Countries Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say pushing into neighbouring Afar Addis Ababa – Rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said on Tuesday they had been provoked into launching “robust” military... Read more 26 Jan, 2022
World Sole candidate Tedros set to remain World Health chief Geneva – World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is all but guaranteed a second term after a procedural... Read more 26 Jan, 2022
Countries Sudan deputy leader meets Ethiopia defence minister on rare visit Khartoum – Sudan’s second most powerful leader met with Ethiopia’s defence minister on Saturday on a rare visit to Addis... Read more 22 Jan, 2022
Countries Food aid at ‘all-time low’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray, says UN Nairobi – The Ethiopian region of Tigray has never had so little emergency food, after 14 months of war, the... Read more 21 Jan, 2022
Countries Hospitals in Ethiopia’s war-torn north reel from shortages, ICRC says Nairobi – Doctors in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are recycling surgical gloves and using salt to disinfect wounds as essential medical... Read more 19 Jan, 2022
Countries Ethiopia lashes out at WHO chief for Tigray war remarks Nairobi – Ethiopia has asked the UN health agency to investigate its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for “harmful misinformation”... Read more 14 Jan, 2022
Countries MSF says staff were intentionally killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray Nairobi – The killing of three Doctors Without Borders (MSF) personnel in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region last June was “intentional”... Read more 14 Jan, 2022
Countries Drone strikes kill at least 19 in Ethiopia’s Tigray, officials say Addis Ababa – Nineteen people have been killed in drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Tigray over the past two days,... Read more 12 Jan, 2022
Countries Aid agencies suspend work in Tigray area hit by deadly strike, says UN Nairobi – Aid agencies have suspended operations in an area of Ethiopia’s stricken Tigray region where a deadly air... Read more 10 Jan, 2022
Cape Verde Cape Verde sink 10-man Ethiopia at Cup of Nations Yaoundé – Julio Tavares scored the winner as Cape Verde began their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a... Read more 10 Jan, 2022