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U.S. Ambassador Massinga says armed alliance “has only called for more conflict,” urges return to Pretoria principles in Tigray

U.S. Ambassador Ervin Massinga said the new armed opposition alliance “has only called for more conflict and more destruction” in recent weeks, in an interview with The Reporter ...
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UK sends RAF Typhoons to help defend Saudi Arabia as coalition says it destroyed a Houthi missile fired at Riyadh

Britain will fly RAF Typhoon fighter jets on defensive missions over Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, hours after the Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed a Houthi ballistic ...
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Tigrayan commander claims 1,511 federal soldiers killed near Adet, according to posts on X; figures unverified

A Tigrayan military commander claimed that 1,511 federal soldiers were killed and more than 1,000 wounded in weekend fighting near Adet in central Tigray, according to accounts of his statement ...
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TikTok restores Mereja TV account on appeal as other Ethiopian news accounts stay down

TikTok banned Mereja TV’s account and then restored it on appeal, while a Zegabi Media TV anchor’s account remains down and YouTube has suspended Wamera Media’s channel, Mereja ...
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Alliance for Survival rejects Rubio’s “separatist” and “terrorist” labels, asks Washington for a balanced stance

The armed opposition coalition fighting the Ethiopian government said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was wrong to call its war “separatist” and its attacks ...
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Houthi missiles kill at least 53 recruits at a training camp in Yemen’s Shabwa as fighting goes on near Bab el-Mandeb

Houthi ballistic missiles struck a Yemeni government training camp in Shabwa on Monday, killing at least 53 recruits and wounding more than 200, according to the Shabwa local authority.
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Satellite image shows three Il-76 cargo planes at Ethiopia’s Harar Meda air base after flights from the UAE, analyst says, as Kenya marked ammunition is reported in Tigray

At least three Il-76 cargo planes were parked at Ethiopia’s Harar Meda air base on Monday after arriving from the United Arab Emirates, according to an open source analyst who shared ...
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Ethiopian Human Rights Commission report lists pretrial detention and permit demands as main barriers for journalists

Ethiopia’s national human rights body says, according to DW Amharic, that the pretrial detention of journalists by Gov’t forces and demands that reporters carry permits have become the ...
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Egypt’s defense council pledges “all necessary” support to Saudi Arabia as parliament extends debate on sending troops

Egypt’s National Defense Council pledged on Sunday “all necessary and possible forms of support” to Saudi Arabia, hours before parliament opened an emergency session on ...
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Tigray Peace Force says core TPLF members crossed into Eritrea and offers fighters a grace period, as Tigrayan forces claim gains near Mekelle

The Tigray Peace Force said core members of what it called the “extremist” Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) had crossed into Eritrea and urged remaining fighters to report ...
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Rubio says “separatists” attacked inside Ethiopia, refers to drone attacks on Addis Ababa and urges a measured response

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that “separatists” had been attacking inside Ethiopia and referred to “drone attacks against their own capital,” in ...
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Gedu Andargachew tells BBC Amharic security agents stopped him after he met a U.S. envoy, says he works a parking job in exile

Former Ethiopian foreign minister Gedu Andargachew told BBC Amharic that security agents surrounded his car, took away his guard and seized phones after he met U.S. envoy Mike Hammer in 2023.