Ethiopias

Ethiopia’s biggest bank says it has recouped most of the cash lost during a system glitch

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s biggest bank says it has recouped nearly 80% of the cash it lost during what it says was a glitch in its system that allowed customers to take out more money than they had in their accounts. Abe Sano, president of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, told reporters Tuesday that … Read more

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children

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NEBAR HADNET, Ethiopia — The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. A two-year war between federal troops and regional forces killed one of … Read more

Ethiopia’s controversial quest for access to the Red Sea

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Many centuries ago, chroniclers conjured what was in antiquity called Ethiopia as … Read more

Tigrayan women raped during Ethiopia’s civil war face stigma, family rejection

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November 26, 2023 at 3:00 a.m. EST Shila, a survivor of sexual enslavement, poses for a portrait at the Daughters of Charity skills training center in the town of Mekelle in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. (Arlette Bashizi for The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave MEKELLE, Ethiopia — Shila survived … Read more

Latest peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and Oromo militants break up without an agreement

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Both sides say the latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government and a militant group waging a long-running conflict in the Oromia region have broken up in Tanzania without an agreement ByThe Associated Press November 21, 2023, 3:04 PM ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government … Read more

UN-backed probe into Ethiopia’s abuses is set to end. No one has asked for it to continue

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GENEVA — A U.N.-backed probe of human rights abuses in Ethiopia is set to expire after no country stepped forward to seek an extension, despite repeated warnings that serious violations continue almost a year since a cease-fire ended a bloody civil war in the East African country. While the European Union led talks on the … Read more