The Latest Breaking News from Ethiopia

The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that human rights in northern Ethiopia had deteriorated significantly since November, adding that her office has received reports of "severe and wide-scale violations", including lethal air strikes and hundreds of incidents of rape.

Egypt and Sudan currently claim absolute control of Nile water resources. The two states – handed the rights in colonial treaties with the British – have resisted subsequent attempts by the Nile basin states to produce new agreements. But Ethiopia defied the old treaties and built its Grand Renaissance Dam…

Three African refugees lie down to rest after washing their children's clothes near a shabby camp in Khur Maksar in Yemen. They laid out the clothes to dry on the street near the camp, the tents of which are made of tree branches and threadbare clothes. Thousands of Ethiopian refugees…

Sudan and Ethiopia launched new talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) a few days after Addis Ababa began generating electricity from the disputed dam between the three basin countries without referring to Egypt and Sudan. A meeting was held at the Sudanese Foreign Ministry between the Minister of…

The U.N. Human Rights Council has picked the former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to lead a panel investigating violations of human rights in the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the council said on Wednesday.

Medics unable to keep babies alive, says doctor, as Ethiopia’s civil war creates desperate shortages of drugs, oxygen, fuel and food

As government officials downplay the fighting in Afar, families are separated, children killed and young people ready to take up arms, while hopes of peace talks fade

Egypt has reaffirmed its unwavering stance in seeking a legally binding agreement on the rules of filling and operating the mega dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River. Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aty said talks between Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa on the Grand Ethiopian…

Survivors and witnesses say the Ethiopian allied forces went door to door for five days, targeting Tigrayans.

The Egyptian government said Tuesday it continues to implement its comprehensive plan to develop the country’s water network. The government’s efforts come in light of a national comprehensive development plan to address limited water resources, a population increase and the ongoing dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on…

Internal displacement remains one of the defining features of the Yemen crisis after over 157,000 Yemenis were forced to flee their homes due to conflict, announced the United Nations. The UN indicated that the arrivals to Yemen from the East and Horn of Africa mainly represent migratory movements, and asylum…