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$Beekeeper Amanuel Hiluf says he is only able to produce a fraction of the honey he made before the war in Tigray$ $Beekeeper Amanuel Hiluf says he is only able to produce a fraction of the honey he made before the war in Tigray$

World

Ethiopia’s famed honeybees make slow recovery from war

In his stone house perched on a hill in northern Ethiopia, Amanuel Hiluf puts on his protective suit, carefully adjusting the hood and gloves. ...

AFPNovember 6, 2024

Rawa had just given birth to twins when the Tigray conflict broke out in November 2020

World

‘No one heard our cries’: Tigray war rape survivors recount their ordeals

Rawa curls up on a chair, pulls her knees tight to her chest and hides her face with a large white veil as if...

AFPOctober 28, 2024

Wolde Meressa, 78, lives in a school classroom at an IDP camp in Mekele

World

‘Waiting for death’: desperate plight of Tigray’s war displaced

Wolde Meressa lives cheek by jowl in a cramped classroom with 30 other people in a school that has been converted into a shelter...

AFPAugust 11, 2024

Wegahta Gebreyohannes Abera is among thousands of Tigrayans grieving family members killed in the conflict

World

Voices from Ethiopia’s war-scarred Tigray

One year after Ethiopia signed a peace deal with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, ending a brutal conflict that killed hundreds of thousands by...

AFPNovember 1, 2023

In November 2022, Ethiopia's federal government and the rebellious authorities of Tigray agreed to a ceasefire after two years of bloodshed and atrocities that left hundreds of thousands dead

World

One year on, peace holds in Tigray but Ethiopia still fractured

An accord signed a year ago between the rivals in Ethiopia’s Tigray war has brought peace to the shattered region, but ignited yet another...

AFPNovember 1, 2023

Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly

World

Ethiopia at UN calls for quicker progress on peace deal

Ethiopia told the United Nations on Saturday it wanted quicker implementation of a peace deal in Tigray.

AFPSeptember 23, 2023

Amhara militias fought alongside federal government forces in the Tigray war

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Police beat, arrest opposition supporters in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Police in Ethiopia's war-scarred region of Tigray arrested and baton-charged opposition leaders and supporters ahead of planned demonstrations.

AFPSeptember 7, 2023

The two-year war in Africa's second most populous country forced about two million from their homes

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Ethiopia’s Tigray war displaced stage demonstrations

Thousands of people displaced by the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region staged protests Tuesday demanding to be able to return home and calling for the...

AFPMay 23, 2023