Eritrea

Eritreans of Italian descent demand Rome finally grant them citizenship

Group of more than 300 descendants of people born under Italian rule accuse state of ‘crime of colonial racism’

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

13, Oct, 2021 @2:43 PM

The Guardian view on Ethiopia’s war: from very bad to worse

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has urged civilians to join the war against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. The nation needs peace

Editorial

11, Aug, 2021 @6:08 PM

‘Like I wasn’t a person’: Ethiopian forces accused of systematic rape in Tigray

Mutilation, slavery and torture of women and girls detailed in accounts published by Amnesty. Warning: this article contains graphic details of sexual violence

Emmanuel Akinwotu, West Africa correspondent

11, Aug, 2021 @5:01 AM

Eritrean footballers on the run face anxious wait in push for safe haven

Four players hiding in Uganda since 2019 are waiting for a resolution and wondering what might have been

Ed Aarons and Alex Cizmic

21, Jul, 2021 @7:00 PM

Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’

Reducing global heating could save millions of people from mosquito-borne diseases, study finds

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

08, Jul, 2021 @6:00 AM

The looming famine in Tigray is an avoidable catastrophe

The ruination of a once-thriving area of Ethiopia is the result of war and its associated crimes, says the Guardian columnist George Monbiot

George Monbiot

30, Jun, 2021 @6:00 AM

He pledged unity. But now PM hopes to tighten grip on war-torn Ethiopia

Elections this week could give PM even greater power, despite a regional conflict and a ‘man-made’ humanitarian crisis

Jason Burke and Patrick Wintour

20, Jun, 2021 @4:00 AM

Calls grow for Ethiopia to declare ceasefire in Tigray to allow aid

War has disrupted humanitarian deliveries to region where millions of people are facing famine

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

02, Jun, 2021 @1:14 PM

Ethiopia’s human rights chief as war rages in Tigray: ‘we get accused by all ethnic groups’

Former political prisoner Daniel Bekele has made the commission more autonomous but critics claim he is biased on current conflict

Our correspondent in Addis Ababa

02, Jun, 2021 @6:30 AM

Eritrean soldiers killed 19 civilians in latest Tigray atrocity, locals claim

Killings took place near Ethiopia’s Abuna Yemata church on 8 May, according to multiple testimonies

Jason Burke

01, Jun, 2021 @4:40 PM

‘Bodies are being eaten by hyenas; girls of eight raped’: inside the Tigray conflict

A woman working in war-torn Tigray has shared her harrowing testimony of the atrocities taking place

Tracy McVeigh

14, May, 2021 @9:06 AM

Rape is being used as weapon of war in Ethiopia, say witnesses

Ethiopian nun speaks of widespread horror she and colleagues are seeing on a daily basis inside the heavily isolated region of Tigray