Ethiopia says willing to resume dam talks with Egypt, Sudan

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A senior Ethiopian official says his country is interested in resuming talks with Egypt and Sudan on a huge and controversial Blue Nile dam that will be Africa’s largest hydroelectric power plant
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35 children die in Ethiopia's Afar amid drought, conflict

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At least 35 children have died in recent weeks due to drought and conflict in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region, according to a local hospital and the medical charity Doctors Without Borders
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Dutch appeals court convicts Ethiopian of war 1970s crimes

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A Dutch appeals court has upheld the conviction and life sentence handed to a 67-year-old Ethiopian-Dutch man who was found guilty in 2017 of war crimes committed under a brutal Marxist regime that ruled Ethiopia in the 1970s
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Ethiopia’s mass arrests show rift with former Amhara allies

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Once a key ally of Ethiopia’s federal government in its deadly war in the country’s northern Tigray region, the neighboring Amhara region has become the setting for thousands of government-led mass arrests and disappearances of activists, journalists and others in recent weeks
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Ethiopia launches crackdown on journalists and activists

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Ethiopian security officials are conducting a massive operation across the country that has led to the arrests of more than 4,500 people in one region alone
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Ethiopia’s Tigray forces announce release of 4,000 army POWs

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The Tigray rebel forces fighting Ethiopia’s federal army say they will release 4,000 prisoners of war as part of an amnesty
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Ethiopia detains 76 over Eid al-Fitr prayer unrest

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Ethiopian officials say they have arrested 76 suspects following unrest that erupted in the capital, Addis Ababa, during Eid al-Fitr prayers
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