Ethiopia's Justice Minister says transitional justice draft laws are complete and will be published in the coming days

Hana Arayaselassie said the drafts set up a Truth and Social Cohesion Commission, an independent special prosecutor's office with a dedicated court bench, and an Institutional Reform Commission.

Ethiopian Human Rights Council says civilians have been killed and abducted in Amhara, Gambella, Oromia and Benishangul-Gumuz

The council's 22 October statement names a Red Cross ambulance driver killed in Benishangul-Gumuz and reports Eritrean refugees wounded by heavy weapons fire near a camp in North Gondar.

Eritrean cyclists are competing at the African Road Cycling Championships in Kisumu, Kenya

The championships opened on 21 October with the individual time trials and run until 25 October. Merhawi Kudus is the defending African elite champion.

Ethiopian army chief Field Marshal Birhanu Jula says the defence force will not be dismantled for a transitional government, and accuses Asmara and Egypt of backing the TPLF

Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported his remarks at the commemoration of the 119th Defence Forces Day on Saturday. He said the army had seized weapons delivered through the port of Massawa; the claim could not be independently verified.

US Ambassador Ervin Massinga says conflict should never be the first option and warns those threatening civilian airports are making a grave mistake

In an interview with The Reporter Ethiopia, the US ambassador said the Pretoria principles and the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement still guide American policy. He did not state a position on Ethiopia's sea access.

Getachew Reda urges the international community to note Asmara's ‘destructive role’ and asks the UN to support Tigray's caretaker administration

He spoke after meeting Guang Cong, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, in Addis Ababa on Wednesday. Eritrea has not responded.

Ethiopia's intelligence chief Redwan Hussien says Red Sea security cannot be left to a few states alone

The NISS director general told the Tana Forum's Special Envoys' Dialogue in Bahir Dar that Ethiopia depends entirely on the Red Sea for its trade, and called for collective action by regional states and international partners.

Eritrea and The Gambia establish diplomatic relations in a joint communiqué signed at the United Nations

Eritrea's Ministry of Information said the communiqué was signed in New York on Friday by the two countries' permanent representatives to the UN.

Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission concludes its mandate; 394 recommendations go to parliament with no implementation timetable

Chief Commissioner Mesfin Araya said the Commission had completed its main responsibilities. House Speaker Ahmed Shide said parliament would work to implement the recommendations.

Tigray caretaker administration official Redae Halefom says rebel forces are collapsing and urges fighters into a disarmament programme

The caretaker administration, set up after government-allied forces entered Mekelle on 4 October, told fighters to return home. 'This is not the time for settling scores,' he said.

Oromia and Somali region forces clash in Moyale; hundreds of Ethiopians cross into Kenya

Kenya's Marsabit county commissioner and the Kenya Red Cross say hundreds crossed the border after fighting that began on Wednesday. Addis Standard reports the clashes followed a dispute over the raising of a Somali Regional State flag in Moyale.

Fighting breaks out at Kurmuk in Benishangul-Gumuz; ACLED says Tigray forces clashed with the Ethiopian army and regional police

ACLED said the fighting followed armed men crossing the border from Sudan; the report could not be independently verified.

Fano says an Ethiopian army drone struck a primary school in Dera, South Gondar; the claim is unverified

Borkena, citing Anchor Media and Fano forces, reported that the strike hit Sana Elementary School at about 10am on Tuesday while classes were in session. Fano said the number of dead and wounded had not been established, and the Ethiopian government has not commented.

ACLED says Tigray forces and Agaw fighters took Nirak in Amhara's Wag Hamra zone; the Ethiopian army re-entered the town a day later

Nirak is the administrative centre of Abergele woreda. ACLED is a conflict-monitoring group; the accounts could not be independently verified.

Federal forces pulled back from Zalambessa and Rama, monitors say, as Eritrean forces are reported digging trenches near Gundet

The Critical Threats Project's 20 October review, citing conflict monitors, reports federal forces withdrawing south from two towns on the Eritrean border and Eritrean forces digging in north of Rama. The claims could not be independently verified.

Eritrea's Foreign Ministry says the country's sovereignty is not negotiable and calls the invasion accusation a fabrication

The statement said Eritrean Defence Forces are within Eritrea's own borders.

Four people, including two children, killed in a drone strike on Finarwa in Tigray; no party has been identified as responsible

AFP, citing a local priest, says five others were wounded. The account has not been independently verified.

Tigray army commander Lt. Gen. Fisseha Kidanu calls on militias and volunteers to attack government-held positions

He spoke on Thursday on a new rebel television station, a day before the caretaker administration urged fighters to disarm, AP reported.

Debretsion Gebremichael says Tigray is still at war and claims recent victories

The message was broadcast on Tigrayan television on Wednesday. The claim could not be independently verified and the federal government has not responded.

Armed men attack the Finchaa sugar factory in West Oromia; five killed and two employees abducted

Borkena, citing Deutsche Welle Amharic, said four militia members and one civilian were killed and vehicles were burned; no group has been identified as responsible.

Eritrea tells Geneva meeting that Sudan's Sovereign Council must be the sole state authority and accuses outside powers of arming the RSF

The statement was published by Eritrea's Ministry of Information on Shabait on Thursday. The meeting was convened by Switzerland and the United Nations, with both Eritrea and Ethiopia among the states attending.

