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Eritrea issues army mobilisation call as Ethiopia fighting resumes - Canadian government

Eritrea is mobilising armed forces due to the re-eruption of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the Canadian government said on Saturday, raising fears that the fighting may intensify in a war that has already displaced millions and triggered a humanitarian disaster across northern Ethiopia.

Reuters

Ten dead in second day of air raids in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Twin drone attacks hit residential neighbourhood of Midre Genet in regional Tigray capital of Mekelle.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia's economy struggles as war reignites in Tigray

Once home to one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, Ethiopia is struggling as the war in its Tigray region has reignited and weary citizens far from the front are pleading for peace

The Independent UK

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Air Strike Hits Ethiopia’s Northern Tigray Region Capital

An air strike hit the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Tuesday, an official at a hospital said. The air strike happened days after Tigray's regional government said it was ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process in its war with the central government…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels ready to accept ceasefire and AU-led peace process

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels said on Sunday they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union, removing an obstacle to negotiations with the Addis Ababa government to end almost two years of fighting.

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia's Tigray Rebels Say Ready for AU-led Peace Talks

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels said Sunday they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union, removing an obstacle to negotiations with the government to end almost two years of brutal warfare. The announcement was made amid a flurry of international diplomacy after fighting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tigrayan forces say ready to accept an AU-led peace process in Ethiopia

Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for nearly two years said on Sunday they are ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process.

Reuters

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US Says Sending Envoy to Ethiopia, Condemns Eritrea Return to War

The United States on Friday dispatched an envoy to Ethiopia to seek an end to renewed fighting, and condemned neighboring Eritrea for re-entering the conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Mike Hammer, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, will head this weekend to Ethiopia and "convey…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gunmen kill dozens in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Report

Witnesses say at least 42 people have been killed as clashes between the Oromo and Amhara groups escalate.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-Why has fighting restarted in north Ethiopia?

Fighting has erupted again around the borders of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, shattering a ceasefire declared in March. Both sides blame each other for restarting the war, which originally ignited in November 2020 when Tigrayan forces seized military bases across their region.

Reuters

Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters

I speak to myself whispering Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries…

The Conversation

Ethiopia forces accused of deadly attack as Tigray war escalates

Witnesses say a school in Mekelle was attacked and four civilians killed, but the government denies the reports.

Al Jazeera

Tigray war: ‘I can’t help my starving family’, says Ethiopian World Health Organisation boss

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns Tigrayan relatives are ‘completely sealed off’ by civil war

The Independent UK

Air strike hits capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region as fighting resumes

An Ethiopian air strike hit the capital of Tigray on Friday killing four people, including two children, rebel spokespeople and humanitarian sources said, as the government vowed to "take action" against military targets in the war-torn region.

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The Independent UK

UN chief urges Ethiopia and Tigray leaders to halt fighting

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging Ethiopia’s prime minister and the leader of its restive Tigray region leader to immediately halt the latest hostilities

Reuters

Fighting flares for second day in northern Ethiopia

Fighting flared for a second day in northern Ethiopia, residents said on Thursday, an outbreak of violence that has shattered hopes for fledgling peace talks between the government and forces from the Tigray region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fighting Flares Up in Northern Ethiopia after Five-month Lull

Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on Wednesday, shattering a five-month truce and dealing a blow to peace efforts.

Al Jazeera

UN calls for ceasefire amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for a ceasefire after renewed fighting erupted around the Tigray region.

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Key events in the war in northern Ethiopia

A nearly two-year-long war in northern Ethiopia has killed thousands of civilians, left millions of people needing food aid and displaced millions more. Here are some of the main events in the conflict.

The Conversation

Alarm bells as Somalia's new president sours relationship with Ethiopia

The new government in Somalia that won elections held in May has got off to a rocky political start in its relations with the relatively powerful and influential neighbour, Ethiopia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopia Says It Demands 'African Solution' for GERD Crisis, Rejects Outside Mediation

Ethiopia said it strongly demands an "African solution" to its dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which it is building along a tributary of the Nile River, raising tensions with the two downstream countries. MP and Advisor to the Minister of Water and Energy…

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia government proposes plan for peace in war-torn Tigray

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front dismisses the move and says the gov’t is engaged in ‘obfuscation’.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Renews Adherence to Nile River Water Rights

Egypt has renewed its “adherence” to its water rights, a few days after Ethiopia announced completing the third filling of its mega dam reservoir and the electricity production from the second turbine without agreement from downstream countries. Egypt and Sudan demand that Ethiopia halt the construction work at the Grand…

The Independent UK

In a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia

The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the border from neighboring Somalia in unprecedented attacks in recent weeks that a top U.S. military commander has warned could continue

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Crisis... From Good Faith to Unilateral Measures

“I swear to God, we will never harm you,” Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged in 2018 from inside the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo. He made the pledge after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked him to reassure the Egyptian people that they would receive their fair share of the…

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