Researchers have identified about 2,000 people who have lost their lives in over 150 massacres by soldiers, paramilitaries and insurgents in the conflicting Tigray region.

Ethiopia: Researchers identify 1,900 people killed in Tigray

The war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region risks dragging on for months and even years, with both sides eyeing a military "knockout blow" that appears unrealistic, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said Friday.

Ethiopia risks lengthy stalemate in war-hit Tigray, report says

A rebel group in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region carried out a "terror attack" this week that killed an unknown number of civilians, officials said Wednesday, while a witness put the death toll in the dozens.

Ethiopian rebels blamed for 'terror attack' in restive west

Fourteen-year-old Mibrak Esayus recalls the day last November when she says Eritrean soldiers burst into her home in Ethiopia`s Tigray region and killed her mother and father.

'Don't shoot,' Ethiopian father begged Eritrean soldiers, daughter says

Ethiopia’s prime minister has confirmed that Eritrea agreed to withdraw its forces from the Tigray region, where they had been described to have carried out looting, killing and raping.

Eritrea has agreed to withdraw troops from Tigray, Ethiopia says

Eritrean forces shot dead hundreds of children and civilians in a November massacre in neighbouring Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday.

Eritrean troops killed hundreds in Ethiopia massacre, HRW says

It's time world leaders woke up to what's happening in Ethiopia's Tigray region. After reports of rape being used as a tool of war, satellite images show 500+ buildings have been gutted. Ethnic tensions are running high. WION's Palki Sharma says it's time to act.

Gravitas: Tigray Conflict: A wake-up call

Scores of women have been raped in Ethiopia`s northerly Tigray region, authorities have confirmed, in the chaotic aftermath of an armed conflict last year that ousted the local ruling party.

Ethiopia confirms widespread rape in conflict-hit north

The former ruling party in Ethiopia`s northern region of Tigray is committed to "extended resistance", according to an audio message purporting to be from its leader, who accused federal government forces and their allies of rape and looting.

Fugitive ex-leader of Ethiopia's Tigray region vows 'extended resistance'

The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. "He said: `Choose, either I kill you or rape you`," the 25-year-old told Reuters at the Hamdayet refugee camp in Sudan where she had fled from conflict in Ethiopia`s Tigray region.

'Choose - I kill you or rape you': Abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia's war

Soldiers and police in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekelle have expressed concerns about insecurity, with one saying women were raped this week, after the city fell to federal forces during a war late last year.

Ethiopian women raped in Mekelle, says soldier

The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has displaced over 2.2 millions people, a local government official told Reuters. Fighting in the region erupted in November, with about half of the local population the region after their homes were torched.

Conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has displaced over 2 million people, says official

The death toll from the recent armed attack in western Ethiopia`s Benishangul-Gumuz regional state has risen to 207, the country`s federal rights group confirmed late Friday.

Death toll from the armed attack in western Ethiopia climbs to 207

Gunmen killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Wednesday, the human rights commission said, as residents described fleeing the latest deadly assault in an area bedevilled by ethnic violence.

Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region

Ethiopia on Friday offered a reward in exchange for information that could help locate leaders of the Tigray region's ruling party, who have been the target of a major military offensive.

Ethiopia offers reward for help finding dissident Tigray leaders

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok visited Ethiopia on 13 December, with three senior Sudan government officials reporting that it had a broker's offer for a cease-fire in its northern Tigray region.

Sudanese PM Hamdok made a brief visit to Ethiopia to discuss Tigray conflict

First international aid convoy has reached the capital of Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, reported AFP quoting International Committee of the Red Cross. Tigray region has seen intense conflict as Ethiopian forces have clashed with those in Tigray for control of the region.

First international aid convoy arrives in Tigray: Report 

The United States has said it believes reports of Eritrean military involvement in the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region are "credible." A spokesperson for the US State Department further called on any Eritrean soldiers there to pull out.

US believes in reports of involvement of Eritrean troops in Tigray conflict

A United Nations team visiting refugees in Ethiopia`s war-hit Tigray region had failed to stop at two checkpoints when it was shot at over the weekend, the government said on Tuesday, proclaiming it did not need a "baby-sitter".

Ethiopia says UN team shot at in Tigray after defying checkpoints

Bombing, looting and skirmishes persisted in parts of Ethiopia`s Tigray on Saturday, a rebellious force in the northern region said after government troops declared they were within days of capturing the group`s leaders.

Fighting flares in Ethiopia's Tigray as army says closing in on rebellious force

The United Nations said Friday that fighting continued "in many parts" of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite an agreement granting the UN access to territory under federal control.

UN says Tigray fighting hampers aid delivery despite deal

Ethiopia and the United Nations have agreed to channel humanitarian access to the northern region of Tigray. Federal troops have been battling the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and have captured the regional capital Mekelle.

Ethiopia, United Nations agree on humanitarian access to war-hit Tigray

Six explosions were reported in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, on Saturday night, the US State Department said. It is being assumed that the blasts are related to the conflict in the neighbouring Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Eritrean capital Asmara rocked by six explosions

Eritrea's capital came under fire from Ethiopia's breakaway Tigray region Friday, raising fears that Ethiopia's internal conflict could spread as leader Abiy Ahmed resisted calls for dialogue.

Rockets target Eritrea as Ethiopia leader resists calls for dialogue

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