Pressure Mounts on China to Offer Debt Relief to Poor Countries Facing Default
There was optimism at the spring meetings of the I.M.F. and World Bank that China will make concessions over restructuring its loans.
Ethiopia
Gun battles erupt in Ethiopia as PM axes Amhara region’s security force
The country’s second-biggest state has been riven by mass street protests, armed clashes between local police and the federal military as well as the fatal shooting of two aid workersGun battles and mass protests have engulfed parts of Amhara, Ethiopia…
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ethiopian nun and pianist, dies at 99
The musician, who spent the last almost 40 years of her life living in a monastery in Jerusalem, has diedEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, an Ethiopian nun, composer and pianist, has died at the age of 99.According to the country’s state-run news outlet Fa…
Ethiopian PM appoints TPLF official as head of Tigray interim administration
Move follows peace deal between rebels and federal government that ended two-year conflictThe Ethiopian government has said it has appointed a senior official in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as head of the interim Tigray regional adminis…
‘War crimes’ committed by all sides in Ethiopia, says US secretary of state
Ethiopian, Eritrean and rebel forces committed offences during two-year conflict, Antony Blinken has saidThe United States has concluded that Ethiopian and Eritrean troops as well as rebels committed war crimes during the brutal two-year conflict, secr…
Ethiopia’s Tigray Rebel Forces Say They Have Handed Over Their Heavy Weapons
The Guardian: Tigray rebels start handing over weapons to Ethiopian army Surrendering weapons is a central part of the November ceasefire agreement which seeks to end a conflict that has killed thousands Tigrayan rebels have begun h…
Tigray rebels start handing over weapons to Ethiopian army
Surrendering weapons is a central part of the November ceasefire agreement which seeks to end a conflict that has killed thousandsTigrayan rebels have begun handing in heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed more than two months ago to end a d…