Tigray

KEY POINTS Ethiopia has acquired 12 Su-35 fighter jets from Russia. Abiy also announced plans to acquire four S-400 air defence systems. The acquisitions come amid renewed Tigray tensions and …

The UAE has backed Ethiopia’s government in the Tigray war while Saudi Arabia stays silent, but neither is shown to have decisive influence over the fighting.

Ethiopia has released a French journalist who was detained for a week by the authorities, his employer said on Monday. The journalist, Simon Bozonnet, works for the French radio station …

Ethiopia is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as drought and conflict have pushed millions of people to the brink of famine. The country’s ombudsman office has confirmed that nearly 400 people …