Ethopia
Fall of Tigray capital marks new phase of Ethiopia war
The move came exactly seven months after those same fighters were driven out by the army of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who now finds...
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Ethiopia MPs back state of emergency in Tigray amid military campaign
According to the country's constitution, under a state of emergency the government has "all necessary power to protect the country's peace and sovereignty" and can suspend some "political and democratic rights".
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Sudan says Ethiopia denies filling the Renaissance dam reservoir
Earlier this week talks between the three nations (Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia) to regulate the flow of water from the dam failed to reach agreement.
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks on Blue Nile dam
The three countries have been at odds over the filling and operation of the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), under construction near Ethiopia’s border with Sudan on the Blue Nile, which flows into the Nile River.
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Ethiopia's ruling coalition unites to form single party
Three out of four members of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front agreed on Thursday to form a single party ahead of general elections in May.
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Ethiopia to unveil referendum results on new state on Saturday
The referendum on autonomy springs from a federal system designed to provide widespread ethnic self-rule in a hugely diverse country.
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Ethiopia PM Abiy says death toll from recent protests rises to 86
Supporters of activist Jawar Mohammed took to the streets on 23 and 24 October to protest after he said police had surrounded his home in the capital Addis Ababa.
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Ethiopian city braces for protests as activists promise to declare new region
Some of his friends were so concerned that violence would erupt on Thursday that they sent their wives and children to the national capital Addis Ababa, he added.
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Ethiopian PM pushes for unity after months of ethnic violence
Abiy has presided over a series of jolting political and economic changes since coming to office in April - making peace with arch-foe Eritrea, freeing political prisoners, pledging to open up the state-controlled economy and promising to overhaul the security services.
