ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The government of Ethiopia's Amhara region asked federal authorities on Thursday to "take appropriate measures" in response to intense clashes between local militiamen and the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Thursday asked the federal government for help, as a local ethnic militia clashed with federal security forces, halting some flights to ...

The June 1 elections come as the country debates federalism, governance and national unity in polls that could define the ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party is expected to dominate the election as conflicts overshadow the vote.

Fresh fighting erupted in the second-biggest town of Ethiopia’s turbulent Amhara region as militiamen clashed with the military over government plans to disarm local forces. Fighters from a militia ...

The United Nations human rights office says at least 183 people have been killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July as Amhara fighters resist efforts by the federal government to ...

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said 143 polling stations across the country failed to open today due to ...

FILE - Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 8, 2023. Violent unrest is ...

For months there have been signs of trouble brewing in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. At the start of the year, during the ruling Prosperity Party’s (PP) first congress, heavy-hitters from the party’s ...

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