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    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia atrocities cast long shadow as city of Lalibela prays for peace

      Settlement talks are on the horizon after a year-long war devastates communities across the country

    • Monday, 8 November, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Ethiopia risks becoming a new Yugoslavia

      Age-old issues over ethnic identity and autonomy must be settled

    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      News in-depthEthiopia
      Ethiopia’s conflict intensifies: ‘This is not a war in Tigray any more’

      Prime minister Abiy Ahmed faces potential defeat a year after starting his ‘law enforcement’ operation

    • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
      Ethiopia
      Facebook removes post by Ethiopia’s Abiy as tensions escalate

      US Africa envoy flies into Addis Ababa on Thursday for talks as Tigrayan forces near the capital

    • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia declares state of emergency as conflict escalates

      Authorities in Addis Ababa prepare for possible military assault by forces from Tigray

    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      Ethiopia
      Tigrayan leaders say Ethiopian army has launched ground offensive

      Addis Ababa seeks end to protracted conflict in northernmost region

    • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
      Africa
      Abiy calls on ‘all capable Ethiopians’ to fight Tigrayan forces

      War has spread from the northern region into neighbouring Amhara and Afar since July

    • Friday, 23 July, 2021
      Ethiopia
      New front opens in Ethiopian war as TPLF takes fight to Abiy

      Fighters from Tigray have ventured eastwards into the barren Afar region that guards the routes to the port of Djibouti

    • Sunday, 11 July, 2021
      Ethiopia
      Abiy’s party wins majority in Ethiopian parliament

      Landslide victory tightens leader’s hold on power as conflict continues in Tigray region

    • Monday, 5 July, 2021
      News in-depthEthiopia
      Fighting and food shortages fray hopes for Ethiopia’s ceasefire

      Tigray rebels demand withdrawal of federal troops and investigation of atrocities as condition for ending hostilities

    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
      Person in the News
      Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel peace laureate at war

      Ethiopia’s leader is tarnishing his reformist reputation as violence spreads in the Tigray region

    • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
      Ethiopia
      Electoral test for Abiy as Ethiopians vote in first ‘free’ poll

      PM hopes to rescue his legitimacy through election fought against backdrop of civil war and brewing famine

    • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      US is right to impose sanctions on Ethiopia

      Abiy must stop the violence in Tigray and expel Eritrean troops as a first step

    • Saturday, 22 May, 2021
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia raises $850m from historic telecoms auction

      UK’s Vodafone and Kenya’s Safaricom part of winning consortium for African country’s first licence sale

    • Monday, 26 April, 2021
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopian telecoms sell-off flops in wake of economic and security concerns

      Investors worried about opacity, restrictions and political instability

    • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
      The Big Read
      Ethiopia: war in Tigray threatens to end Abiy’s dream of unity

      PM’s supporters say he can win re-election and get country back on track. Others fear too much damage has been done

    • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The tragedy of Ethiopia’s conflict in Tigray

      Only a national dialogue can truly heal the country’s divisions

    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      Ethiopia
      Refugees flee Ethiopia’s brutal war with tales of atrocities on both sides

      Camps rekindle memories of past crises as Tigray conflict drives tens of thousands into Sudan

    • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia’s military has ‘completed’ operations in Tigray, says PM Abiy

      Country’s leader says troops have taken control of regional capital Mekelle

    • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
      David Pilling
      Constitutional question at the heart of Ethiopia’s fight in Tigray

      Some see ‘ethnic federalism’ and a ‘nation of nations’ as the country’s salvation, others as its damnation

    • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
      Africa
      Ethiopia PM Abiy orders ‘final stage’ of military conflict in Tigray

      Addis says foreign powers should stop meddling as military prepares for assault on Mekelle in pursuit of TPLF leadership

    • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia tells Tigrayans to ‘save themselves’ ahead of assault on capital

      Army plans to encircle city of 500,000 people with tanks and artillery

    • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The unfolding tragedy in Ethiopia

      Tigray crisis is part of a broader political problem that brute force cannot solve

    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Ethiopia crisis: ‘a political mess that makes fathers fight sons’

      The conflict in Tigray is the biggest test of Abiy Ahmed’s premiership and threatens to spill over into neighbouring countries

    • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
      News in-depthEthiopia
      Tigray crisis: ‘They know how to fight and they can do it ’til the end’

      Ethiopian region has tradition of hardened fighters but Abiy says offensive can end quickly

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