Ethiopia
More than 100,000 children in Ethiopia’s Tigray could die of hunger- UNICEF
By Giulia Paravicini and Stephanie Nebehay WUKRO, Ethiopia/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations children's agency said on Friday that more than...
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U.S. aid chief to travel to Ethiopia in diplomatic push on Tigray
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington is sending USAID Administrator Samantha Power to Ethiopia this week while warning of...
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Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian capital protest insecurity at Tigray camps
By Dawit Endeshaw and Ayenat Mersie ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Eritrean refugees protested in the Ethiopian capital on...
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Protesters close road, rail links between Djibouti, Addis Ababa – official
By Giulia Paravicini and Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia's Somali region said on Wednesday a vital road and rail trade...
Read moreU.S. calls for halt to violence against Eritreans in Tigray
(State Department corrects Eritrean forces to refugees in paragraph 5 quote) By Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -The United States is deeply...
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Ethiopia’s Somali region says town attacked, amid new local flare ups
By Dawit Endeshaw and Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The local government in Ethiopia's Somali region said on Tuesday militia...
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As Tigray war intensifies, Ethiopia parades new army recruits
By Reuters staff ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Thousands of Ethiopian army recruits paraded in Addis Ababa on Tuesday to bid...
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Food, water running out in Tigray refugee camps – UN
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -Some 24,000 Eritrean refugees are trapped in two camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region, cut off...
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Grim aftermath of Ethiopian battle offers rare clues about brutal war
By Giulia Paravicini and Maggie Fick SHEWEATE HUGUM, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Burned-out military vehicles, boxes of ammunition and the bodies...
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Young men in Ethiopia’s Amhara start to mobilise against Tigray forces
By Maggie Fick and Dawit Endeshaw NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Residents of Ethiopia's Amhara region said on Monday some young...
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Ethiopia’s Amhara state rallies youth to fight Tigrayan forces as war widens
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia's Amhara region on Sunday called on "all young people" to take up arms against forces from...
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Ethiopian parents appeal for help to evacuate students stranded by Tigray war
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The parents of thousands of Ethiopian students stranded in the war-ravaged northern region...
Read moreFighting in Ethiopia’s Afar forces 54,000 people to flee, official says
By Dawit Endeshaw and Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Attacks by Tigrayan fighters in Ethiopia's Afar region have forced over...
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Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia has completed filling the reservoir of its huge dam on the Blue Nile...
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Ethiopia’s Tigray forces enter neighbouring Afar region, Afar says
(Fixes typo in 6th para and adds second byline) By Dawit Endeshaw and Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Forces from...
Read moreEthiopia’s Tigray forces say they freed 1,000 captured soldiers
By Giulia Paravicini and George Obulutsa OLBIA, Italy (Reuters) -Forces in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have released around 1,000 government...
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Three more regions reinforce Ethiopia army, Amhara against Tigray forces
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Three more Ethiopian regions are sending soldiers to reinforce the national army in...
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African countries to receive first U.S. donated COVID-19 vaccines in days – Gavi
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly 50 African countries are to receive 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by...
Read moreEthiopian regulator suspends Addis Standard news website
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's media regulator said it had suspended the news website The Addis Standard...
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Hundreds of Tigrayans detained in Ethiopian capital in recent weeks, witnesses say
By Dawit Endeshaw and Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopian police have detained hundreds of ethnic Tigrayans in Addis...
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