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Tigray rebels on Sunday recaptured the north Ethiopian town of Lalibela, home to a UNESCO world heritage site, local residents told AFP, 11 days after Ethiopian forces said they had taken it back.

Rebellious Tigrayan forces have threatened to "hunt down" foreigners they said were supporting the Ethiopian government as mercenaries and technical experts in a year-long war. Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) spokesperson Getachew Reda said on Friday the foreigners could be from Turkey,

Rebellious Tigrayan forces have threatened to "hunt down" foreigners they said were supporting the Ethiopian government as mercenaries and technical experts in a year-long war.Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) spokesperson Getachew Reda said on Friday the foreigners could be from Turkey,

The Ethiopian government has detained at least 70 truckers contracted to the United Nations and a number of international nongovernmental organizations hauling aid cargo into Tigray, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday.

Members of the Australian Tigrayan diaspora, accompanied by Amnesty International campaigners, will appear before an inquiry by the parliamentary Human

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize – but today, his country is fast descending into complete chaos.

All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a long-awaited joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia.

Ethiopia has conducted two air strikes in Tigray as the government intensifies a nearly week-long campaign of aerial bombardment against the rebel forces which control most of the region. One of the strikes on Sunday hit the western Tigray area of Mai Tsebri,

Ethiopia's government says it has for the fourth day this week carried out air strikes in the capital of the country's Tigray region. Government spokesman Legesse Tulu said Friday's strikes targeted a former military training centre near Mekele that is now serving as a "battle network hub" for the rival …

Ethiopia has carried out an air strike on the city of Mekelle for the third day this week, a government spokesman says, in a campaign to weaken rebellious Tigrayan forces they have been fighting for nearly a year.