Kaffa’s leaders have a plan to fix it; a referendum scheduled for Thursday that, if successful, would carve out a new South West region.

It has been nearly three months since the UN warned that 400 000 people across Tigray had “crossed the threshold into famine”.

Lalibela is a popular destination for foreign tourists and followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox faith — the country’s largest religion.

“The (Amhara) have been patient with the government’s approach so far, but even if the orders (to attack) don’t come, we won’t back down.”

Running legend Kenenisa Bekele is a doubtful starter in the Tokyo Olympic marathon after sitting out the Ethiopian selection race.

UNICEF said some 2.3 million minors are struggling to access treatment for malnourishment, critical vaccines, emergency medicines, water and sanitation.

Amnesty International reported on Thursday that scores, possibly hundreds, of civilians were massacred with knives and machetes in a town south of Humera last week.

At least 11 000 Ethiopians fleeing conflict in the Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan, a Sudanese official said Wednesday.

Ethiopia is the second-most populous country in Africa with 110 million people, and by far the most important power in the Horn of Africa.

Zimbabwe star Karuru says that Bafana Bafana will fight tooth and nail to ensure they prove themselves superior to their neighbours in the trans-Limpopo battle.

Following the killing of political singer Hachalu Hundessa, mass protests broke out in Ethiopia, leaving three people dead.

In Ramaphosa’s view, the visa deal is expected to ease the travel of officials.

Ramaphosa congratulated the prime minister on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ethiopians have the “utmost admiration” for those who fought against apartheid, Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed said on Saturday 11 Janaury 2020.

Ethiopia launched its first satellite into space from a Chinese space station to advance their footprint in scientific innovation.

Companies in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg are not doing enough to seize the enormous investment potential that Africa officers, its economic affairs mininster has said.

With apparently overwhelming support among Sidamas to form their own state, people said they were keen to see a peaceful vote.

Ahmed achieved peace with neighbouring Eritrea.

Djibouti is ranked as the most depressed country in Africa.

In July Ethiopians planted 350 million trees in a single day. This was part of the country’s national green legacy initiative to counter environmental degradation and climate change. The initiative ultimately aims to grow 4 billion trees across the country.

Two running legends have been at each other’s throats all week in the build-up to the 2019 London Marathon. Here’s what’s gone down.

The Ethiopian Airlines flight was headed to Nairobi on 10 March 2019 when it plummeted nose-first into a field outside Addis Ababa just minutes after take-off.

The single-aisle airliner, which undertook its first commercial flight in May 2017, came under the spotlight in October last year in the wake of a fatal accident in Indonesia.

Over 30 nationalities made up the more than 150 passengers who died when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on Sunday, 10 March 2019.

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed Sunday morning en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, killing all 157 passengers and eight crew on board.