Ethiopian court orders Yohannes Buayalew, journalist Abay Zewdu and others to defend terrorism charges

Their lawyer Solomon Gezahagn told BBC Amharic that the four detainees had refused a conditional pardon. The case has 52 defendants in all.

Eritrea's Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel rejects Abiy's account of Eritrea's industry and says Ethiopia has taken up to 90 billion dollars in aid over 35 years

Dawan Africa reported from Asmara that Yemane said the factories were founded by Italy, many dismantled by Britain and the rest transferred to Ethiopia.

Abiy Ahmed says the TPLF had been preparing for another round of war in violation of the Pretoria agreement, and calls on Tigrayan youth to lay down their arms

In an interview with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, the Prime Minister accused the group of buying and soliciting weapons, recruiting young people, holding displaced people hostage and destroying restored infrastructure.

Ethiopia's federal government sets up a six-month caretaker administration for Tigray and says elections will be held within six months

The Council of Ministers established the administration after a House of Federation resolution; five chief executives were named.

Abiy Ahmed appoints Lt. Gen. Belay Seyoum, the former Northern Command chief, deputy commissioner general of the Federal Police

The lieutenant general publicly stated in 2021 that Eritrean troops had entered Tigray. In his new post he will lead the Crime Prevention Main Department.

Eritrea's UN ambassador tells US diplomats there is no 'crisis' with Ethiopia and that Ethiopia must respect Eritrean territory

Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam said she met the US Permanent Representative Mike Waltz and Jeffrey Bartos, and accused Ethiopia of threatening to annex Eritrean territory. Addis Standard reported her statement on Wednesday; Ethiopia has not responded.

Eritrea names its cycling squad for the African championships in Kisumu; Merhawi Kudus is named among the elite riders

Eritrea's Ministry of Information says a farewell ceremony for the national cycling team was held in Asmara on Saturday. The championships run from 21 to 25 October in Kisumu, Kenya.

Officials say 73 people were killed in a drone attack on the Amiet market in Abyei; South Sudan summons Sudan's ambassador

South Sudan's foreign ministry summoned Sudan's ambassador in Juba to lodge a strong protest. The UN recorded 26 dead and 82 injured; Sudan's government has not commented.

UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Ozonnia Ojielo calls for the fighting in Tigray to stop and for civilian rule to be restored

Ozonnia Ojielo, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia, called for the fighting to stop, civilian governance to be restored and humanitarian access to be expanded, after meeting Assefa Abraha Hagos of Tigray's new administration.

Tigray Peace Force commander says TPLF leaders crossed into Eritrea; Eritrea and the TPLF reject the claim

Gebregziabher Beyene told residents of Mekelle on Tuesday that TPLF leaders had taken military equipment and medicines to Asmara. Eritrea's information minister called the claim lies, and the TPLF said its leadership is inside Tigray.

US exposes drone and missile attacks in Addis Ababa

The strikes are said to have targeted military installations in the capital.

US Embassy in Addis Ababa says fighting has decreased in Tigray and Afar, and tells its citizens not to travel to Amhara, Tigray or Afar

In a security alert issued on 20 October 2026, the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa said fighting has decreased in the Tigray and Afar regions, and noted that flights remain suspended at Axum and Shire airports.

Abiy Ahmed says Eritrea gains nothing by serving as a base for Ethiopia's enemies and warns that ignoring Ethiopia's calls will have "very severe consequences"

Speaking in Tigrinya on Monday, the Ethiopian prime minister said good neighbourly relations and partnership are the only way forward, and said the TPLF's existence is coming to an end. AFP said it was his first substantial comment after weeks of fighting in northern Ethiopia.

Residents say fighting between federal forces and Fano has intensified in Wollo and Shewa; the Amhara Fano National Movement says it has no military agreement with any other force

DW Amharic says residents of South Wollo, North Wollo and Shewa report that fighting has intensified over the past two weeks. Federal and regional officials have not responded to the accounts.

Alliance for Survival rejects Rubio's 'separatist' and 'terrorist' labels and urges Washington to take a balanced position

The coalition of seven armed and political groups said its operations were self-defence and "not driven by separatist objectives", Addis Standard reported on 19 October.

Saudi Arabia acknowledges scale of Houthi missile attacks

Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki says the strikes have gone beyond expectations and Riyadh is doing all it can to defend itself.

Houthi missiles hit a Yemeni army camp in Shabwa; the local authority says 53 people were killed

Al Jazeera said three ballistic missiles struck the camp on Monday while a training course was under way. The Houthis claimed responsibility and said the base was Saudi-backed.

US ambassador Ervin Massinga says conflict should never be the first option and that Tigray is stabilising

He told The Reporter Ethiopia that Washington is vigorously focused on dialogue and diplomacy, and said the Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Alliance for Survival has called only for more conflict and destruction.

TPLF warns against any movement at Mekelle airport; Getachew Reda calls it "classic terrorist tactics"

The statement accuses the federal government of using the airport to move troops and supplies, a claim Kulu Media says it could not independently verify.

Ethiopia's navy chief says the force is expanding its combat units and training to counter threats

Vice Admiral Kindu Gezu told the state broadcaster EBC that a sailors' training centre at Bishoftu has taken in its first cohort and that marine commando battalions have been trained.

