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UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on
CAIRO (AP) — Outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps amid deadly fighting between the country's military and a rival paramilitary force, the U.N. health agency said on Tuesday. According...
Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia's Tigray region since the cease-fire there
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November. A study by local health authorities and Mekele University in the regional capital found that...
Fresh fighting reported in Ethiopia's Amhara region between military and local militiamen
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Fresh fighting erupted in the second-biggest town of Ethiopia’s turbulent Amhara region as militiamen clashed with the military over government plans to disarm local forces. Fighters from a militia called Fano fought against military units Sunday in the...
Latest talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over mega dam on the Nile end without breakthrough
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The latest talks over the mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary have broken up without an agreement. The two-day talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ended on Sunday...
Tigst Assefa shatters the women's marathon world record by more than 2 minutes in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — Tigst Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race for the fifth time but couldn't break his own record. Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran the race in 2...
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 —...
Duplantis sets pole vault world record at the Prefontaine Classic
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sweden's Armand Duplantis didn't exactly remember soaring over the bar to set a new world record at the Prefontaine Classic. But knew what came next. “I just looked up and the bar was still there,” he laughed. Duplantis and Ethiopia distance...
Israel's Netanyahu says he wants Eritrean migrants involved in violent clashes to be deported
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he wants Eritrean migrants involved in a violent clash in Tel Aviv to be deported immediately and has ordered a plan to remove all of the country's African migrants. The remarks came a day after bloody...
