Drone strike kills over 100 near school in Amhara region
More than 100 people were killed in a drone strike near a school in the East Gojjam Zone of the Amhara region on Thursday, 17 April, eyewitnesses and residents have told the BBC. In the rural town of...
View ArticleTigst Assefa & Sifan Hassan set for reunion at the London Marathon
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa and the Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan, who were involved in a dramatic moment during the Women’s Marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympics, are set to meet again -this time at the iconic...
View ArticleTigst Assefa claims victory in women’s race at 2025 London Marathon
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa, who shattered the mixed world record in 2023 with a time of 2:11:53 in Berlin and finished runner-up at the Paris 2024 Olympics, won the women’s race at the 2025 London...
View ArticleDozens of African migrants killed in US strike on Yemen, Houthis say
The majority of the detainees were Ethiopians. (BBC)-At least 68 African migrants have been killed in a US air strike on a detention centre in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group’s...
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