Abiy Ahmed says he held a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio; ENA says they discussed bilateral, regional and multilateral issues

ENA says the Ethiopian prime minister spoke with Washington's top diplomat and welcomed an assurance of continued US support for Ethiopia.

Tigray forces retake Abiy Adi after federal withdrawal, ACLED says

The conflict monitor says the town changed hands after federal forces pulled back, and that drone strikes continued in the area.

Suspended DDR programme resumes in Tigray; former fighters hand over weapons and register in Mekelle

UMD Media, citing Mekelle's state FM radio, said the disarmament and demobilisation programme has restarted, with fighters surrendering weapons to Ethiopian army units. Numbers were not disclosed and the report could not be independently confirmed.

Ethiopian troops reach Zalambessa on the Eritrean border, Reuters reports

Six sources told the agency federal forces were in the border town by Tuesday; it is not confirmed whether Eritrean troops reported to have crossed there last week are still present.

UN releases a further 8.5 million dollars in emergency funds for northern Ethiopia

Tom Fletcher says the money should reach more than 202,700 people in Tigray, Amhara, Afar and Benishangul-Gumuz displaced or cut off by the fighting.

Wazema says the Ethiopian army showed foreign military attachés weapons it says were captured in Mekelle, accusing Eritrea and Sudan of supplying them

The outlet said the briefing was held on 13 October at ENDF Ground Forces headquarters, where Maj. Gen. Teshome Gemechu addressed the attachés. Eritrea and Sudan deny any involvement in the conflict.

Gambella Police impose an open-ended night curfew after an armed attack on Gambella city; civilians killed

Police say federal forces took part in bringing the security situation under control; no group has claimed responsibility.

Pro-government Tigray militia says Eritrean troops have suffered heavy losses and are pulling back; Eritrea's information minister calls the militia untrustworthy

Tigray Peace Force spokesman Solomon Hailemariam told AFP the Eritrean army crossed into Ethiopia and is retreating towards the border. AFP said it could not independently verify the claim.

Bisha mine halts processing; Eritrea's information minister says it is for maintenance

Bloomberg reports that the copper-zinc mine in Gash-Barka stopped processing amid a fuel shortage; Zijin Mining says it brought forward routine maintenance.

Eritrea's foreign minister Osman Saleh briefs the diplomatic community in Asmara and asks the Security Council for Chapter VII measures

The Eritrean Ministry of Information said Osman Saleh told ambassadors and members of the diplomatic community in Asmara on 15 October that Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party has declared open war on the peoples of Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Ethiopian forces take Rama, ACLED says

After Axum, the town of Rama — just 7 km from the Eritrean border — has come under their control.

Tigray TV says Tigrayan fighters ambushed federal forces twice in the Kola Tembien mountains; the claim is unverified

Tigray TV placed the two attacks near Yechila and Finarwa, south-east of Mekelle. The account comes from a party to the conflict.

Human Rights Watch says civilians have been killed by shelling in southern Tigray and some health facilities have closed

Laetitia Bader, the group's deputy Africa director, told the Associated Press it had received reports of casualties and called for independent monitoring, restored communications and safe humanitarian access. The reports could not be independently verified.

Getachew Reda urges the EU to impose targeted sanctions on Eritrea; Eritrea's information minister calls the accusations groundless

Borkena says the adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made the call after talks with the EU's Horn of Africa envoy and the EU ambassador to Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Red Cross says its ambulance driver was killed in an armed attack in Benishangul-Gumuz

The attack took place on 14 October at Jirsie Mender in Dangur woreda; the society did not name the group behind it.

UK threatens a total visa ban on Eritreans; restrictions on Eritrean diplomats take effect

The Home Office says the limits on Eritrean diplomats mirror restrictions on British officials in Asmara. Eritrea's government has not responded publicly.

US Embassy in Addis Ababa says fighting has largely subsided in Tigray, Amhara and Afar and that civil administration is being set up in Tigray

The embassy's security alert of 15 October says federal forces and the Tigray Peace Force have made further territorial gains; the airports at Axum and Shire remain closed.

UK calls for the sovereignty and borders of Horn of Africa states to be respected and for urgent de-escalation

In a statement issued on 15 October the British government said it opposes action by any party which breaches the border of its neighbouring states, and called for the protection of civilians and safe, unhindered humanitarian access.

Ethiopian federal forces enter Adwa without resistance, residents say; Adwa Hospital and government offices looted overnight

Residents told AFP that federal troops and the allied Tigray Peace Force entered the central Tigray town on Sunday 11 October, a day after TPLF-aligned fighters withdrew.

Eritrea's foreign ministry asks the African Union to restore its representation at AU headquarters; a similar letter went to UNECA

The Eritrean Ministry of Information says a similar letter was sent to the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Both bodies are based in Addis Ababa, where Eritrea's embassy was closed this month.

Eritrea asks the UN to take deterrent measures

Foreign Minister Osman Saleh says Ethiopia’s move would destabilise the whole region.

Eritrea's information minister says the UAE sent Ethiopia 365 military shipments in nine months

Yemane Gebremeskel made the claim on X on 14 October, saying Addis Ababa's military spending over the past three years is unprecedented. Ethiopia has not responded and the claim could not be independently verified.

