UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and in the country’s north, the U.N. humanitarian chief said, warning there’s a risk that hundreds of thousands of people or more will…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has begun restricting visas for government and military officials of Ethiopia and Eritrea seen as undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying it is time…
It was a war that killed some 80,000 people and sputtered to life again and again over two decades, pulling in soldiers including a young Ethiopian who fought in a contested town at the center…
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — More than 100 African writers and activists are urging Eritrea’s authoritarian leader to protect basic freedoms and launch political reforms in the continent’s “most closed society.” The open letter to President…
JOHANNESBURG — Eritrea is being removed from the United States government’s list of countries deemed not to be cooperating fully with U.S. counterterror efforts. The reclusive East African nation is no longer listed on the…
In Summary UN Security Council lifts sanctions on Eritrea following a landmark peace deal with Ethiopia and a thaw with Djibouti. The council unanimously adopted a British-drafted resolution lifting the arms embargo, all travel bans,…
Family members and rights groups are calling for the release of Eritrea’s former finance minister, Berhane Abrehe, who was arrested on Monday days after publishing a two-volume book critical of the government. Four security agents…
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Sitting on a ledge in front of Ayelew Desale’s grocery store behind Tel Aviv’s central bus station, Selemon Tesfy inhaled the last bits of his cigarette and recalled his flight from…
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea reopened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in 20 years on Tuesday, cementing a stunning reconciliation and giving Addis Ababa a…
Ethiopia has reopened its embassy in Eritrea, the latest step in rapidly improving bilateral ties that have reversed the two-decades of conflict between the two countries. Ethiopia’s state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting company said Thursday that Prime…