Hundreds have died, at least 20,000 refugees have fled to Sudan and there have been reports of atrocities since Abiy ordered air strikes and a ground offensive against Tigray’s rulers for defying his authority. The conflict could jeopardize a
image copyrightAFP Ethiopia appears to be fast approaching civil war. Fighting between forces loyal to the federal government headed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has claimed hundreds of
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/11/14/world/14ethiopia/14ethiopia-moth.jpgADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Two airports in a state that neighbors Tigray, where Ethiopian troops are fighting local forces, were the targets of rocket fire late on Friday, the government said, as an 11-day conflict in the region widened. The two
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/11/08/world/08ethiopia‑1/08ethiopia-1-moth.jpgCAIRO — Ethiopia’s prime minister reshuffled his country’s security services on Sunday, days after he ordered a military offensive in the northern Tigray region, edging the country toward a potential all-out civil war. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaced the head of
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/11/15/world/15ethiopia‑1/15ethiopia-1-moth.jpgNAIROBI, Kenya — When it comes to mountain warfare, the people of Tigray — an ancient kingdom in the far north of Ethiopia, spread across jagged peaks and lush farmland — have decades of hard-won experience. Tigrayan fighters led a
There is concern that the conflict in northern Ethiopia is spreading following rocket attacks on two cities in the country’s Amhara region and reports of fighting across the Eritrean border. The governing party in neighbouring Tigray region has acknowledged that
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/global_ethiopia_blood_donation_flag.jpg?w=274Post-election updates in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Tanzania On Wednesday, November 11, Côte d’Ivoire’s newly reelected President Alassane Ouattara met with one of the country’s main opposition leaders, Henri Konan Bedie, in an attempt to avoid a crisis in the
image copyrightAFP The Ethiopian government says local forces in the northern state of Tigray have fired rockets into a neighbouring region. Tension between the government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which
image copyrightReuters Ethiopia’s human rights commission has said it will send a team to investigate reports of mass killings of civilians in the northern Tigray state. The commission, appointed by the government but
image copyrightGetty Images The fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray state may not only have drastic implications for the future of the country but could also seriously affect its neighbours. Seeking to calm tensions