The peace agreement ends hostilities between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan forces, restoring law and order. On Tuesday, the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed to…
A convoy of World Food Programme (WFP) trucks on their way to Tigray, seen in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia, on June 9, 2022 [Eduardo Soteras/AFP] The return of hostilities…
Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say they are ready to take part in peace talks led by the African Union (AU), removing an obstacle to potential negotiations with the government to end…
Kalkidan Yibeltal BBC News The UN has said it doesn’t know the whereabouts of hundreds of former Ethiopian peacekeepers. They had sought asylum in neighboring Sudan after refusing to return…
Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centers across Somalia, the United Nations Children’s Agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after it warned that parts of Somalia, Ethiopia,…
An Ethiopian Flag is flown in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photographer: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty Images. By David Malingha Ethiopian inflation decelerated in June for the first time in four months as food prices…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the military leader of neighboring Sudan Lt Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have agreed to peacefully settle the long-running border dispute that has led to…
The cross-border road connecting Somaliland and Ethiopia is nearing completion. The Berbera-corridor road project that connects Somaliland’s port city of Berbera with Ethiopia’s border town of Togochale has reached 85…
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has appointed a new prime minister. Hamza Abdi Barre, who is a member of parliament for President Hassan Sheikh’s party, will take on the role.…
PM Abiy (left) and Debretion Gebremichal, TPLF chairman (right). Weeks after unconfirmed news regarding secret negotiation between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in…
Hargeisa (HOL) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Somaliland Partnership Act on Thursday that would require the State Department to report to Congress on its engagement with Somaliland and…
Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and incumbent leader Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, attended a voting session for the presidential election at the Halane military camp, which is protected by African Union…
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) has imposed a curfew on the Afisyoni air force hangar in the capital, Mogadishu, and the surrounding areas ahead of the presidential…
Ethiopia’s state-owned telecom operator, Ethio Telecom, has introduced 5G mobile phone networks in the country’s capital, Addis Ababa. Ethio Telecom hopes the move will give it an edge over the…
The Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it has carried out what may prove to be one of its most deadly attacks on the African Union Mission in Somalia. However, the…
