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A peace forum in Ethiopia is postponed as deadly clashes continue in the country's Amhara region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A prominent peace forum in Ethiopia has been postponed as clashes between the federal government and fighters from a major ethnic group continue to destabilize the region. The Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa said in a statement Thursday that the...
US contractor originally from Ethiopia arrested on espionage charges, Justice Department says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A contractor for the U.S. government has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system, the Justice Department said Thursday. Abraham Teklu Lemma, who...
UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence
GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts say war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace accord signed nearly a year ago to end a conflict that engulfed the country's northern Tigray region. The violence has left at least 10,000 people affected by rape and other sexual violence —...
Africa Climate Summit links 'unfair' debt burden with calls to make continent's green assets pay off
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters, Kenya’s president declared Tuesday as the first Africa Climate Summit got underway. “Those who...
The U.N. says at least 183 people have been killed in Ethiopia over Amhara region unrest since July
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations human rights office says at least 183 people have been killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July as Amhara fighters resist efforts by the federal government to disband them. The U.N. office on Tuesday also said the human...
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume negotiations over a disputed dam
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed their years-long negotiations Sunday over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary, officials said. The resumption of talks came after President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Ethiopia Prime Minister...
Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray, study shows
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Scores of women and girls in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region were sexually assaulted, often by multiple men alleged to be combatants, after a peace agreement last year ended the conflict there, according to a new study of medical records released on Thursday. ...
Ethiopia to investigate report of killings of hundreds of its nationals at the Saudi-Yemen border
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Ethiopian government said Tuesday it will investigate a report by a human rights group of killings of hundreds its nationals at the Yemen-Saudi border. Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry said the investigation will be done “in tandem with the Saudi...
The African Union suspends Niger until 'the effective restoration of constitutional order'
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The African Union on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities “until the effective restoration of constitutional order” following last month's coup. The Executive Council of the 55-nation bloc made the decision after mutinous...
Ethiopian airstrike on a town square in the restive Amhara region kills 26, health official says
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An airstrike on a crowded town square in Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 55 others, a senior health official said Monday, days after authorities asserted that calm had been restored in the area. Local militia...
