The historic town of Lalibela had been recaptured by rebellious Tigrayan forces, Reuters agency reported on Sunday, citing witnesses, less than two weeks after government forces and their allies took control on December 1. The Tigray forces took control of…
The villagers in Antsokiya-Gemeza woreda of North Shoa Zone lowered 51 bodies into a mass grave on Saturday. Fifteen of the dead were young girls and boys and ten of them elderly women. The rest were men. All had been…
The Ethiopian government said on Monday it had recovered two strategic towns in the Amhara region on a key highway to Addis Ababa, after they were seized at the end of October by fighters from the rebel group in Tigray.…
The Lalibela Airport, which was under the control of Tigrayan rebel forces for about four months, has sustained heavy damage, the state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) reported. Images shown on the national broadcaster revealed the extent of the damage to…
Ethiopian federal troops have recaptured the historic town of Lalibela which had been under Tigrayan rebel forces control for months, officials say. The government’s communication service said the town had been cleared of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters…
(VOA)– People displaced by fighting in the eastern Amhara region say that beyond the immediate violence of war, they also are battling hunger and unmet critical medical needs. Residents interviewed by VOA’s Horn of Africa Service at a refugee camp…
Former acting U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, Vicki Huddleston has openly expressed support for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in its bid to advance toward the capital city of Addis Ababa with the goal of overthrowing the Prime Minister Abiy…
The U.N. World Food Program says its warehouses in a rebel-held town in the Amhara region have been looted. A spokeswoman for the World Food Program, Tomson Phiri, told reporters in Geneva that the WFP’s warehouses in Kombolcha, a town…
People in parts of the Amhara region that are under the occupation of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have not received any food assistance from international aid agencies, the region’s National Disaster Risk Management Commission said. The Amhara region’s…
U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power has asked colleagues about ways to embarrass the Ethiopian government, according to a report. Politico website reported on Thursday citing “a senior USAID official” as saying that, in an early brainstorming session…
