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Several people were killed in a drone strike at an Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) graduation ceremony in the West Shewa Zone of Oromia region, the BBC Amharic reported. The drone strike targetted a graduation ceremony organized by the group calling…
The African Union has announced that the United States, the United Nations, and the Intergovernmental Authority (IGAD) are participating as observers in the ongoing peace talks between the federal government and Tigrayan forces in Pretoria, South Africa. The African Union…
(Following is a translation of a report by the BBC Amharic about the attacks in the Amhara region carried out by the TPLF last month, published on the news website on October 13, 2022. The text was translated from the…
Rebel forces in the embattled Tigray region on Sunday summoned all the public of the region to war, urging them to join to crush the enemy’s forces. In a statement read on the regional broadcaster Dimtsi Woyane last night, the…
Ethiopia has given the green light to carry out observation field trials for genetically modified potatoes that are said to be resistant to blight, a move seen as a further sign of the country’s growing embrace of the controversial genetic…
Tigray rebels had accused the federal government of a conducting new airstrike in the capital city of the Tigray region, Mekelle on Tuesday morning. The strike, which could not be independently verified, comes two days after Tigray rebels said they…
Tigrayan rebels announced that they are ready to participate in a peace process under the auspices of the African Union and have deployed a negotiating team. According to a statement issued by the authorities of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front…
The Afar region official has announced that more than 200,000 people have been displaced following the eruption of renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia this past week. The region’s head of disaster prevention and risk management Mohamed Hussein told VOA’s Amharic…
Tigrayan regional authorities accused the federal government of carrying out drone strikes in the city of Mekelle on the night of Tuesday, August 30. “Nighttime drone attack in Mekelle, no conceivable military targets,” tweeted Getachew Reda, the TPLF spokesperson, adding…
There is fierce fighting still taking place around Kobo town between Tigrayan fighters and the federal troops on Monday, Deutsche Welle Amharic reported citing witnesses and residents. As fighting raged in Kobo and its vicinity, an increasing number of people…