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
The death toll from the floods in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, increases to 130 people. The Somali town of Beledweyne has been completely submerged after the Shebelle River burst its banks, forcing 90% of the population out of their homes, while 30,000 people are displaced in Kenya as hundreds of homes have been destroyed. 2023-11-19
An International Rescue Committee staff member and three Danish Refugee Council aid workers are shot dead in Ethiopia's Tigray Region. 2020-12-14
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
An 18th-century Ethiopian ceremonial crown, one of the 20 in existence, is returned to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. It was discovered in the Netherlands in 1998, and was held by Dutch authorities until now so it could be returned when the country was more politically stable. 2020-02-20
A military helicopter crashes in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, killing 18 people. 2018-08-30
The Ethiopia Federal Police Commission announces the arrests of 30 people suspected of involvement in a bombing of a rally for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The attack killed two and injured 156. The United States announces the deployment of FBI specialists to assist the probe. 2018-06-25
At least 23 inmates are killed in a fire and stampede at Kaliti Prison near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia during an attempted jailbreak. 2016-09-5
Voters in Ethiopia go to the polls for a general election with the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front facing no viable opposition. 2015-05-24
Human Rights Watch accuses the Ethiopian government of withholding foreign aid from opposition supporters. 2010-10-19