Ethiopia
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A UN-led event to secure donations to address Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis fell short of its $1 billion target. The East African country has been hit by conflict and extreme weather in recent years.
3 Mar
Somalia’s recent deal with Turkey has raised the stakes in a simmering maritime dispute with Ethiopia. Experts say it could escalate the conflict in the Horn of Africa.
23 Feb
The reasons for hunger in countries like Ethiopia are complex but one is drought worsened by planetary heating. Across the region, farmers and local communities are working to alleviate the problem.
19 Feb
Ethiopia has taken the first legal steps on a path that could one day enable the landlocked country to gain access to the sea, its government says. It has signed what is known as a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the self-declared republic of Somaliland to use one of its ports.
5 Feb
Facebook has been accused by rights group Amnesty International of contributing to violence during the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
5 Feb
Drought, conflict, graft: Reasons for Ethiopia's hunger crisis are as varied as they may have been avoidable. But while Ethiopians go to bed hungry, political elites feast on their appetite for power.
17 Jan
Beset by economic woes and worried by new disagreements with Somalia, Ethiopia's first days as a newly minted member of BRICS were anything but easy.
3 Jan
Ethiopia has pledged to recognize Somaliland in exchange for access to the Red Sea. The government of Somalia has called the deal a "violation" of its sovereignty.
16 Dec
Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region is now grappling with a deadly famine. While some have left the worst-hit areas to avoid starvation, many others are left behind.
16 Nov
Washington's decision to resume food assistance comes after Ethiopia agreed to allow monitoring of food supplies. Deliveries were halted earlier this year as the US said the deliveries were being stolen.
15 Nov
While some observers say Ethiopia's interest in reclaiming access to the port of Assab is legitimate for geopolitical and strategic reasons, others say it is merely to deflect public opinion away from domestic politics.
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