Two of the seven groups named in Ethiopia's new rebel alliance say they are not part of it

ACLED said the Gumuz movement denied membership and that the ONLF said statements in its name came from a faction. The alliance was announced on 21 September with seven groups.

Drone hits Tigrai TV headquarters in Mekelle, taking the station off air

AFP reports no casualties; responsibility for the strike has not been established.

EEPA says the Afar border is an active combat zone between Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, and cites unverified reports that Ethiopian troops crossed into Eritrea

The monitoring group says the clashes involve infantry, heavy weapons and aircraft. Natna News could not verify the reports, and neither government has commented.

Ethiopia's Somali Regional State speaks publicly for the first time about the Somali soldiers who crossed the border, saying the case is going through legal and diplomatic channels

Regional security bureau head Abdulkadir Rashid Duale says the soldiers arrived in Jigjiga in groups with no clearly defined purpose. Somalia says they were given leave to visit their families.

Col. Tewolde says Tadesse Werede and his associates escaped rather than being released; the four have reached Mekelle

Col. Tewolde Gebretensae told UMD Media the escape was carried out at Rama on the morning of 12 October. Natna News could not verify the account.

Trump rejects Iran plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Iran offered a seven-day roadmap through Qatari mediation; President Trump says he has rejected it.

Young men leaving Tigray over forced-recruitment fears

HRW: Mekelle airstrike should be investigated as a possible war crime

Internet and phone lines cut across Tigray

Fighting spreads into Afar with clashes in Abala

Sudanese army says it has taken Sodari in North Kordofan

Wazema reports senior Tigray security officials detained in Mekelle

The report says Lt Gen Tadesse Werede's residence has been under strict security guard since late on 23 September.

Ethiopia presses case for sea access at the UN General Assembly

President Taye Atske-Selassie told the 81st UN General Assembly that Ethiopia cannot sustain development without reliable access to the sea, and renewed Ethiopia's call for Security Council reform.

Plane crash in DR Congo kills 17, including two senior military officials

The deputy governor of Kwango province said a small aircraft flying from Kikwit to Kinshasa came down on a residential plot in the town of Kenge after developing a technical fault.

Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch calls for peace and reconciliation at Meskel

Patriarch Abune Mathias told the Meskel-Demera celebration that the central message of the Cross is peace, unity, forgiveness and reconciliation.

Venezuela frees 39 political prisoners after talks with the opposition

The rights group Justicia, Encuentro y Perdon said 39 political prisoners were released between Friday and Saturday.

Djibouti price surge squeezes Ethiopian truck drivers as Yemen war clouds Red Sea route

The Ethiopian Heavy Truck Drivers Association says a sharp rise in prices in Djibouti and a weaker birr are squeezing drivers on the Addis Ababa–Djibouti corridor.

Saudi Arabia asks UN to protect Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea

Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud told the UN General Assembly that the kingdom rejects the use of vital waterways as a tool of pressure.

EU announces almost 710 million euros in new humanitarian and migration funding

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the package at the UN General Assembly in New York, with the largest share going to sub-Saharan Africa.

German and Russian foreign ministers hold first talks since 2022

Johann Wadephul and Sergey Lavrov met in New York on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly.

UN rights chief warns Ethiopia against a return to full-scale war

Volker Turk says he is deeply alarmed by the escalation; the UN says airstrikes hit five schools in Tigray and a drone struck a food aid truck.

Seventeen killed in shooting at South African bar

Eight gunmen opened fire at a bar west of Johannesburg, killing 17 and wounding 15, police say. A separate attack near Cape Town killed 10.

Eritrean riders in action at the World Championships in Montreal

Biniam Girmay and team-mates are racing the 273.7km elite men's road race on the final day of the Worlds.

Burhan rejects US conditions for a truce

Sudan's army chief speaking in Khartoum

Telecoms and internet cut in Tigray

NetBlocks confirms an internet disruption in northern Ethiopia

At least 27 killed in two mass shootings in South African townships

South African police say 27 people were killed and 26 wounded in attacks at Wedela and Lwandle. No arrests have been made.

Sudanese doctors say RSF looted and wrecked hospital in recaptured Sodari

The Sudanese Doctors Network says Sodari Rural Hospital, which served more than 50,000 families, was stripped of its equipment.

Sudan Tribune: RSF takes $4 a barrel from South Sudan oil exports

The paper, citing sources, says the RSF collects transit fees on oil crossing the Heglig field it seized in December 2025.

UN says more than 400 Sudanese are crossing into Chad every day

Arrivals in eastern Chad have passed 55,000 this year, bringing the total since April 2023 close to one million.

Drone strike hits major fuel depot in central Sudan

Residents of Abu Haraz said there were several explosions and fires at the Um Aleila petroleum depot early on Sunday.

Eritrea rejects Ethiopian army chief's accusation

Al Jazeera said Eritrea has in turn voiced concern that Ethiopia may invade in order to gain access to the Red Sea.

Fano says it captured army vehicles and weapons in Amhara

Fighters claim more than 10 military trucks were seized. The claim has not been independently verified.

Ethiopian army chief says forces are answering with wisdom and restraint

In his first public remarks on the fighting, Field Marshal Birhanu Jula signalled the army command prefers strategic calm to a large-scale confrontation.

