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Ethiopian Government, Oromo rebels to hold talks


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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced on Sunday evening that peace talks would begin on Tuesday with the OLA, a rebel group active in the country's largest and most populous region of Oromia, which surrounds the capital Addis…

Ethiopian Tigray region appoints new interim leader


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The dominant party in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has nominated its spokesman Getachew Reda to be president of a regional interim administration called for in a peace deal that ended a two-year war in the region. The Tigray People's…

Ethiopian Award-winning journalist sounds alarm over press freedom


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An Ethiopian journalist who received an award at the White House in the United States last week, has sounded the alarm over press freedom in her country. Meaza Mohammed was one of a group that was presented with an "International Women…

Ethiopian police deploy to Tigray capital, Mekele


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Federal police in Ethiopia began to deploy to Mekele, the capital of war-torn Tigray province marking a new stage in a nearly two-month old peace deal. War between the federal government and Tigray rebels began in November 2020. Prime…

Ethiopian PM pledges to implement ceasefire in Tigray


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Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, told parliament that the ceasefire agreement between his government and forces in Tigray would be implemented ‘honestly’. The two sides signed a further deal in Kenya on Saturday on the full…

Ethiopian government, rebels agree on humanitarian access to Tigray


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Warring sides in the Ethiopian conflict agreed on peace roadmap. The Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Armed Forces and Head of the Tigray Forces signed an agreement in Nairobi Kenya that they said calls for disengagement from all forms of…

Ethiopian Tigray rebels to attend peace talks in South Africa


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The rebel authorities in Ethiopia's Tigray region have confirmed their participation in talks scheduled for Monday in South Africa, under the aegis of the African Union (AU), aimed at ending the two-year conflict in the north of the…

Ethiopian army captures three towns from Tigray forces


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Ethiopian authorities say they have taken control of three towns in Tigray, the embattled northern region that has seen a resurgence of fighting since August. The Government Communication Service in a statement (October 18) said the…

Ethiopian fuel prices hike


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Fuel prices in Ethiopia rose by about 20% (September 29), less than three months after a previous 30-40% hike, as part of the phasing out of government subsidies for petroleum products. Faced with soaring crude oil prices this year,…

Ethiopian Rebels agree to AU-led peace talks


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Ethiopia's Tigray rebels say they would accept a peace process with the federal authorities led by the African Union. The rebels, from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a party that ruled Ethiopia for nearly three decades…