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Ethiopian PM announces airstrikes in country's Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister on Friday said his government has carried out airstrikes against the forces of the country's well-armed Tigray region, asserting that strikes in multiple locations “completely destroyed rockets and other heavy weapons" and made a retaliatory attack impossible.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopian PM defends military operations in Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister on Friday defended military operations against the country’s well-armed Tigray region after accusing its government of a deadly attack on a military base this week, asserting that months of patiently trying to resolve differences have “failed” because of the leadership’s “criminal hubris and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia says forced into 'aimless war' as bombings alleged
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s army said Thursday the country has been forced into an “unexpected and aimless war” with its well-armed Tigray region, while Tigray asserted that fighter jets had bombed areas around its capital — a marked escalation with little sign of the two sides willing to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia near civil war as PM sends army into defiant region
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia approached civil war on Wednesday as its Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister ordered the military to confront the country's well-armed Tigray regional government, accusing it of a deadly attack on a military base and declaring “the last red line has been crossed" after months …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia nears war as PM orders military into defiant region
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister on Wednesday ordered the military to confront the country's Tigray regional government after he accused it of a deadly attack on a military base, declaring “the last red line has been crossed" after months of alleged provocations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopian leader orders military to confront regional govt
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister on Wednesday ordered the military to confront one of the country's regional governments after he said it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and incitement” and declaring that “the last red line has been crossed.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopian leader orders military against regional government
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister ordered the military to confront a regional government after he says it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and incitement” and declaring that “the last red line has been crossed.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Survivors count 54 dead after Ethiopia massacre, group says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Survivors of a massacre by rebels in western Ethiopia on Sunday counted 54 bodies in a schoolyard, the latest attack in which members of ethnic minorities have been deliberately targeted, Amnesty International said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia officials: Unknown number 'massacred' in terror act
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian officials said Monday an unspecified number of civilians including children have been “massacred” in what they described as a terror attack on Sunday evening in the far western part of the Oromia region.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia blasts Trump remark that Egypt will 'blow up' dam
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Saturday denounced “belligerent threats” over the huge dam it has nearly completed on the Blue Nile River, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said downstream Egypt will “blow up” the project it has called an existential threat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia postpones major election because of coronavirus
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's election set for August has been postponed as the national election board said Tuesday the coronavirus makes it impossible to prepare.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Worried Ethiopians want partial internet shutdown ended
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Rights groups and citizens are calling on Ethiopia's government to lift the internet shutdown in parts of the country that is leaving millions of people without important updates on the coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Africa gets emergency medical supplies from China's Jack Ma
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Africa has received a much-needed coronavirus care package from Chinese billionaire Jack Ma.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia won't be forced by US on dam, foreign minister says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia refuses to be pressured by the United States into signing a deal with Egypt and Sudan over its controversial dam on the Nile River, says Ethiopia's foreign minister.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
