Abiy Ahmed

• ‘We just ran’: Women, children flee gunfire as violence grows in Ethiopia

  Civilians are caught in the middle of what some experts describe as a conflict akin to an inter-state war, so heavily armed is each side.

  World

  Nov 24, 2020
  
• Over 25,300 Ethiopian refugees fleeing Tigray region have reached Sudan, UN says

  More than 5,000 refugees arrived in Sudan's border provinces of Kassala and al-Qadarif on Sunday, the highest single-day number of arrivals since the start of the conflict in Tigray earlier this month, the UNHCR said.

  Politics

  Nov 16, 2020
  
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• Ethiopia’s Tigray region bombs airports in neighbouring area

  Fighting that erupted in the northern Tigray region on Nov. 4 has reportedly killed hundreds on both the federal government and regional government sides and sent well over 17,000 refugees fleeing into neighbouring Sudan.

  World

  Nov 14, 2020
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• Unknown number of civilians ‘massacred’ in terror act, Ethiopian officials say

  Attackers numbered up to 60 and they arrived after federal soldiers withdrew from the area earlier Sunday, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said in a statement, citing sources.

  World

  Nov 2, 2020
• Death toll from recent protests rises to 86: Ethiopia PM

  Supporters of activist Jawar Mohammed took to the streets on Oct. 23 and 24 to protest after he said police had surrounded his home in the capital Addis Ababa and tried to withdraw his government security detail.

  World

  Nov 3, 2019
• Nobel peace prize awarded to Ethiopia’s PM for role ending war with Eritrea

  Abiy said he was "humbled and thrilled."

  World

  Oct 11, 2019
• Ethiopia says military chief killed in thwarted coup attempt

  Ethiopia’s government foiled a coup attempt in a region north of the capital, Addis Ababa, and the country’s military chief was shot dead, the prime minister said Sunday.

  World

  Jun 23, 2019