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Doctors forced to reuse surgical equipment as medical supplies run short in country

Doctors have shared their heartbreak at having to turn away patients and reuse medical equipment in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region

Mediators meet to bolster Ethiopia truce amid signs of detente

Mediators meet to bolster Ethiopia truce amid signs of detente

Mediators between Ethiopia's federal government and authorities in the Tigray region, embroiled until last month in a brutal war, are stepping up efforts to enforce a truce as relations between the two sides inch closer towards normality.

Ethiopian Airlines makes first flight to Tigray in 18 months

Ethiopian Airlines makes first flight to Tigray in 18 months

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Families embraced and wept in emotional reunions Wednesday after the first commercial flight in 18 months between Ethiopia's capital city and the war-torn Tigray region to the north.

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Tears, prayers and hopes as flights to Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray resume

Kahssay Hailu sobbed, smiled and said prayers as she stood outside Addis Ababa airport, preparing to board a plane home to Ethiopia's war-torn region of Tigray.

Ethiopian Airlines resumes flights to war-torn Tigray

Ethiopia's national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, says it is resuming commercial flights to the war-torn region of Tigray on Wednesday after an 18-month shutdown.

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U.S. safety experts dispute aspects of Ethiopia 737-MAX air crash findings

U.S. air safety experts say Ethiopian inspectors investigating the cause of an Ethiopian Airlines' crash that killed nearly 160 people in 2019 did not pay enough attention to crew training and emergency procedures in their report.

Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights to Tigray capital Mekele

Ethiopia's national carrier Ethiopian Airlines said it would resume commercial flights to the war-torn region of Tigray on Wednesday after a shutdown lasting 18 months.

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Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights to Tigray capital

Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights to Tigray capital

Ethiopian Airlines will resume flights to the capital of the war-torn northern region of Tigray starting on Wednesday, the airline said in a statement, the first commercial flights to Tigray in about 18 months.

Ethiopian government team begins visit in Tigray after peace deal

Ethiopian government team begins visit in Tigray after peace deal

A high-level Ethiopian delegation landed in the Tigrayan capital of Mekele for a first official visit to implement issues signed in in the 2 November peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

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Ethiopian federal government delegation heads to Tigray

Ethiopian federal government delegation heads to Tigray

A delegation from the Ethiopian federal government is on its way to the northern region of Tigray to oversee the implementation of last month's peace agreement, the government communication service said on Monday.

Ethiopia's warring parties agree to ceasefire monitor

Ethiopia's warring parties agree to ceasefire monitor

Nairobi (AFP) - Ethiopia's government and Tigray's rebel forces have agreed to create a joint monitoring body to ensure a peace deal to end the country's brutal war is respected by all sides.

Long-cut phones ring again in Ethiopia's Tigray, bring grief

Long-cut phones ring again in Ethiopia's Tigray, bring grief

For a year and a half, phone calls to people trying to survive one of the world’s worst conflicts didn’t go through

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Ethiopia's celebrated circus offers youth discipline and hope

Ethiopia's celebrated circus offers youth discipline and hope

Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) (AFP) - In a faded hall with tattered carpets, young acrobats launch off their partners' feet high into the air with a spin, as others perform juggling feats, somersaults or twist into contortions.

Banking services return to Ethiopia's Tigray as conflict ends

Banking services return to Ethiopia's Tigray as conflict ends

Ethiopia’s largest bank has reopened branches in some towns in Tigray, allowing residents to access funds they have been blocked from using for over a year due to the conflict between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels.

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Some banks re-open in parts of Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray

Several banks said they had resumed services in government-controlled areas of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region for the first time in over a year, following a November truce in a bloody two-year conflict.

Ethiopia's largest bank says Tigray services resume

Nairobi (AFP) - The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia said Monday that it has resumed financial services in some towns in the war-torn region of Tigray, enabling residents to access their funds after a shutdown lasting more than a year.

A $1.6 billion lawsuit alleges Facebook's inaction fueled violence in Ethiopia

One of the plaintiffs says he contacted Facebook several times about posts threatening violence against his father, who was murdered by members of a militant group.

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WHO chief says uncle was murdered by Eritrean troops in Tigray

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, has said his uncle was "murdered" by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

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WHO chief says uncle 'murdered' in Tigray bloodshed

Geneva (AFP) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said Wednesday that his uncle had been "murdered" by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region.

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Meta faces $1.6bn lawsuit over Facebook posts inciting violence in Tigray war

Legal action backed by Amnesty alleges hateful posts inflaming war in northern Ethiopia were allowed to flourish on platform

WHO chief says his uncle was murdered in Ethiopia's Tigray

The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Eritrean troops "murdered" his uncle in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Activists file case against Meta over Tigray hate posts

Nairobi (AFP) - An Ethiopian man whose father was murdered during the country's war has joined a lawsuit against Meta that is seeking $1.6 billion from Facebook's parent company for allegedly fanning hate speech in Africa.

Meta sued for $2bn over Facebook posts ‘rousing hate’ in Ethiopia

A lawsuit filed in Kenya alleges Facebook’s recommendations systems amplified violent posts, inflaming the conflict.

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As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia

As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive what was once one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies

Crisis-hit Somalia, Ethiopia top aid group's Watchlist for 2023

Somalia and Ethiopia, both Horn of Africa nations ravaged by drought and conflict, will be the countries of highest concern in 2023, according to an annual Watchlist issued by the International Rescue Committee aid group on Wednesday.

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