Ethiopia fighting escalates in Tigray, killing 52 civilians
Michael Teferi, Lion Tsigab and Lucy Fleming | BBC News Sept. 30, 2026 Tanks and armoured vehicles were filmed passing through Alamata after days of clashes. Social media via Reuters At least 52 civilians have been killed during three days of heavy fighting around Alamata in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, hospital sources have told the BBC. It appears government troops have taken control of the town from regional fighters and intend to push north towards Mekelle, the regi
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Ethiopia PM's party wins landslide; fears of new war
Kaleb Moges BBC Africa Abiy Ahmed says he is transforming the economy of Africa's second most-populous nation. Image by Reuters Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is the big winner following the country's general election as his party has retained its overwhelming parliamentary majority, despite the poll being overshadowed by conflict, accusations of repression and little participation by opposition parties. The Prosperity Party, which won 438 of the 501 contested seats, wi
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Ethiopian Bodies Float Downriver Into Sudan
The disfigured bodies are the latest indication of atrocities as the conflict over the Tigray region spreads to other parts of Ethiopia...
New York Times 1
Aug 3, 2021
Amid violence, Ethiopia declares state of emergency in Amhara
The defence ministry says deadly armed violence witnessed in parts of the Oromia special zones. Ethiopia has declared a state of...
Al Jazeera
Apr 19, 2021
