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Authorities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have warned of the deteriorating humanitarian situation and blamed the government-imposed blockade for increasing hunger levels. According to the United Nations, no aid convoy has reached Tigray since mid-December and nine million people need food aid in three regions. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front …

Seven people have died and many more injured after an illegal mine collapsed on Tuesday morning in Gololcha district in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, many media reported. “Eleven people were injured and taken to hospital, some with serious injuries,” local authorities were quoted as saying by the BBC. The victims were …

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is expected at the country’s federal parliament to speak to lawmakers about the conflict in the Tigray region. This is the first time Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will address parliament since winning a second term in June. Ethiopian federal forces have been fighting rebels loyal …

An armed Amhara group is accused of killing dozens of people and looted property in the Gidda Ayana district of Oromia state. The district’s top official, Adane Alamirew, confirmed the attack but said he was unable to identify the number of people killed and the extent of the damage due …

US State Department spokesman Ned Price has welcomed the lifting of the state of emergency in Ethiopia and called on authorities for the release of detainees. According to the spokesperson, the lifting of the state of emergency was “another important step” by the Ethiopian government paving the way “for a …

Ethiopian parliament on Tuesday voted for an early end to a six-month state of emergency, effective immediately, adding to signs that a bloody conflict between the government and rebellious Tigrayan forces could be easing, Reuters reports. It follows the proposal by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s cabinet last month to end …

The Tigray region’s top Islamic council announced that it has severed ties with the country’s umbrella body – the Ethiopia’s Islamic Affairs Council. This comes days after Tigray’s Orthodox religious leaders announced they had cut ties with the Ethiopian Orthodox church to establish their own synod. Muslim leaders say they …

Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia will start teaching the Swahili language after signing an agreement with a Tanzanian university, state media EBC reports, citing the university’s president. The language studies will be facilitated by the University of Dar es Salaam. The move comes days after the African Union adopted Swahili …

Authorities in Ethiopia’s Oromia region have accused a rebel group of killing more than 160 civilians and burying 87 bodies in a mass grave, local media reported. The federal government has often accused the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) of being behind the killings of ethnic minorities living in the area. …

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has accused federal troops in Oromia, the country’s largest region, of killing 14 civilians in December, including local elders. Earlier, the authorities had said an armed rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), was behind the attacks. The report from the commission – hailed …