Over 1% of world population forcibly displaced by violence or persecution, U.N. says
The number of people forced to flee their homes has now exceeded 100 million for the first time on record, according to U.N. refugee agency UNHCR.
Some Ethiopians claim forced recruitment by Tigrayan forces
The war in northern Ethiopia since late 2020 has killed thousands of civilians and uprooted millions, triggering famine and devastating infrastructure.
An age-old way of life is being destroyed and many children are suffering from severe malnutrition as the drought pushes 20 million people toward starvation, according to the U.N.
Rights groups accuse Ethiopian forces of war crimes in Tigray
Abuses inflicted on the Tigrayans included murder, torture, rape and sexual slavery, said two rights groups in a 240-page report released Wednesday.
Ethiopia declares unilateral truce in war-ravaged Tigray
The rebels ignored a previous government offer of a cease-fire, but this time the group said it is committed to implementing the truce "effective immediately.”
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed has civil war edge as Tigray rebels retreat
Government forces have made major advances in their fight against Tigrayan dissidents after a 13-month conflict that’s triggered humanitarian and economic crises.
U.N. rights chief seeks Xinjiang visit this year in first suggestion of timeline
Michelle Bachelet is under growing pressure from Western states to secure unfettered access to Xinjiang, where over 1 million Muslim Uyghurs are alleged to have been held in labor camps.
Ethiopia’s crackdown on ethnic Tigrayans snares thousands
Tigray is the most dramatic example of ethnic and regional tensions that are surfacing across Ethiopia, imperiling the multiethnic democracy of Africa's second-most populous nation.
In Ethiopia's Tigray region, reports of sexual slavery and violent rape
Descriptions from doctors and women paint a detailed picture of the sexual violence against women in Tigray and the military’s alleged involvement in it.
'You don't belong': Land dispute drives new exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray
The fresh exodus risks exacerbating a precarious humanitarian situation in the region, with hundreds of thousands of people already uprooted by fighting.
Ethiopia’s prime minister trades his Nobel Peace Prize for civil war
We may be long past holding laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize to its lofty standards — the cruel cynicism of Henry Kissinger and open bigotry of Aung San Suu Kyi are just two instances of honorees behaving dishonorably — but Abiy Ahmed’s belly ...
Thousands of people have fled violence in northern Ethiopia, where the government said it’s killed at least 550 fighters in a week of clashes with forces loyal to the Tigray region’s rebellious ruling party. Almost 7,000 refugees have arrived at Ethiopia’s border with Sudan, some ...
