MANY SUITORS FOR STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT DJIBOUTI

Djibouti is a small country in the Horn of Africa located on the southwest shores of the Gulf of Aden. It is adjacent to the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait (a…

By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)

New front in Ethiopian war displaces thousands, hits hopes of peace talks

By Giulia Paravicini AFDERA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - A new front in Ethiopia's war in the Afar region is imperilling efforts to get enemies to sit down to peace talks, three…

Joint U.N., Ethiopia rights team say all sides committed abuses in Tigray

By Stephanie Nebehay and Dawit Endeshaw GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes,…

Timeline: Key events in a year of war in northern Ethiopia

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A year of war in northern Ethiopia has killed thousands of civilians, plunged around 400,000 into famine and forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their…

Surprise Ceasefire in Tigray

Ethiopia conducted its delayed general elections on 21 June, in most of the country. About 20 per cent of the constituencies, including the entire northern state of Tigray did not…