Arrests near UK air base used by US forces

Gloucestershire Police say men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and properties in the village of Whelford were evacuated.

Meskel celebrated across Eritrea, with Patriarch Abune Basilios leading prayers in Asmara

Shabait said the main ceremony was held at Bahti Meskerem Square and was broadcast live by Eri-TV and Dimtsi Hafash Radio.

Patriarch Abune Mathias calls for peace at the Meskel Demera in Addis Ababa

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church said the message of the Cross is peace, forgiveness and reconciliation.

President Taye presses Ethiopia's case for sea access and Security Council reform at the UN

Ethiopia's president told the General Assembly's general debate that a reliable sea outlet is essential to sustained development, and renewed the call for two permanent African seats.

UN rights chief says five schools in Tigray were hit by airstrikes, urges de-escalation

Volker Türk's office cited airstrikes on schools in Tigray and a mortar strike in Kobo, along with reports of forced recruitment.

Japan urges compliance with the Pretoria Agreement; Britain condemns the Tigray forces' attacks

Both governments called for an immediate end to the hostilities and a return to African Union-led dialogue.

Two killed as an RSF drone strikes a displacement shelter in El Obeid

The North Kordofan state government said 20 people were wounded and that civilian sites across the city were hit.

Saudi Arabia complains to the UN over a drone strike on its aid convoy in Sudan

Riyadh's UN ambassador said an RSF drone destroyed 1,150 food parcels near El Obeid on 17 August.

Eritrea takes part in the 195th UCI Congress in Montreal

The Ministry of Information said the national cycling federation's delegation reported on youth training and on Eritrea's standing in African and international racing.

New 180,000 cubic metre dam inaugurated at Adi-Hawosha

The Ministry of Information said the dam, built for about 11 million Nakfa, is to supply drinking water and support irrigated farming in the Gala-Nefhi Sub-Zone.

Sudan's attorney general rejected the UAE's hosting of the UN crime congress

Intisar Abdel-Aal accused Abu Dhabi of supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces; the UAE has denied the accusation.

Sudan Tribune says an RSF faction commander joined the army with 50 fighters

The report said the commander, al-Tayeb al-Wahidu, arrived in Omdurman on 25 September with five armed vehicles and was received by senior officers.

Trump rejected Iran's seven-day proposal; Iran says it will not back down

The plan would have the United States release frozen Iranian funds, lift oil sanctions and end the naval blockade of Iran's ports, with the Strait of Hormuz reopening on the seventh day.

Osman Saleh discussed Red Sea security with the foreign ministers of Algeria, Burkina Faso and Egypt

Eritrea's Ministry of Information said the meetings took place on the margins of the 81st UN General Assembly between 23 and 25 September.

Ethiopians sweep Berlin Marathon as Assefa misses world record by 1:08

Guye Adola won the men's race and Tigst Assefa the women's, with Ethiopians taking five of the six podium places.

Al Jazeera says the Ethiopian army has retaken Sekota; federal forces reported closing in on Alamata

Towns are reported changing hands in the Wag Hemra zone of Amhara and on the southern Tigray front.

Sudan and Egypt reject Ethiopian army chief's accusation; Sudan says the RSF was aided from Ethiopian soil

Sudan's army spokesman calls the claims baseless; an Egyptian source says they do not merit a response.

Afar party chief says Tigray forces seized three towns in Zones 2 and 4; AFP told Erebti has fallen

The fighting in northern Ethiopia widens into the Afar region, on the road to the Red Sea and Djibouti.

Darfur authorities reopen the Tina crossing with Chad for aid deliveries

Sudan Tribune says 60 aid trucks crossed in a week on a route that cuts about four days off the journey into North Darfur.

Rising cost of living in Djibouti squeezes Ethiopian truck drivers on the corridor

The Ethiopian Heavy Truck Drivers Association says prices have risen by up to 45 per cent and the Birr now buys less.

Afar president accuses the Eritrean army of taking part in the fighting

Speaking to Al Jazeera, he called for African Union intervention. Eritrea has not responded.

Israel's foreign ministry says it is working to evacuate about 20 Israelis stranded in Lalibela

Flights are cancelled and the town's fuel, food and cash are running low after Tigray forces seized regional airports, the Times of Israel reported.

Federal troops and Tigray forces fighting on three fronts: the army holds Alamata and Sekota, Tigray forces push into Afar

The fighting, which began on 22 September, has spread across Tigray, Amhara and Afar. Telecommunications and bank accounts in Tigray remain cut.

UCI fines Girmay, Mulubrhan and Eritrea's sports director over team kit at the Worlds

Each of the two riders was fined 500 Swiss francs and the sports director 1,000, for riders wearing different clothing from the rest of the team.

Sudan's army says it downed an RSF drone in North Kordofan as warplanes resume strikes on Nyala

An army spokesperson said air defences intercepted a hostile FH-95 drone west of Tinna on Sunday morning, and Sudan Tribune reported that military aircraft struck at least three sites in Nyala after a long pause.

Explosion heard at Kombolcha airport as flights are suspended

Residents say a heavy blast was heard in the early hours of Monday inside the airport grounds.

UN and AU back Obasanjo's renewed mediation and urge a return to direct talks in northern Ethiopia

The joint communiqué was issued after the two bodies' Joint Task Force on Peace and Security met in New York on 26 September.

