Geopolitics
New York: Thousands of Eritrean refugees sheltering at a camp in the Ethiopian Afar region, have fled following a deadly attack on the facility earlier this month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. more
Release of detainees a ‘significant confidence-building step’ in Ethiopia: UN chief

New York: The Ethiopian Government on Friday freed several high-profile political detainees, a move UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a “significant confidence- ...

Security Council ‘deeply concerned’ by expanding clashes in northern Ethiopia

New York: The Members of the United Nations Security Council expressed “deep concern” about the expansion and intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: ‘Heartbreaking’ devastation in Tigray, says UN humanitarian chief

New York: The new UN Emergency Relief Coordinator ended a six-day mission to Ethiopia with a fresh push to get badly needed food and other supplies into the embattled Tigray region.  ...

UN appeals for faster passage for aid convoys to Ethiopia’s Tigray

New York: UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for far quicker access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in days to reach the local capital, Mekelle, ...

GERD: Saudi Arabia declares support for Sudan and Egypt

Saudi Arabia has decided to support Egypt and Sudan in their acrimonious dispute with Ethiopia over Africa's biggest hydropower dam built by the latter on the Blue Nile, the Nile Rive ...

Ethiopia starts filling GERD; angry Egypt says 'unilateral move'

Ethiopia has started filling its mega dam built on Nile river's main tributary, Blue Nile, Egypt has said it has been informed in a notice, straining the relation between the two coun ...

Tigray Crisis: TPLF lays down preconditions for peace talks with Ethiopian govt

Adis Ababa: The rebel leadership of Ethiopia's Tigray have demanded full withdrawal of Eritrean troops and the fighters of the neighbouring Ethiopian state of Amhara as pre-conditions ...

Tigray Crisis: Rebel forces dismiss federal govt's unilateral ceasefire, capture more territory

Addis Ababa: The rebel forces have occupied more territories in the north Ethiopian region of Tigray after they took over Mekelle, the capital of the region, according to media reports.

Ethiopia declares unilateral ceasefire in Tigray region

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's government has called a one-sided ceasefire in its northern Tigray region after the anti-government force Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said on ...