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Ethiopia and Eritrea are on edge again: what’s behind the growing risk of war

The histories of Eritrea and Ethiopia have long been closely intertwined. Once part of Ethiopia, Eritrea launched an armed struggle for independence in 1961 that resulted in its secession in 1993 following a referendum. But since Eritrea’s independence, relations between the two countries have evolved through many ups and downs,…

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Lasting peace in Ethiopia? More needs to be done to stop Tigray conflict from flaring up again

It has been nearly two years since the African Union brokered a peace deal that put an end to the war between the Ethiopian state and the Tigray regional government. The signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in November 2022 brought an end to a deadly two-year conflict.

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Exclusive-Ethiopia seeks to end U.N.-ordered probe into Tigray war abuses

Ethiopia is courting support for a motion to cut short a U.N.-mandated inquiry into atrocities in the Tigray war, five diplomats said, in a move that could divide African and Western nations.

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Abiy Ahmed gained power in Ethiopia with the help of young people – four years later he's silencing them

When Abiy Ahmed took power as Ethiopia’s prime minister in April 2018, he was the youngest head of government in Africa.

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Ethiopia’s Tigray forces withdraw '65 percent of fighters from frontline'

The commander-in-chief of the Tigray rebel forces has said that 65 percent of his forces have "disengaged", a month after a ceasefire agreement over Ethiopia's war-torn northern region.

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Ethiopia's Tigray forces say they have withdrawn 65% of fighters from frontlines

More than half of Tigrayan forces have withdrawn from the frontlines, the forces' top commander said, a month after a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the two-year conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Reuters

Looting, forced removals plague Ethiopia's Tigray despite truce - witnesses

Ethiopia's allies are looting towns, arresting and killing civilians and relocating thousands of people from a disputed part of Tigray despite a truce between the government and local forces, witnesses and aid workers in the northern region say.

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Analysis: Can Ethiopia iron out issues after AU peace deal?

Ahead of the second anniversary of the start of Ethiopia’s civil war, there are concerns about the latest peace deal.

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Ethiopia's truce is a step toward ending civil war, but there are reasons for caution

The Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels signed a peace deal. But one major player in the conflict, Eritrea, wasn't involved in the talks.

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Ethiopia’s warring sides meet for talks in South Africa

The event marks first formal meeting between Ethiopian gov’t and Tigray forces since war broke out in November 2020.

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Tigray has resisted Ethiopia's far greater military might for two years -- here's why neither side is giving in

The Ethio-Tigray war started on 4 November 2020. For almost two years, the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea – along with Amhara regional forces and militia – have waged war against Tigray’s regional government and society.

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'Where is humanity?' ask the helpless doctors of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region

Civil war has blockaded the country's northern region and decimated a hospital system that serves nearly 7 million people. Without basic supplies, power and medicine, thousands are needlessly dying.

WEKU

Ten dead in second day of air raids in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Twin drone attacks hit residential neighbourhood of Midre Genet in regional Tigray capital of Mekelle.

Al Jazeera

Tigrayan forces say ready to accept an AU-led peace process in Ethiopia

Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for nearly two years said on Sunday they are ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process.

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UN condemns deadly air raid that ‘hit kindergarten’ in Tigray

UNICEF calls on all parties to agree to an ‘immediate cessation of hostilities’ as the federal gov’t denies involvement.

Reuters

Some Ethiopians claim forced recruitment by Tigrayan forces

Authorities in Ethiopia's war-shattered Tigray region are forcing young people to join their army's fight against the central government by threatening and jailing relatives, according to captured fighters and residents.

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Ethiopia denies Tigrayan forces pulled out of Afar region

The Ethiopian government said on Thursday that rebellious Tigrayan forces are still in the neighbouring region of Afar, despite a spokesman for the Tigrayan forces announcing their withdrawal days earlier.

Reuters

Children are being killed and maimed by discarded explosives in Ethiopia

Fifteen-year-old Eysa Mohammed was collecting water near her home in northern Ethiopia's Afar region when an explosion underfoot tore shrapnel into her leg, making her one of a growing number of children maimed by weapons discarded in the country's civil war.

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Eritrea is involved in Tigray to boost its stature. Why the strategy could backfire

The Eritrean military has been involved in the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the conflict broke out in November 2020. Eritrea shares a 1,000 km border with Ethiopia, including with Tigray. It sent thousands of soldiers in support of the Ethiopian federal forces in their operations against the Tigray…

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