Sources: Reuters
Intense fighting between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government breaks out in Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara Region. 2024-03-1
Four people are killed and twenty are injured in a grenade attack by a former TPLF combatant in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia. 2023-08-26
Girma Yeshitilla, the leader of the Amhara Prosperity Party, the ruling party in Ethiopia, is shot dead by unknown gunmen in North Shewa, Amhara Region. 2023-04-27
The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launches rockets at Bahir Dar, capital of Ethiopia's Amhara Region, raising fears that the conflict could grow into a wider war. Amhara Region authorities report that the "illegal" TPLF group "launched a rocket attack around 1:40 am" but that the attack caused no damage. 2020-11-20
Fana Broadcasting reports that the Parliament of Ethiopia approves a bill and lifts the state of emergency, two months earlier than planned. 2018-06-5
The United Nations suspends Miriam Maluwa as director of the UNAIDS programme in Ethiopia. Maluwa is a key witness in allegations of sexual assault against a programme director, Luiz Loures. Loures is accused of attacking colleague Martina Brostrom in a lift and is due to leave his post today. Brostrom today said she has no confidence the UN will deliver justice as it reopens its investigation. 2018-04-30
Ethiopia declares a national state of emergency one day after the unexpected resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. 2018-02-16
A landslide at a rubbish dump on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, kills at least 48 people. 2017-03-12
Police allegedly attack Oromo protestors at a religious festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia causing a stampede which kills dozens of people. 2016-10-2
A truck bomb detonates at an Ethiopian military base in Somalia. 2012-01-25