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Heavy fighting in Menz leaves civilians dead and injured

Heavy fighting between the federal army and the Fano armed group in the Menz area of the Amhara Region has reportedly resulted in civilian deaths and injuries, according to sources cited by Deutsche...

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Eritrean troops have entered Adigrat as convoys head toward Mekele: Reports

Eritrean soldiers have reportedly entered Adigrat, Deutsthe Welle Amharic reported, citing sources. DW said that military convoys carrying Eritrean soldiers are heading in the direction of Mekele....

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Drone strike on Tigray displacement camp kills at least eight, AFP reports

A drone strike hit a displacement camp in Tigray region on Sunday, killing at least eight people, including a child, AFP reported, citing a humanitarian source. The source told AFP that six other...

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TPLF says it will continue resistance after leaving Mekelle

The Tigray administration, led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), said it had left Mekelle and would continue to lead the fight from another location. The announcement came as federal...

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Arrests of young people across Addis Ababa as fears grow

A wave of arrests targeting young people has spread across Addis Ababa, creating fear among communities. Local sources say hundreds of people have been detained in recent weeks, with arrests reported...

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Egypt expels Ethiopian diplomat in retaliatory move

Egypt has ordered an Ethiopian diplomat to leave the country, a day after Ethiopia expelled an Egyptian official in Addis Ababa. An Egyptian senior official told state news agency MENA on Friday that...

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Explosions heard overnight in Addis

Explosions were heard overnight in Addis Ababa, as fighting continues in northern Ethiopia between federal forces and Tigrayan fighters. People living in different parts of the capital, including...

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Ethiopia orders closure of embassy in Asmara

Ethiopia declares Egyptian diplomat persona non grata, orders him to leave within 48 hours Ethiopia accused neighboring Eritrea of “acts of hostility and belligerence,” ordered the closure of its...

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Maaza Mengiste wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grants

Author Maaza Mengiste has been named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow and awarded a no-strings-attached $800,000 grant. She is one of 21 MacArthur Fellows selected this year, with the fellowships recognizing...

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More than 50 civilians reportedly killed in around Alamata

More than 50 civilians have reportedly been killed in three days of heavy fighting around Alamata in the Tigray region, the BBC reported, citing town residents and hospital sources. Town residents,...

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What happened in Bishoftu over the weekend?

There were various reports on social media over the weekend claiming that a drone had struck the Ethiopian Air Force base in Bishoftu, about 40 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa. How much of the...

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Surge in war-wounded patients over four days-MSF

Between Tuesday, September 22, and Friday, September 25, the number of war-wounded patients received at hospitals in Korem and Alamata rose from around 180 over a 48-hour period to more than 420, the...

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Ethiopian federal forces capture town of Alamata

Fighting continues in Afar as regional government confirms Eritrean troop presence Ethiopian federal troops and allied militias have captured the town of Alamata, which is located in Tigray region, in...

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Some 20 Israelis trapped in Lalibela- Isreali media

Around 20 Israelis are stranded in the town of Lalibela in the Amhara region as heavy fighting is underway between the TPLF and the federal army in the area, prompting the suspension of flights from...

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ልጅ ካስወለዱ በኋላ የሚሠወሩ የእንግሊዝ ወታደሮች

“ማርገዜን ከነገርኩት ቀን ጀምሮ ደብዛዉ ጠፋ።እውነት ለመናገር አንድ የእንግሊዝ ወታደር እንዲህ ያደርጋል ብዬ አላሰብኩም ነበር» ትላለች ካሮሊን ዋምቡይ ሙሩኪ፣ የ33 ዓመቷ ኬንያዊት።በኬንያ ናንዩኪ ከተማ ከእንግሊዝ ሀገር ከመጣ ወታደር ጋር ተዋውቃ ግኑኙነታቸው እስከ አንሶላ መጋፈፍ እንደደረሰ ትገልጻለች።ከናይሮቢ...

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Eritreans must learn from the past and reject another war

Eritrean journalist and activist Henok Tekle, who is active on social media platforms including TikTok, is calling on his fellow citizens to stop beating the drums of war and instead call for peace....

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Internet, mobile networks shut down in Tigray since yesterday

As fighting continues to intensify in the Tigray region and surrounding areas, the state-owned Ethio Telecom has completely cut off mobile and internet services in Tigray since yesterday, according to...

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Guterres calls for restraint as fighting escalates in northern Ethiopia

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that he was gravely concerned by the rapidly deteriorating situation in northern Ethiopia, a day after the federal government and the...

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Fighting breaks out between the federal government and Tigray regional forces

Fighting between Ethiopia’s federal government forces and Tigrayan regional forces has broken out in the Tigray region, which has been gripped by months of rising tensions, according to officials from...

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Aben says local officals support attacks on Amhara communities in Central...

The Amhara Nationalism movement (Aben) has reported that attacks targeting Amhara communities in the Central Ethiopia Region—particularly in Gurage Zone and Abeshge Woreda—as well as in surrounding...

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