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The US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman has warned an escalation of the fighting in Ethiopia is threatening any progress towards negotiating a ceasefire. Following a visit to Ethiopia, Jeffrey Feltman said both Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) seemed to …

Nine anti-government groups in Ethiopia have signed an alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration. The rebel groups include the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). The government in Addis Ababa has said it’s on the brink of victory and will continue to fight what it …

Tigrayan forces say Mekelle, the capital of the war-torn Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, has been hit by airstrike for a second time this week, reports said. Kindeya Gebrehiwot, a member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)’s central committee, tweeted about the airstrike being carried out in the city …

Government in Ethiopia has blamed the rebel group, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), for killing at least 30 civilians during recent attacks. In its latest statement, the government says the TPLF targeted areas in Amhara and Afar regional states, which both border Tigray, in “unwarranted attacks against innocent civilians”. Whereas …

Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a rebel group in Ethiopia say federal troops and their allies have launched coordinated attacks on all fronts. They said heavy artillery, tanks, fighter jets and drones were being used against them, BBC News reports. A senior member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front said …

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has taken oath for a new term. He now begins a five-year term in office after his party won the elections in June 2020. The Ethiopian Addis Standard newspaper tweeted a photo of the Mr Abiy taking the oath of office: #Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed …

Government in Ethiopia has accused rebels of being behind the attacks that destroyed several health facilities in the northern part of the country. According to the government, nearly two million people in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions have no access to healthcare after rebels loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation …

An international rights organization has accused the Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias of raping, detaining and killing Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray. Human Rights Watch’s report detailed attacks around two camps in Tigray, where local forces have battled the Ethiopian government and their Eritrean allies since November …

Rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region say at least 150 people have died of hunger as the humanitarian crisis worsens in the region. The rebel group has accused the Ethiopian government of being the cause. The government has not reacted to the claim but had previously rejected accusations by the UN …

Ethiopia’s rebel fighters say a government blockade on the northern region of Tigray is to blame for the devastation that has left nearly a million people on the verge of starvation,the BBC reports. But the federal government has blamed the situation on them. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which is …