Red Cross moves 161 people, including African Union monitors and Ethiopian Airlines staff, from Mekelle to Semera

The ICRC said it acted as a neutral and independent intermediary at the request and with the approval of all the authorities concerned.

Somali army and forces loyal to ousted South West president fight for Baidoa

MSF says three people were killed and 69 wounded in Somalia's third city.

MSF says war-wounded at its Korem and Alamata hospitals rose from 180 to more than 420 in four days

The charity also said more than 300 wounded had reached Suhul hospital in Shire by 25 September, and that its work in Alamata has been suspended.

Ethiopia's Council of Ministers approves a redraft of the Defence Forces Proclamation and sends it to parliament

ENA said the cabinet unanimously approved the draft amendment to Defence Forces Proclamation No. 1286/2023 on 28 September and referred it to the House of Peoples' Representatives. The government statement did not say which provisions would change.

Osman Saleh calls at the UN for an end to the war destabilising the Horn and to intervention "under the rubric of humanitarian assistance"

The statement, published by Eritrea's Ministry of Information, named no country in the Horn of Africa.

EU allocates €61 million for Ethiopia as the UN says aid access is severely restricted

The Commission says the money covers food, health care and shelter in four regions, while OCHA says flights, key roads and telephone links are all disrupted.

UAE condemns TPLF attacks and declares full solidarity with Ethiopia's government

Minister of State Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan said the Emirates stands in full solidarity with the government and people of Ethiopia.

Tigray forces close to cutting Ethiopia's Djibouti road; at least 150,000 displaced in Afar

A humanitarian source cited by AFP estimates that at least 150,000 people have been displaced in the Afar region since the fighting began.

Six US senators urge Rubio to push for a return to Tigray talks and criticise the lapse of sanctions

The letter, released by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says the Pretoria Agreement is unravelling and cites a drone strike on a vehicle carrying US-funded food aid in north-western Tigray.

Al Jazeera says federal forces have pushed more than 150km into Tigray and taken Mekoni, Wajena and Adi Gudom

Adi Gudom is about 39km from the regional capital Mekelle. The reports could not be independently verified.

Two drone explosions reported at Ethiopia's Bishoftu air force base; senior pilot Kassahun Lema killed

Ethiopia Observer says the blasts happened overnight from Saturday to Sunday at the base 40km south-east of Addis Ababa. The government and the air force have not commented, and the report could not be independently verified.

Live: Eritrea v South Africa — Africa Cup of Nations qualifier

Full time: Eritrea 0-5 South Africa. Live coverage from the Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo.

Bloomberg says two explosions were heard in Addis Ababa as drone flights over the capital are suspended

The agency gave no details of damage or casualties. Ethiopia's security service banned drone flights over Addis Ababa indefinitely on 30 September.

Pirates killed five crew of the hijacked tanker Honour 25 as Puntland forces recovered the ship and captured 16

The Puntland Information Ministry said the five were killed before the rescue operation began. The Puntland Maritime Police Force said the tanker, seized off northern Somalia on 21 April, is now safe and under government control.

Egypt's foreign minister demands Egypt's Nile water share be doubled and rejects any new dams

Badr Abdelatty spoke at a meeting chaired by President El-Sisi on 29 September; El-Sisi said diplomacy comes first but cannot come at the expense of Egypt's existence.

DW says residents reported 11 killed and 15 wounded at the Alamata market; the claim could not be verified

Deutsche Welle, reporting on 29 September, said residents of Alamata in southern Tigray described artillery fire on the town's Saturday market. It said the accounts could not be independently verified and that the Ethiopian army's spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

Ethiopia orders an Egyptian diplomat out within 48 hours; Egypt orders out a counsellor at Ethiopia's embassy in Cairo

Both sides set 48-hour deadlines. Ethiopia's foreign ministry gave no reason; an Egyptian official said Cairo acted on the principle of reciprocity.

Ethiopia's Somali region council re-elects Mustafa Omer president and Ibrahim Osman Farah vice president

The region's seventh council held its first session in Jigjiga on 1 October. Mubashir Dubad Rage was elected the new speaker.

Eritrea severs all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia and accuses it of invading Eritrean ports and coastal areas

The ministry said Ethiopia had pursued three years of "incessant hostility" and that Eritrea had no option but to reciprocate in kind.

Ethiopia closes its embassy in Asmara and orders 10 Eritrean diplomats out within 48 hours

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the closure was a response to Eritrea's "direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence". Eritrea has not responded.

BBC says at least 52 civilians were killed in three days of fighting around Alamata, with more than 700 wounded

A doctor at Alamata General Hospital told the broadcaster twelve people were killed in a single market strike; the BBC says federal forces control the town.

Bloomberg says Ethiopia plans to pull more than 3,000 troops out of Somalia; Somalia says it was given no notice

Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported the withdrawal could begin within days or weeks. A Somali defence ministry official said Ethiopia had given no notice of any pullout.

Isaias Afwerki travels to Egypt for a heads-of-state summit on Red Sea and Nile Basin security

Eritrea's Ministry of Information says the visit is at President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's invitation and that the summit covers the Red Sea region, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Gulf and the Nile Basin.

