ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two different groups fighting Ethiopia's central government said they had seized control of towns on Sunday as the prime minister appealed for citizens to take up arms.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the ...

Ethiopian forces killed around 40 fighters on their own side in a drone strike in the insurgency-hit Amhara region on January ...

The death toll from violence last week in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region has risen to at least 50, residents said on Tuesday, amid tensions in the area between the country's two largest ethnic ...

Ongoing armed conflicts and recurring security instability across several regions of Ethiopia have resulted in severe violations of the right to life and personal security, according to the fourth ...

October 9, 2024: The Ethiopian civil war continues to be marked by significant turmoil and humanitarian crises. Despite numerous international efforts to broker peace, the conflicts between government ...

Where there is division there will be conflict. In a country such as Ethiopia with dozens of ethnic/tribal groups, the need for tolerance, cooperation and unity is essential if there is to be peace ...

The Oromo are 34 percent and the Amhara 27 percent. The Amhara have long led a coalition founded in unity with the Oromo and Tigray. Prime minister Ahmed is Oromo and a Protestant Christian. His ...

Ignored by western governments and largely overlooked by media a genocide is taking place in Ethiopia. The Amhara people, a large ethnic group, are being ethnically cleansed from the region of Oromia, ...