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This November, a 20-year-old man from the Amhara region of Ethiopia — forced to drop out of school by the ongoing civil wars in Africa’s second-most populous nation and become a second-hand ...
Climate change also affects the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country by reducing between 0.5% and 2.5% each year (estimate for 2010). [20] In the Awash basin in central Ethiopia floods and droughts are common. Agriculture in the basin is mainly rainfed (without irrigation systems). This applies to around 98% of total cropland as of 2012.
Ceasefire between Ethiopian government and some rebel groups [19] Start of peace talks between government of Ethiopia and the OLA on 25 April 2023 [20] [21] Conflict with the OLA resumes after peace talks failed in May 2023; The OLA and the government signed a peace deal on 1 December 2024 and its members started moving into designated camps ...
25 December – The Ethiopian National Defense Force closes the country's border with Somalia following heavy fighting in rural areas of Harshin, Fafan Zone, between Ethiopia's Somali regional forces and local clan militias after the killing of a local security chief and his bodyguards. Hundreds of people, including children, flee from their homes.
Ethiopia’s Tigray forces are joining with other armed and opposition groups in an alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to seek a political transition after a year of devastating war ...
3 January – 2024–25 Ethiopian earthquakes: Volcanic activity is reported in Awash Fentale in Afar Region. [2] 10 January – Ethiopia launches its first stock exchange since the imperial period of Haile Selassie. [3] [4] 11 January – Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud makes a surprise visit to Ethiopia following their peace agreement ...
August 4 – The Sudanese state of El Gedaref closes its border with Ethiopia after heavy fighting break out between Fano militia men and the Ethiopian army in the Amhara region. [63] August 4 – Due to the clashes between Fano and ENDF, the Ethiopian government declared a six-month state of emergency in the Amhara Region. [64]
The Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement, also called the Pretoria Agreement [A] or the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA), is a peace treaty between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) that was signed 2 November 2022, wherein both parties agreed to a "permanent cessation of hostilities" to end the Tigray war.