Debretsion says the war has entered a new and decisive phase

The Tigray president said federal forces that entered the region know their way in but not their way out

Houthis say Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes on Sanaa and three Yemeni provinces

Reports suggest the raids were retaliation for a Houthi attack on a power station in Medina

Osman Saleh meets US officials in Washington and welcomes the removal of unilateral sanctions

Eritrea's foreign minister led a delegation that met Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia on 1 October, the Ministry of Information reported.

African Union Commission urges Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to exercise maximum restraint and return to diplomacy

The statement follows Ethiopia's closure of its embassy in Asmara and the expulsion of ten Eritrean diplomats, and Eritrea's severing of diplomatic ties.

Residents say TPLF fighters are leaving Mekelle as federal forces retake the city's airport

The airport, seized by the TPLF on 23 September, lies about 10km from the centre of Mekelle. Neither the federal government nor the TPLF has issued a statement.

US State Department urges Ethiopia and Eritrea to show maximum restraint and return to the 2018 peace framework

The statement says the Horn of Africa cannot sustain another military conflict and humanitarian crisis.

Isaias and el-Sisi hold extensive talks at New Alamein, Eritrea's Information Ministry says

The ministry says Isaias underlined the convergent positions of Eritrea and Egypt on respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations and non-interference in their internal affairs, and that el-Sisi reaffirmed Egypt's readiness to deepen bilateral ties.

Somalia's president rejects any Israeli presence and says Mogadishu does not object to Ethiopian sea access through Somali territory

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Israel was planning a naval base at Berbera and accused the Houthis of destabilising the region and disrupting navigation at Bab al-Mandab.

UN Security Council to hold closed consultations on northern Ethiopia

The Reporter Ethiopia says a UN political and peacebuilding affairs official will brief Council members; no date for the consultations has been announced.

Sisi hosts a four-way meeting at New Alamein with Isaias, al-Burhan and Somalia's Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Egypt's presidency says the four leaders met to co-ordinate and consult on regional issues; The National reports they were expected to widen military co-operation.

AFP says a drone strike on a displacement camp at Sheraro in north-western Tigray killed at least eight, including a child

An aid worker and a witness told the agency that a mother, four of her children and a grandson were among the dead, and that six people were seriously wounded. The account could not be independently verified and no Ethiopian official has commented.

Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia issue El Alamein joint declaration: Red Sea governance rests with littoral states alone

The four-country consultative summit in New El Alamein closed with a joint declaration covering Sudan, Somalia, the Red Sea and the Nile.

Abraham Belay says a new interim administration will be set up in Tigray with elections within months, and accuses Eritrean forces of fighting alongside the TPLF

The state-run Ethiopian News Agency says the former president of the Tigray interim administration described a federal plan to build new structures from the village level upward.

Ethiopia's parliament re-elects Abiy Ahmed prime minister and swears him in for a five-year term; Ahmed Shide elected Speaker

The vote was unanimous, Fana Broadcasting Corporate said, and Ahmed Shide was elected Speaker of the House at the inaugural session of the seventh parliamentary term.

Houthis say they struck Abha airport after losing ground at Bab el-Mandeb

Yemeni government forces advanced around the strait and took the port city of Mocha.

The Guardian says armed groups in Tigray are forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15; the TPLF rejects the accusation

Witnesses said armed men were taking people from streets and public transport stops. The TPLF said participation in the defence of Tigray is voluntary. The claims could not be independently verified.

Ethiopia's National Rehabilitation Commission calls on fighters in Tigray to hand over their weapons and enter demobilisation centres around Mekelle

Deputy Commissioner Brigadier General Derbie Mekuriaw said centres are prepared in and around Mekelle and that fighters may report individually or in organised groups, the Ethiopian News Agency and Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported.

Addis Standard says federal police opened fire on residents in Negele Borana, killing a 17-year-old and wounding six

The newspaper said the shooting followed a police search operation in the Goobicha neighbourhood; a local official said the circumstances are under investigation.

UN says a UN agency warehouse and aid groups' stores in Tigray have been looted, disrupting relief work

Food, seeds, fertiliser and water pumps were taken from a UN agency warehouse and from facilities run by local and international aid organisations in Tigray. The UN named no party.

Adigrat residents say Eritrean soldiers in two trucks drove through the town; Yemane Gebremeskel denies any Eritrean presence

Reuters and AFP report witness accounts of Eritrean soldiers at Adigrat, about 25km south of the Eritrean border. Eritrea information minister Yemane Gebremeskel denies that Eritrean forces are there.

Critical Threats Project says Fano fighters have cut federal supply routes to Mekelle on two highways

The project says the Amhara Fano National Movement took Wurgessa on the A2 highway on 3 October and cut the B21 at Mekane Selam. The claims could not be independently verified.

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of a troop incursion and demands an immediate withdrawal

Bloomberg reported that Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of moving troops into northern Tigray and has demanded that they withdraw from Ethiopian territory immediately. Eritrea denies having forces in Tigray.

ACLED says Eritrean forces crossed the border at Zelambesa and that Ethiopian drones struck them at Guada

ACLED's East Africa expert says the troops were hit by ENDF drones while moving by vehicle toward Idaga Hamus. No casualty figures were given and the reports could not be independently verified.

UN Human Rights Council appoints Sihaka Tsemo of Cameroon as Special Rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea

The appointment was announced as the Council closed its sixty-third session in Geneva on 7 October, where it named seven mandate holders in all.

