DARK SECRETS: 43 - The Real Truth

Ethiopia-Tigray war parties agree pause: expert insights into two years of devastating conflict

The main combatants in the two-year Ethiopia-Tigray war have announced a dramatic pause in hostilities. What started on November 3 2020 as a swift armed mission by Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed to bring the rebellious state of Tigray to order soon degenerated into a humanitarian nightmare in which innocent…

The Conversation · Nov 2, 2022

Invasive mosquitoes could unravel malaria progress in Africa

Scientists say an invasive mosquito species was likely responsible for a large outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia earlier this year

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

This urban mosquito threatens to derail the fight against malaria in Africa

The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows.

WEKU · Nov 1, 2022

Witnesses allege Eritrean abuses during Ethiopia peace talks

Witnesses in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region tell The Associated Press that forces from neighboring Eritrea are killing some civilians and looting as they and allied Ethiopian forces head for the regional capital

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022

Ethiopia's Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis: WHO

Ethiopia's Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many deaths were probably going unrecorded from preventable and treatable diseases.

Reuters · Oct 28, 2022

Droughts don't need to result in famine: Ethiopia and Somalia show what makes the difference

The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years. Scientists suspect that a multi-year La Niña cycle has been amplified by climate change to prolong dry and hot conditions.

The Conversation · Oct 27, 2022

‘Sharing my story is a superpower’: the doctor living without a cure in Ethiopia

Fasika Teferra felt very alone when she was diagnosed with the incurable disease. Now the support group she founded helps others with the condition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022

Ethiopian government accused of deadly air strikes on Oromiya region

Two organisations from Ethiopia's Oromiya region have accused the army of conducting air strikes there in recent days which they said had killed hundreds of civilians, just as peace talks on the separate Tigray conflict were about to start.

Reuters · Oct 27, 2022

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Amnesty International accuses all parties of abuses

In tonight's edition: As peace talks over Ethiopia's war continue in South Africa, Amnesty International accuses all parties in the conflict of abuses and human rights violations. Also, security is top of the agenda for Burkina Faso as its new government gets going with plans to tackle the jihadist insurgency.…

France 24 · Oct 27, 2022

One year after Sudan's coup, thousands march in Khartoum

In tonight's edition: On the first anniversary of the military coup that derailed Sudan's transition to civilian rule, at least one protester is killed and thousands take to the streets against the power grab. Also, key peace talks open in South Africa between Ethiopia's federal government and Tigrayan rebels. Finally,…

France 24 · Oct 25, 2022