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Children stand under a tree on the site of a future camp for Eritrean refugees, in a rural area near the village of Dabat, 70 kilometres northeast from the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on July 13, 2021. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Wounds of war cast pall on Ethiopia’s epiphany festival

Festivities were stained with signs of the war’s toll: Gondar’s hospitals teemed with wounded combatants, while families like Arega’s confronted the absence of the deceased.

Ethiopia’s government has set up its own ‘fact-checking’ unit. But governments cannot independently fact-check themselves. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)

A glimpse into the future of government propaganda

The Ethiopian government has created its own ‘fact-checking’ unit — and it is not the only government to do so.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)

African leaders must continue to press for talks: Ethiopia is too big to fail

The conflict in Ethiopia could spill over into the entire Horn of Africa region. AU and regional leaders need to step up their efforts to de-escalate the situation

People walk in the street in the city of Gondar, on November 09, 2020. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)

Ethiopia is about to cross the point of no return

As the conflict between the national government and Tigray escalates, the window for intervention is closing fast

Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture

Ethiopia’s state of emergency 2.0

The purpose of this emergency is not to protect the constitutional order but to silence the voices calling for change.

Outgoing Ethiopian premier Hailemariam Desalegn.

Premier quitting and state of emergency signal urgent need for reform in Ethiopia

All eyes are now on the ruling coalition as it deals with the prime minister’s resignation and scrambles to fill his position.

Women are at the bottom of the pile when policies are designed without them. Photo: File

Letters to the editor: December 1 to 7

Readers write in about Robert Mugabe and his regime,and other regime changes in Africa