ethiopia announced completing the third filling of its mega dam reservoir and the electricity production from the second turbine without agreement from downstream countries. Egypt and Sudan demand that Ethiopia halt the construction work at the Grand…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 16, 2022

In a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia

The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the border from neighboring Somalia in unprecedented attacks in recent weeks that a top U.S. military commander has warned could continue

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Crisis... From Good Faith to Unilateral Measures

“I swear to God, we will never harm you,” Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged in 2018 from inside the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo. He made the pledge after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked him to reassure the Egyptian people that they would receive their fair share of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 31, 2022