Residents say Tigray forces have withdrawn from Shire; federal troops had not entered the town

Two residents told the Associated Press that fighters left north-western Tigray's main town on Wednesday, and that shops closed as traders moved their goods for fear of looting.

US Embassy in Addis Ababa warns of possible long-range attacks on Ethiopian military installations and tells citizens to leave Amhara, Tigray and Afar

The embassy told Americans not to travel to Amhara, Tigray or Afar for any reason and to stay away from Ethiopian military installations.

Ethiopia's rights commission says the right to life and personal security have fallen into an alarming state; its chief commissioner calls the northern violence a localised clash, not a full-scale war

The commission's fifth annual report, covering June 2025 to June 2026, records mass detentions in Amhara including of suspected Fano cells, enforced disappearances in three regions, and abductions for ransom.

Ethiopia takes its case against Eritrea to the UN as drone strikes raise tensions

Ethiopia’s foreign ministry said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed told Dr Gedion Timothewos that Ethiopia has a full right to defend its sovereignty. Eritrea calls the accusations fabricated. Natna News could not verify either side’s claims.

ACLED says federal forces have taken Idaga Hamus, Atsibi and Freweyni in eastern Tigray, with Adigrat expected next

Idaga Hamus sits on the main Mekelle-Adigrat road. ACLED said local officials and Tigray forces had begun leaving the town on 7 October. Natna News could not verify the reports.

Getachew Reda promises visible change in Mekelle; intelligence chief Redwan Hussein meets him at the airport

The adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived on the first Ethiopian Airlines flight to Mekelle since 23 September, the Associated Press said.

Egypt condemns the attack on Riyadh international airport

Three people were killed; Cairo pledges full co-operation with Saudi Arabia.

Ethiopia's National Rehabilitation Commission names nine reception points in Tigray, calling it a final opportunity for TPLF combatants

Deputy Commissioner Brigadier General Derbie Mekuriaw said the government, the defence force and the commission are ready to receive combatants, and accused a faction within the TPLF of obstructing the process.

Abiy Ahmed reappoints Getachew Reda as adviser on East African affairs with the rank of minister

The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Saturday that the former Tigray interim president keeps the post with ministerial rank, as Abiy forms his new administration.

Abiy Ahmed appoints 62 state ministers across 22 federal ministries

Fana Media Corporation said the list was released by the Office of the Prime Minister on Saturday, two days after parliament approved the new Council of Ministers.

Eritrea asks the UN Security Council to condemn Ethiopia and to take Chapter VII measures

Foreign Minister Osman Saleh, in a letter Reuters said it had seen, called Ethiopia's incursion accusation a declaration of war.

International community issues urgent warnings over the Horn of Africa

The EU urges all sides back to talks and calls on Eritrea to pull back from the border; the US embassy warns its citizens.

Ethiopian Airlines to resume Mekelle flights on Sunday

Service restarts on 11 October after a three-week suspension, and bookings have already opened.

Ethiopian federal police begin security operations in Mekelle

Patrols started on Friday 9 October, with residents urged to co-operate. No new local administration has been formed.

Amhara Fano National Movement claims ten towns in Shoa, most of them within 150km of Addis Ababa

The claim rests on a Facebook post by the public relations head of the movement's South Front. Borkena said the account had not been independently verified and that the Ethiopian Defence Force had not commented.

Getachew Reda declares the Tigray war over

The region will stay under a federal transitional command for six months, he says.

Abiy Ahmed holds a phone call with Netanyahu; ENA says they discussed bilateral ties and regional developments

The Ethiopian News Agency said the two prime ministers spoke on 12 October, at a time when Ethiopia and Eritrea are accusing one another of launching war.

Somalia says it is neutral in the Ethiopia–Eritrea standoff and rejects claims it has sided with Egypt and Eritrea

Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Mohamed Ali (Nadaara) told the BBC that relations with both countries are unchanged, and said he had received no official notice of an Ethiopian withdrawal from the African Union mission in Somalia.

Sudan's army says it shot down a drone that entered from Ethiopia, without saying whose it was

The General Command said the drone was intercepted on Sunday evening near Wad al-Mahi in south-eastern Blue Nile state, and gave no operator, type or target.

Rights monitor says Egyptian warplanes bombed gold miners inside Sudan, killing at least 72; survivors put the toll above 200

Emergency Lawyers, a Khartoum-based rights group, said the strike hit mining camps near the disputed Sudan-Egypt border. Egypt has made no comment.

IOM says 139 died and 84 are missing after a boat sank off Djibouti; all 82 survivors are Ethiopians

The boat was carrying 305 people from Djibouti to Yemen and capsized near Guhere, north of Obock, overnight on Thursday into Friday. Fifteen of the dead were children. One survivor told IOM they had come from Tigray.

UN Security Council to hold closed consultations on northern Ethiopia at the United States' request

The meeting was requested by the United States; Martin Kimani is expected to brief members.

Somaliland's foreign minister says Ethiopia has the right to defend itself and calls on the region to settle its disputes through dialogue

Abdirahman Dahir Adam Bakal told Sky News Arabia that Somaliland is ready to discuss Ethiopia's sea access through the port of Berbera, but announced no agreement.