Ethiopia’s controversial quest for the sea

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Ethiopia is famously landlocked. That’s why the ambitious Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed has long harbored visions of reaching the sea.
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Sudan’s warring sides forcibly recruit civilians, even refugees who return

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Sudanese refugees fleeing the conflict have found conditions so bad in neighboring Ethiopia that some have returned home and been forced to join the fight.
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Raped during Ethiopia’s war, survivors now rejected by their families

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More than 100,000 women may have been raped during the two-year civil war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, according to the most comprehensive study.
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U.S. resumes assistance to Ethiopia after intense negotiations over corruption in aid program

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The Ethiopian government will draw up the lists of the needy “jointly” with aid groups and community members.
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State and Justice Dept. contractor charged with spying for Ethiopia

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A Maryland man of Ethiopian descent, Abraham Teklu Lemma, is accused of passing on classified national defense information about a region where soldiers battled rebels
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Long after Ethiopia truce, sexual assaults by soldiers continue, says report

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An analysis of medical records in Tigray showed sexual violence perpetrated by soldiers continued long after the November truce was signed.
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Six countries to join BRICS group; China labels expansion ‘historic’

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Six countries — Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — will join the the group in January as Russia and China try to counter the west.
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Rebel or bandit? His life illuminates Ethiopia’s hidden insurgency.

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The conflict in the southern Oromiya region represents a far greater long-term threat to Ethiopia’s integrity and stability than did the war in Tigray.
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US joins UN in suspending food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray

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The United States aid agency says it has suspended all food assistance to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray “until further notice” while it investigates the theft of humanitarian supplies
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Official: 148 Somalis evacuated from Sudan via Ethiopia

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Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on Sunday, an official said
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Why the fighting in Sudan spells trouble for its neighbors

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Fighting in Sudan may inflame conflicts within its seven neighbors’ borders: Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic, Libya, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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Why the fighting in Sudan spells trouble for its neighbors

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Fighting in Sudan may inflame conflicts within its seven neighbors’ borders: Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic, Libya, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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UN, others cite new displacement from Ethiopia's Tigray

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Aid workers in Ethiopia say Amhara’s regional forces have displaced tens of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans from disputed territory in the north of the country in recent weeks, despite a peace deal last year
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Divisions in Ethiopia’s ancient church pose new threat to war-weary country

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Ethiopia's Orthodox Church has long helped bind the country together but is now struggling to resolve fissures among bishops from rival ethnic groups.
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Divisions in Ethiopia’s ancient church pose new threat to war-weary country

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Ethiopia's Orthodox Church has long helped bind the country together but is now struggling to resolve fissures among bishops from rival ethnic groups.
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UN agency investigating humanitarian food theft in Ethiopia

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The United Nations food relief agency is investigating the theft of food aid from lifesaving humanitarian operations in Ethiopia, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press
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Ethiopia: Aid group says 2 workers killed amid violence

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An aid group says two of its workers have been killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
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Ethiopian plan to disarm regional forces sparks protests in Amhara

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The disarmament plan triggered sporadic clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, where some residents fear it might leave them vulnerable to ethnic attacks.
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Ethiopian plan to disarm regional forces sparks protests in Amhara

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The disarmament plan triggered sporadic clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, where some residents fear it might leave them vulnerable to ethnic attacks.
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Ethiopia’s PM announces outreach to rebel group in Oromia

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Ethiopia’s prime minister says his administration is attempting talks with an outlawed rebel group operating mainly in the restive Oromia region
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