SAMUEL GETACHEW

Chandera Weldesenbet, 41-year-old, left, a wounded former combatant of the recent war, sits outside his home carrying his one-and-a-half-year-old child and his wife Rahel Gebrekidan, right, in Quiha, Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)
War in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has left many disabled veterans without care
The recent war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region left many disabled veterans without the care they need. Health facilities across the region were largely destroyed by the fighting.
 
Israel’s ambassador is ejected from an African Union event
Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia was ejected from an African Union event this week and has described it as outrageous.
 
Ethiopia’s prime minister asks Tigray region to nominate new leader to ease political tensions
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has asked the people of northern Tigray region to nominate a new leader in the latest move by the federal government to defuse political disagreements and prevent a return to war.
 
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during an exchange of notes after his meeting with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Oct. 26, 2024. (Hasnoor Hussain/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Ethiopia introduces new tax to fill gap after USAID funding pause
Ethiopia’s parliament is introducing a new tax for all workers as part of measures to fill the financial gap left by the USAID funding pause.
 
Ethiopians holding national flags protest against what they say is interference by outsiders in the country's internal affairs and against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the party of Tigray's fugitive leaders, at a rally organized by the city administration in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
Ethiopia’s Tigray regional government appeals for help after factional fighters seize key towns
The interim government of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has appealed for the Ethiopian federal government to intervene after a faction of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front seized control of two major towns, leaving several people wounded and raising fears of a return to civil war.
 
Haile Tsege, 76, sits on a rock in the Sebacare internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp, on the outskirts of Mekele, Tigray region, Ethiopia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Mamo)
‘We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia’s fragile Tigray region
Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia’s war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration’s restrictions on foreign aid.
 
African leaders elect Djibouti’s foreign minister as new leader of the African Union Commission
African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union.
 
Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo)
Ethiopians celebrate Christmas as natural calamities and conflict take their toll
Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for peace in the Horn of Africa nation that has faced persistent conflict in recent years.
 
Ethiopia is evacuating thousands facing dangerous volcanic activity in a remote area
Ethiopian authorities say they are evacuating thousands of civilians who live near potentially dangerous volcanic activity in a remote part of the country’s north-east.
 
At least 66 people die after a truck plunges into a river in southern Ethiopia
A hospital in southern Ethiopia says at least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river.
 
A batch of electrical vehicles for sale parked at a car yard in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo)
Ethiopia bans imports of gas-powered private vehicles, but the switch to electric is a bumpy ride
Ethiopia this year became the first country in the world to ban the importation of non-electric private vehicles. It’s trying to stop spending scarce foreign currency on fuel subsidies. But drivers say the transition is challenging.
 
Religious leaders and Ethiopians celebrate Meskel, meaning the Cross in Amharic, is an annual religious holiday among Orthodox in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo)
Thousands gather in Ethiopia’s capital to celebrate a religious festival. Many are thinking of peace
Thousands of Ethiopians have gathered in the capital city to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of the local Orthodox Christian faithful.
 
FILE -A man sells chickens in Sholla Market, the day before the Ethiopian New Year, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sept. 10, 2022. (AP Photo), File)
Price instability rocks Ethiopia as it reels from foreign exchange rate reforms
The prices on the menu have been erased at a small hotel in a suburb of Ethiopia’s capital. That was no mistake, the waiters said, as businesses in Addis Ababa struggle to keep up with spiraling inflation since the government implemented a flexible exchange rate policy late last month.
 
At least 13 killed and 300 evacuated after deadly landslide in southern Ethiopia
A landslide triggered by heavy rains in southern Ethiopia’s Wolaita area killed at least 13 people and the number of fatalities is expected to rise, according to a local official.
 
Ethiopia’s currency dives by 30% as IMF-backed reforms to stabilize the economy take effect
Ethiopia’s currency has lost 30% of its value the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary Fund as part of new measures to stabilize the eastern African nation’s economy.
 
19 killed in boat accident in Ethiopia’s war-torn Amhara region
At least 19 people have been killed in a boat accident in Ethiopia’s war-torn region of Amhara, according to the Ethiopian Press Agency.