Ethiopia signed a naval military base deal with the separatist Somaliland region on January 1 this year, leasing 20km (12 miles) of coastline in Zeila area for 50 years. The deal also reportedly ...

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Mr Abiy then accused the TPLF of attacking the military base and sent in the Ethiopian military. The federal government has also declared a six-month state of emergency in the state of Tigray ...

where boys in their early teenage years are being forcibly recruited into military service to fight alongside Ethiopian federal government forces against rebel groups in the Amhara and Oromia ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks ... Members of the Amhara Special Force return to the Dansha Mechanized 5th division Military base after fighting against the Tigray People's Liberation ...