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The United Nations reports that at least 183 people have been killed during recent clashes between Fano militiamen and security forces in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
2023-08-29

Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front reach a "permanent" ceasefire agreement at African Union-brokered peace talks in South Africa, exactly two years after the war began.
2022-11-2

The Ethiopian foreign ministry announces that it will expel seven senior United Nations humanitarian officials working in Ethiopia and declare them as "persona non grata" for "meddling" in the country's internal affairs.
2021-09-30

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admits for the first time that Eritrean troops entered Ethiopia's Tigray Region and fought the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front, and that they may have been involved in war crimes. Abiy says that Eritrean forces promised to leave the region as soon as Ethiopia's military was able to "control the border".
2021-03-24

Federal troops capture the city of Adigrat near the Eritrean border in Ethiopia's Tigray Region. Ethiopian government forces are now within 116 km (72 miles) of the heavily defended Tigrayan capital Mekelle. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) says Adigrat has experienced "heavy bombardment", but does not confirm the loss of the city.
2020-11-21

The United Nations says that war crimes might have been committed in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
2020-11-13

African leaders agree on a continent-wide free trade zone, which encompasses all African nations except for Eritrea and Somaliland. The various European territories located in Africa are also excluded. It will be the largest free trade zone since the creation of the World Trade Organization.
2019-07-8

Soldiers detain the interim president and prime minister of Burkina Faso, as well as a number of cabinet ministers, sparking fear of a coup d'etat. A joint statement by the United Nations, the African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States states that the presidential guard should immediately release the leaders of the interim government.
2015-09-16

Ethiopian forces launch attacks on three militant camps inside Eritrea.
2012-03-15

The United States, European Union and United Nations pledge additional resources to the African Union's AMISOM peacekeeping force in Somalia.
2010-07-26