Airstrikes kill at least 17 people overnight, bulletin says Tigray capital Mekelle captured by federal forces over weekend Fears of wider conflict as Ethiopia-Eritrea relations sour Leaders of Eritrea ...

NAIROBI — Explosions sounded this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, a city rarely under direct attack. Though exactly what happened remains murky, the apparent drone strikes were a sign of just ...

The African Union must convene an emergency session on the situation in northern Ethiopia as the latest armed conflict which broke out in the Tigray and parts of Afar and Amhara regions on 21 ...

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ethiopia severed diplomatic relations with Eritrea on Thursday, hours after drones attacked targets in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. The Ethiopian government gave Eritrean ...

Image — Members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) walk along a main road in Mekelle on 23 September 2026, as tensions intensify in northern Ethiopia after Tigrayan rebels seized control ...

Ethiopia said it was expelling Eritrean diplomats in response to Eritrea's "direct and indirect acts of hostility." Eritrea said it had "no choice but to reciprocate in kind." Ethiopia and Eritrea cut ...

A source linked to the opposition alliance that has been fighting federal forces in northern Ethiopia since last week said the alliance had carried out several drone strikes in Addis Ababa, including ...

Explosions have been heard in the Ethiopian capital as fighting between federal forces and a coalition of armed opposition groups widens in the country’s north. The violence comes as Ethiopia said on ...

Ethiopia is planning to withdraw thousands of troops from neighboring Somalia as escalating fighting at home forces Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government to redirect military resources toward a ...

The TPLF advanced toward Afdeera after taking Erebti, with at least 150,000 people feared displaced in Afar alone. The offensive targets the Djibouti corridor, through which almost all of Ethiopia's ...

Ethiopia’s federal military has said it is handling rising tensions in the country’s north with restraint, as fears grow that Ethiopia could be heading towards another civil war. In his first comments ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Renewed fighting between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigrayan fighters has effectively shattered the 2022 peace ...