Tag: Ethiopia
At least 26 dead in air attack in Ethiopia
At least 26 people have been killed and 55 injured in an Ethiopian airstrike on a square in the town of Finote Selam in the Amhara region, a senior medical…
diplomatic initiatives but no progress
While Sudan is sinking deeper into war every day, no diplomatic initiative has yet succeeded in breaking the cycle of violence between the army and the Rapid Support Forces. Monday,…
The US stops all food aid to Ethiopia
Published: Less than 30 min ago full screen 20 million Ethiopians are in need of aid due to drought and conflicts in the country. Archive image. Photo: Ben Curtis/AP/TT The…
The US stops all food aid to Ethiopia
It is unclear who is behind the thefts, but when agency director Samantha Power briefed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this spring on the first findings of major thefts of…
Ethiopia: heavy fighting in Oromia despite talks between government and rebels
In Ethiopia, fighting has resumed in Oromia, the country’s largest region, for a week. For three years, this region has been plagued by conflict between government forces and the Oromo…
Ethiopia: Six months after the peace agreement in Tigray, significant challenges persist
Six months ago to the day, Ethiopia experienced a turning point with the signing of the peace agreement, on November 2, 2022, between the Ethiopian government and the authorities of…
Meloni on an official visit to Ethiopia: in October we will present the Mattei plan at the Italy-Africa Summit
(Finance) – The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, declared that in October “it could be the right occasion to definitively present our Mattei plan”. Speaking in Addis Ababa for the two…
return to calm in Amhara after a week of tensions
Calm has returned to the Amhara region after a week marked by deadly violence against the reform of regional forces announced by the federal government. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission…
Karim Lebhour, former journalist: “Ethiopia is a country with a particular identity”
From journalism to humanitarian action, passing through the cartoonist box: this is Karim Lebhour’s journey. The former RFI correspondent in Ethiopia publishes A Season in Ethiopia, the story of two…
despite resistance, the government wants to dismantle the regional special forces
The Ethiopian government announces that it has started the dismantling of its regional special forces. Over the past ten years, several Ethiopian regions have had their own special forces independent…