The TPLF fought against against the Ethiopian military from 2020 to 2022 in a conflict that saw hundreds of thousands of civilians killed. A resumption of fighting has sparked fears of another brutal ...

Internet and call services have been disrupted in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray following the outbreak of fighting this week between regional forces and the national army. Services provided by ...

The boat was travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with 305 people on board, when it capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night. Truckloads of Eritrean soldiers have been seen driving into ...

The leaders of the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray ‌said on Wednesday that they had entered a new war with the federal government as fighting broke out in Tigray and two neighboring regions, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia have launched a widescale offensive and seized control of regional ...

The power struggle between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopia’s federal government has reignited after lying dormant since the 2020–22 civil war. In September 2026, the TPLF ...

Rebels in northern Ethiopia have seized regional airports and engaged government troops in Afar and Amhara. Observers fear deadly clashes could expand after rebels announced a new anti-government ...

The average inflation rate in Ethiopia stood at 16.01 percent in 2025. Between 1980 and 2025, the inflation rose by 3.57 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather ...

Several of the rebel groups which have been fighting the Ethiopian authorities in different parts of the country have announced they have formed an alliance to remove the government in Addis Ababa.

Fears of a communications blackout in northern Ethiopia have increased as fighting flares between the federal military and forces from the Tigray region and ⁠their allies. Telecom and internet ...

Nearly four years ago, a peace deal ended the brutal war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. Now, the violence has returned — but the battle lines ...