Fighting has returned to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where former enemies are joining forces against the government and the peace agreement that ended one of Africa’s deadliest recent wars appears close to collapse.

Secessionist rebels seized three airports and battered government forces, returning the East African nation to civil war.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday expressed alarm over the mounting toll on civilians from the escalating fighting in Ethiopia, urging the Ethiopian government and the

UNITED NATIONS, ⁠Sept ⁠23 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has "exercised ⁠immense restraint" and achieved notable ​progress with its neighbors in spite of "reckless ‌external actors," Ethiopian President Taye ‌Atske-Selassie Amde told world leaders ⁠at ⁠the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, Ethiopia and Djibouti have agreed to develop a $600m (£447m) petroleum pipeline and storage project linking the two countries.

A lightning assault by an Ethiopian rebel coalition has shattered a fragile ceasefire with government forces and threatened to tip the country back into civil war.

Fighting between Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front and government forces threatens to restart brutal conflict after four years of fragile peace

People gather around a bonfire to celebrate the Meskel festival in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, Sept. 26, 2026. Meskel is a major religious festival in Ethiopia that includes the burning of a large bonfire, known as Demera. (Xinhua/Geng Xinning)