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(AFP)-A few months ago, farmer Belete Melke was sheltering from a heavy downpour in a remote village in Ethiopia’s Amhara region when suddenly gunfire erupted around him. “We were caught in the crossfire,” he told AFP, after being struck by…
After months of intense diplomatic maneuvering, the leaders of Africa’s newly independent nations agreed to convene their first continental summit in Addis Ababa in May 1963—a gathering that would give birth to the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner…
Christian Tadele, a former federal lawmaker and outspoken critic of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who is in prison, is seriously ill, his lawyer and family have said. His lawyer, Solomon Gezaegn, told the BBC he visited Tadele at Kilinto Prison…
Four people, including children, were killed and seven others injured in a series of mortar attacks in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara region on Sunday, June 29, 2025, according to eyewitnesses and local officials who spoke to the…
Before we (the Ethiopian Gen X) “got” Matlock, Father Dowling, and Jake and the Fatman, we “had” Inspector Derrick. A German crime series aired after the English news on weekdays in the late 80s and early 90s. I had this memory of…
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa, who shattered the mixed world record in 2023 with a time of 2:11:53 in Berlin and finished runner-up at the Paris 2024 Olympics, won the women’s race at the 2025 London Marathon, further cementing her status as…
Two members of the Ethiopian delegation did not return home after the Paris Olympics. They vanished from the team and are believed to be seeking asylum in Europe, Ethiopia Observer learned. Anteneh Gobezei, who had traveled to Paris as a…
The death toll from two landslides in the Gofa zone of southern Ethiopia on Monday has risen to 229, according to authorities. The landslides occurred on Sunday evening and Monday morning, after heavy rains in a mountainous area in Kencho…
Somalia has ordered Ethiopia’s ambassador to leave the country, and the closing of Ethiopia’s consulates in the breakaway region of Somaliland and the semiautonomous region of Puntland Following the decision of the Somali cabinet, Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
Tigrayan forces and Amhara local militias engaged in armed conflict in Raya Alamata woreda, an area disputed between the Amhara and Tigray regions. The Raya Alamata woreda administrator, Mola Derbew said that four Amhara region militias were killed in clashes…