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The Guardian — AfricaInternationalEditorial8 Oct 2026

The Guardian view on Ethiopia’s return to conflict: civilian catastrophe and a spiralling regional polycrisis | Editorial

The escalating violence reflects deep domestic rifts – but is fuelled by broader geopolitical power games When the Nobel peace laureate is announced on Friday, the committee will be hoping that its choice ages better than 2019’s.…

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The Guardian — AfricaInternationalSosina Mengistu7 Oct 2026

Women behind the lens: ‘I felt suspended between hope and giving up’

The Ethiopian photographer Sosina Mengistu’s self-portraits draw on personal experience to reflect young people’s anxiety and frustration This self-portrait is part of my project So I See Me, which I began in 2020 during the Covid-19…

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The Guardian — AfricaInternationalLucy Kassa6 Oct 2026

Tigray rebel groups ‘forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15’ as fighting spreads

Civilians try to flee as men and boys rounded up on streets by new alliance as Ethiopia conflict erupts again As renewed fighting has threatened a fresh humanitarian crisis in the northern region of Ethiopia, reports are emerging that a…

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The Guardian — AfricaInternationalAmanuel Gebremedhin and Karen McVeigh17 Sept 2026

Fifty billion trees by 2030: how Ethiopia is recruiting citizens across the country to plant, plant, plant

After losing much of its forests in recent decades, the country’s people have led the way in planting saplings across the country as part of the government’s Green Legacy Initiative When Halima Kedir first began planting trees, she was met…

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