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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

Tigray People's Liberation Front authorities say that Eritrea has launched a full-scale intervention into the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
2022-09-20

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

The United Nations calls on Ethiopia to grant them access to the Tigray region to investigate reports of mass murders and sexual violence that may amount to war crimes.
2021-03-4

Explosions are reported in the Eritrean capital Asmara amid reports of a missile attack from Tigray, Ethiopia. The Eritrean government confirms missiles were launched at the capital but said that they missed and instead landed in the countryside. The attack comes just hours after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) threatened to target Eritrea.
2020-11-14

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

International air travel resumes between Eritrea and Ethiopia for the first time since 1998.
2018-07-18

In Johannesburg, Angolan journalist and human rights campaigner Rafael Marques says the African Union should move its headquarters out of Ethiopia because of concerns about freedom of expression there.
2014-11-4

Muammar Gaddafi calls on the United Nations or African Union to investigate the uprising.
2011-03-6