Ethiopia

Amnesty says hundreds of civilians were killed by Eritrean troops in Ethiopian town of Axum last November.

Jailed opposition politicians have been on hunger strike for almost a month over their treatment by the government.

In new report, US Transportation Department says ‘much work remains’ in fixing how aviation body certifies new planes.

UNHCR says most of the asylum seekers who fled ethnic violence have been living among Sudanese host communities.

Somalia’s most recent political impasse will have significant consequences for its neighbours, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Rise in acute malnutrition reported in Ethiopian region as insecurity, bureaucracy and armed actors hamper aid efforts.

Clashes erupted last year between both forces over Al-Fashqa, an area of fertile land settled by Ethiopian farmers.

Warnings about press freedom deterioration as independent reporters endure harassment, denied access to embattled region.

Several Ethiopian opposition figures charged with ‘terrorism’ last year began a hunger strike in late January.

Confirmation of closure comes after state-appointed human rights commission reports both sites were ‘destroyed’.

Ethiopian forces ‘struck homes, hospitals, schools and markets’ in the first weeks of the war, according to HRW report.

Ethiopian Red Cross warns 80 percent of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has been cut off from humanitarian assistance.

World Food Programme says it will ‘scale up’ operations in embattled region after reaching deal with Addis Ababa.

Gov’t minister says unilateral move by Ethiopia in July would ‘threaten lives of half the population in central Sudan’.