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Ethiopia's national carrier cancels flights to Tigray region as fears grow of renewed fighting
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s national carrier canceled flights to and from the troubled northern region of Tigray, as fears…
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A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story
Scientists studying fossils from Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have uncovered evidence of another early human species which lived around the same…
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Eritrea withdraws from regional bloc as UN expresses concern over tensions with Ethiopia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Eritrea on Friday withdrew from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, accusing the East African regional…
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Eritrea quits regional bloc as tensions rise with Ethiopia
Eritrea has withdrawn from East African regional bloc Igad, accusing the organisation of "becoming a tool against" countries like itself.…
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Ethiopia embraces big projects but risks another war by seeking access to the sea
Ethiopia 's prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa's largest airport and a…
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Ethiopian volcano erupts after 12,000 years: What we know
A long-inactive volcano in northern Ethiopia unexpectedly erupted on Sunday, sending up plumes of volcanic ash and dust, which have since…
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Escalating war of words between Ethiopia and Eritrea triggers fears of conflict
There are growing concerns over the possibility of armed conflict between Horn of Africa neighbours, Ethiopia and Eritrea, as hostile…
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Convicted sex offender who was mistakenly released from a UK prison is deported to Ethiopia
LONDON (AP) — An Ethiopian man who was mistakenly released from a British prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager…
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Clip shows Indian doctor, not Egyptian diplomat, visiting Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Ethiopia recently accused Eritrea of collaborating with rebels from the northern Tigray region amid increasing instability in the Horn of…
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Passengers jump from windows in fatal Ethiopia train crash
Passengers were forced to jump from carriages in a train crash that killed 15 people in eastern Ethiopia, a local official has told the…
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Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of preparing for war as Red Sea tensions rise
Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of preparing to wage war against it in collusion with an opposition grouping, in the latest sign of…
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At least 25 killed as a church under construction collapses on worshippers in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — At least 25 people were killed when a church under construction collapsed on Wednesday in Ethiopia's Amhara…
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Front page claiming Israel is preparing airstrike on Eritrea is fabricated
Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have flared up again after Ethiopian authorities said they would focus on regaining access to the…
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African leaders push for climate investment at Ethiopia summit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders met Monday in the Ethiopian capital for the second Africa Climate Summit, where they proposed…
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Egypt and Sudan say Ethiopia's Nile dam is 'a threat to stability'
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Ethiopian migrants face kidnappings and death, leaving behind heartbroken families
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — When 19-year-old Nigus Yosef told his parents he was going to leave home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and try…
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Compilation of clips shows dams in South Africa and Brazil, not Ethiopia’s new Nile River project
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced in July 2025 that the multi-billion-dollar Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project…
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MSF accuses Ethiopian soldiers of 'targeted killing' of 3 staffers in Tigray in 2021
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — International aid organization Doctors Without Borders on Tuesday released a report describing the…
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Clips of unrelated pipelines falsely depicted as part of Ethiopian gas export project
The Ethiopian government recently shelved plans to pipe natural gas from the Ogaden Basin to Djibouti because of financial constraints and…
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Egypt says Ethiopia's completed power-generating dam lacks a legally binding agreement
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Friday that Ethiopia has consistently lacked the political will to reach a binding agreement on its now-complete…
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Joyful Ethiopians and Eritreans embrace at rare border reopening
There have been celebrations at the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea as communities from the frontier villages came together for the…
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Video of Ethiopian mayor admitting she confided in rebel group is fake
Adanech Abiebie, the mayor of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, has been criticised by right organisations for the city’s extensive urban…
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Video of 2020 Beirut port explosion misrepresented as Huthi missile attack on Israel
Yemen’s Huthi rebels have fired numerous missiles at Israel since the war on Gaza began, and while most have been intercepted, one…
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Ethiopia's prime minister asks Tigray region to nominate new leader to ease political tensions
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia ’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday asked people in the northern Tigray region to nominate a…