As protests gain centre-stage, voices find louder platforms and the youth trigger tremors capable enough of holding the people in power to account, Outlook looks at a few elections scheduled for 2026.

Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia's Afar region has said it came under attack from the forces of neighbouring Tigray, accusing it of seizing control of villages and bombing civilians, in the latest sign of ...

Ethiopia’s Afar region has accused forces from neighbouring Tigray of crossing into its territory, seizing several villages and attacking civilians, in what it called a breach of the 2022 peace deal ...

Over the past 20 months, as multiple wars have swept across the Middle East, the southern end of the Red Sea has become a source of international concern. In the early months of 2025 alone, the United ...

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As soon as he starts to speak, Asmelash Desta begins to scowl, his gentle features darkening under the shadow of a troubled brow. In the heat of a tin-roofed cafe in Semera, the sweltering capital of ...

Addis Ababa, May 24, 2025 (ENA) – The people of Tigray should stop the few former Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) leaders that are attempting to reignite conflict in Tigray region, Getachew ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—A political crisis in Ethiopia’s war-battered Tigray escalated dramatically in March, bringing armed men out onto the streets and raising fears of a fresh conflict in the ...

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Tension is brewing in Ethiopia’s northernmost territory, the Tigray region, a source has told ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, confirming media reports that “experts” from the Horn of Africa ...

Fears of renewed violence are linked to the split in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — the party that fought against Ethiopia’s federal army during the two-year war and runs Tigray’s ...

A TPLF fighter mans a guard post on the outskirts of the town of Hawzen, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 7, 2021 (AP photo by Ben Curtis). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window ...