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UNHCR reiterates concerns about refugees in Ethiopia
Jul 29, 2021 04:10The United Nations Refugee Agency has voiced concern about the situation of refugees in Ethiopia, as an armed conflict worsens in the Horn of Africa country.
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3,000 Ethiopians fleeing conflict cross into neighboring Sudan
Jul 27, 2021 13:49At least 3,000 Ethiopian people fleeing a widening conflict in northern Ethiopia have crossed into neighboring Sudan, the Sudanese government says.
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Attacks by Tigrayan forces displace over 54,000 in Ethiopia's Afar region
Jul 23, 2021 01:30A widening conflict in northern Ethiopia has forced thousands of people, after months-long conflict between rebels and government forces spread from the Tigray region to neighboring Afar state.
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Regional tensions rise as Ethiopia resumes filling of mega-dam
Jul 06, 2021 06:12Ethiopia has informed Egypt of the start of the second year of the filling of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River, raising tensions with downstream countries.
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Ethiopia govt. declares ceasefire as former local rulers retake Tigray
Jun 29, 2021 06:44Ethiopia's government has declared an immediate unilateral ceasefire in the northern Tigray region, as former local rulers say they are back in control of the area.
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80 people die in airstrike in Ethiopia’s restive north: Local reports
Jun 24, 2021 02:34In northern Ethiopia, 80 people have been killed in an airstrike on a busy market amid renewed fighting after a brief lull in the violence-wracked Tigray region, local media reports quoted UN sources as saying.
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Ethiopians vote in delayed general elections
Jun 21, 2021 10:51Ethiopians have flocked to the polls to take part in long-delayed general elections affected by conflict and famine in the northern Tigray region.
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Some 350,000 people in famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray: UN document
Jun 10, 2021 06:48An analysis by a high-level UN-led committee has estimated that some 350,000 people are in famine conditions in Ethiopia's restive region of Tigray, as a result of a months-long armed conflict that triggered a refugee crisis and a humanitarian disaster there.
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'Hands off Ethiopia': Protesters slam US meddling in mass rally
May 30, 2021 09:58Ethiopians have staged a huge rally to protest Washington's imposed restrictions on aid to the country over the Tigray conflict.
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Iran eyes growing ties with Ethiopia
May 29, 2021 01:07The Iranian president on Friday sent a message for his Ethiopian counterpart Sahle-Work Zewde, congratulating the African leader and people on Ethiopia's National Day, known as Derg Downfall Day.