World Sep 30 Ethiopia kicks out 7 United Nations officials amid pressure on blockade Ethiopia says it is kicking out seven United Nations officials whom it accuses of “meddling" in the country's internal affairs, as pressure grows on the government over its deadly blockade of its Tigray region.
World Sep 22 Anger, confusion spread over U.K.'s new COVID travel rules The British government announced what it billed as a simplification of the rules last week, allowing fully vaccinated travelers to skip quarantine and take fewer tests. But the fine print on who was considered “fully vaccinated” is proving far more…
World Sep 20 Reports say people are dying of hunger in Ethiopia's blockaded Tigray For months, the U.N. and aid groups have warned of famine. Now accounts reveal the first starvation deaths since Ethiopia's government imposed what the U.N. calls "a de facto humanitarian aid blockade."…
World Aug 11 Amnesty International reports widespread rapes in Tigray A new Amnesty International report says dozens of women have described shocking sexual assaults by Ethiopian soldiers and allied forces in the country’s Tigray conflict.
World Jul 02 Ethiopia denies trying to 'suffocate' Tigray region Ethiopia's government is defending itself from accusations that it's trying to "suffocate" the people of Tigray by denying them desperately needed food and other aid.
World Jun 29 Eritrean forces withdraw from key towns in Ethiopia's Tigray Soldiers from Eritrea have withdrawn from three key towns in Ethiopia's Tigray region a day after Tigray fighters took control of the regional capital.
World Jun 28 Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray Ethiopia's government has declared an immediate, unilateral cease-fire in its Tigray region after nearly eight months of deadly conflict and as hundreds of thousands of people face the world's worst famine crisis in a decade.
World Dec 24 Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa's top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed.
World Dec 12 Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg' Witnesses say security forces and their allies attacked civilians in Mai-Kadra with machetes and knives or strangled them with ropes. The stench of bodies lingered for days during the early chaos of the Ethiopian government’s offensive in the defiant Tigray…
World Dec 04 Thousands killed in Ethiopia's conflict, Tigray side asserts The senior adviser to the Tigray leader in an interview with Tigray TV has urged young people and others in the region to "rise and deploy to battle in tens of thousands," days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over the…