Ethiopia
Death toll from Ethiopian landslides soars, official says
Following heavy rain a landslide buried people, then a second one engulfed others who had gathered to help on Monday morning.
- by Dawit Endeshaw
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This dish is a staple of one of the world’s most underrated cuisines
Cast aside all lingering images of 1980s famine and instead concentrate on Ethiopia’s amazing array of dishes, starting with the staple shiro wat.
- by Ben Groundwater
Experts say Gaza is close to famine. What does that mean?
As Palestinians struggle to find food, humanitarians and UN officials are warning that famine is imminent in the enclave. What is it exactly?
- by Gaya Gupta
Rival to the G7: Russia, China invite rich Islamic nations to join BRICS
Two OPEC members would add financial heft to the BRICS group of nations amid dissatisfaction the current world order disproportionately favours the West.
- by Latika Bourke
Buckingham Palace refuses to return ‘stolen’ Ethiopian prince’s remains
Prince Dejatch Alemayehu was heir to the throne of Abyssinia, now known as Ethiopia. He was taken to the UK by victorious British forces after his father died and made a ward of Queen Victoria.
- by Adela Suliman
‘We have agreed to silence the guns’: Ethiopia civil war truce signed
The civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray may have come to an end on its second anniversary.
- by Declan Walsh, Abdi Latif Dahir and Lynsey Chutel
What is injera? Where to find the best of the Ethiopian dish
The perfect dish, injera acts as tablecloth, as eating utensil, and as the main dish.
- by Ben Groundwater
As one war rages, a small humanitarian truce opens in another
Ethiopia has faced growing international pressure to ease restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid into war-ravaged Tigray region cut off by a government assault more than a year ago.
- by Rodney Muhumuza
Dozens of displaced Tigrayans killed in drone strike
Before the latest attack, at least 146 people had been killed and 213 injured in air strikes in Tigray since October 18.
With avocado deal clinched, China aims to be peacemaker in Africa
The continent is destabilised by conflicts in Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan. Beijing hopes its new envoy will help end them.
- by Duncan Miriri
Riots, royals and Delta rising: the biggest stories from a year of extremes
The invasion of the US Capitol on January 6 was only the first in a series of extraordinary events and huge moments that would dominate the news in 2021.
- by Lia Timson and Michelle Griffin
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