Ethiopia News » Afar News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Weight of responsibility: Promise and perils of covering Ethiopia’s war
Al Jazeera correspondent shares his experience of covering the fighting between government forces and Tigray rebels.
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethiopians holding national flags protest against what they say is interference by outsiders in the country's internal affairs and ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Ethiopia Cannot Defund Its Way Out Of Ethnic Politics – OpEd
Ethiopia needs a civic politics, not an ethnic one. Cutting public money to identity-based parties while leaving an identity-based state intact will not get ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: How the fighting in Ethiopia spread beyond Tigray, in maps and charts
Old rivalries, territorial disputes and new alliances are reshaping the conflict in Ethiopia’s north.
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Ethiopian opposition groups unite to mount challenge to prime minister Abiy
Seven opposition groups in Ethiopia have announced the formation of an alliance to remove the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, according to an announcement made on Sunday.
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Ethiopia: Afar nationalists see opportunity in Abiy’s tensions with Eritrea
At the centre of the escalating hostility between Ethiopia and Eritrea lies Assab, a highly strategic port on the Red Sea coast. Assab has been part of Eritrea since the country seceded from Ethiopia ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Ethiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it matters
Four years after a fragile ceasefire ended widespread conflict in Ethiopia, the region is again slipping back into full-out war. On Sept. 23, 2026, advancing soldiers of the Tigray People’s Liberation ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Fighting in Ethiopia intensifies: What’s the latest?
Capture of key town could pave the way for federal forces to push towards Tigray’s capital, Mekelle.
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Residents of largest city in northern Ethiopia express fear after eruption of fighting
Residents of the largest city in northern Ethiopia said they were living in fear as fighting resumed between federal troops and rebels opposed to Prime Minister Abiy ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: From military victory to political settlement - why Ethiopia's real test lies beyond controlling Mekelle
Mekelle, the capital of Tigray Regional State, has now changed hands three times in six years. Federal forces took the city in November 2020, within a month of the last war beginning; Tigrayan forces ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: War has returned to Ethiopia’s Tigray — and former enemies are now fighting together. What changed?
Nearly four years ago, a peace deal ended the brutal war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. Now, the violence has returned — but the battle lines ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: Ethiopian pro-government forces claim capture of strategic Tigray town
Fighting since last week shattered four-year-old peace deal Ethiopia accuses neighbours of supporting opposition forces; Eritrea and Sudan deny Strategic town of Alamata is 120 km south of Tigray ...