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The long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano erupts in the Afar Region of Ethiopia for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea towards Oman and Yemen, and causing flight disruptions across the Arabian Peninsula and South Asia.
2025-11-23

Ethiopia confirms three deaths from a Marburg virus disease declared on Friday in West Omo Zone.
2025-11-17

Puntland counterterrorism forces capture four foreign Islamic State fighters from Ethiopia, Yemen, and Tanzania, while intercepting and destroying multiple explosive-carrying drones in Bari, Puntland.
2025-01-9

A day after urging its citizens to leave Ethiopia, the U.S. government orders its embassy in Addis Ababa to evacuate non-emergency personnel due to armed conflict, civil unrest and potential supply shortages.
2021-11-6

Human Rights Watch accuses Ethiopian and Eritrean forces of raping and killing refugees in northern Ethiopia and also of looting. The director of the organization for the Horn of Africa says that there are "horrific war crimes" taking place in the region. The Tigray People's Liberation Front distances itself from the accusations, saying that the war crimes are committed by local militias.
2021-09-16

Ethiopia receives its first shipment of 2.2 million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India supplied through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative.
2021-03-7

Citizens in Tigray Region, Ethiopia begin casting their votes for a local election, defying the central government and increasing political tensions. Tigray's authorities object the postponement of the August general election and the time of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in office, and say that any intervention by the government would amount to a "declaration of war".
2020-09-9

Leaders from Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their countries' 20-year border conflict.
2018-07-9

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

Ethiopian forces capture the central Somali town of Beledweyne from al-Shabaab Islamist militants.
2011-12-31