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Sudan denies its army struck Abyei’s Amiet market, where local officials say Ethiopians were among more than 150 dead

Sudan’s army-aligned government denies that its forces carried out the October 19 drone strike on Amiet market in disputed Abyei, where local officials say at least 153 people were killed, ...
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India says 14 Indians on a yacht hit near Yemen’s Zuqar Island are safe, after the Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia for the strike

India’s embassy for Yemen said Friday that all 14 Indian nationals on a yacht that the Houthis say was hit near Zuqar Island in the southern Red Sea are reported safe and are around Hodeidah.
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Residents tell DW of new drone strikes in Wurgessa and Wegdi, as Fano accuses the Government of attacks on civilians across the Amhara region

A drone strike on the town of Wurgessa in North Wollo killed two people on Thursday night, and a strike on Wegdi in South Wollo wounded two, residents told DW Amharic.
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Hundreds of Ethiopians flee into Kenya as flag dispute fighting spreads around Moyale, Kenya Red Cross says

Fighting between Oromia and Somali forces in the border town of Moyale has spread to three nearby districts, and hundreds of Ethiopians, mostly women and children, have fled into Kenya, the Kenya ...
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Former Tokyo Marathon winner Ruti Aga banned for six years for doping and a forged prescription, the AIU says

Ethiopian marathon runner Ruti Aga, the 2019 Tokyo Marathon winner, has been banned for six years for a banned steroid and a forged medical prescription, the Athletics Integrity Unit says.
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Open-source tracker says convoy of technicals crossed from Berbera into Ethiopia at Wajale, and says a cargo plane from the UAE landed in Dire Dawa

A convoy of trailers carrying dozens of pick-up trucks crossed from Somaliland into Ethiopia at Wajale on Wednesday, the open-source account AfriMEOSINT says, adding that they are likely bound for ...
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Attack on Dammam’s King Fahd airport kills two

An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on Wednesday evening killed two people and wounded eight, Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said Thursday, the latest deadly ...
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Fano says it seized Debre Zebit and Agrit in North Wollo’s Meket, as an eyewitness tells DW of days of heavy fighting near Sanqa

The Amhara Fano National Movement says its fighters captured Debre Zebit and Agrit in Meket woreda of North Wollo on Tuesday, killing more than 30 federal soldiers and capturing nine.
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IMF says it is “too early to assess” the war’s cost to Ethiopia’s economy, with talks on its next loan review expected in early December

The IMF says it is “too early to assess” how fighting in Ethiopia will affect growth, though it is concerned about rising security tensions as the next review of its $3.4 billion loan ...
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Eritrea calls its sovereignty “non-negotiable” and says its army is inside its own borders, in reply to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s warning

Eritrea’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that its sovereignty is “non-negotiable, inviolable, and sacrosanct” and its army is entirely inside Eritrea, answering a warning ...
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Church officials say six Orthodox Christians killed in Arsi, as a resident says gunmen killed five at Finchaa sugar factory

Church officials say at least six Orthodox Christians were killed in Arsi attacks last week, and a resident told DW Amharic that gunmen killed five at the Finchaa sugar factory in western Oromia ...
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Eyewitnesses tell DW a drone strike hit a primary school in Dera, South Gondar, as casualty claims conflict

Several eyewitnesses told DW Amharic that a drone strike hit Sana Primary School in Dera woreda, South Gondar, on Tuesday, while casualty figures from the Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM) and ...