Ethiopia’s Tigray forces enter neighboring Afar region, Afar says
ADDIS ABABA July 20 – Forces from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighbouring Afar region, a spokesman
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‘I CAME HERE TO FIGHT’: RARE FOOTAGE OF ETHIOPIA’S TIGRAY
MEKELE, Ethiopia — The 16-year-old girl hoped to go to war. Inspired by the sight of resurgent local forces marching
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‘An incredible day’ as Lee statue removed in Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — Cheers erupted Saturday as a Confederate statue that towered for nearly a century over downtown Charlottesville was
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Resurgent Tigray and Horn of Africa Politics
To accompany this month’s CrisisWatch, Interim President Richard Atwood looks at the dramatic turn of events in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray
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With Harris and Hannah-Jones, Howard University is on a roll
WASHINGTON, DC — With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country’s most prominent writers on race, Howard University is
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Ethiopia’s ruling party wins national election in landslide
ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party on Saturday was declared the winner of last month’s national election in a landslide,
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Egypt, Sudan urge UN action on Nile dam, Ethiopia says ‘no’
UNITED NATIONS— Egypt and Sudan have urged the U.N. Security Council to undertake “preventive diplomacy” and call for a legally
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South Africa’s ex-leader turns himself in for prison term
NKANDLA, South Africa — Former South African president Jacob Zuma turned himself over to police early Thursday to begin serving
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Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam
Egypt’s irrigation minister said on Monday he had received official notice from Ethiopia that it had begun filling the reservoir
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UN: Over 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray face famine now
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations said Friday that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s crisis-wracked Tigray region are now
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