By Katharine Houreld3 Min ReadNAIROBI( Reuters)-Guns supplied by Iran to its Houthi allies in Yemen

ADDIS ABABA( Reuters)-The Ethiopia government on Thursday declared it would begin observing a truce with rebellious Tigrayan forces in order to allow aid into the war-ravaged northern province. More than 90 percent of 5.5 million Tigrayans need food aid, according to the United Nations, but only a tiny trickle has entered since Ethiopian troops withdrew from Tigray at the end of June last year. TPLF leaders were not immediately available for comment.( Reporting by Dawit Endeshaw; Writing by Kath

The total number of casualties was not yet clear, he said, but" dozens" of soldiers were killed and about 20 were evacuated with wounds. The AU and troop-contributing countries such as Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia typically do not release casualty numbers after attacks.... The AU has fought many bloody battles against al Shabaab since it arrived in Somalia at the end of 2007.... In turn, al Shabaab has launched deadly attacks not just in Somalia but within the region, killing hundreds o

Belay previously served as the federally appointed head of the northern region of Tigray.... The war-which has also spread to two neighbouring regions of Ethiopia-is one of several problems Abiy's new government will need to deal with.... Abiy, who won a June election in a landslide, also nominated two heads of small opposition parties to government....

GENEVA/ ADDIS ABABA( Reuters)-All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a long-awaited joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia published on Wednesday.... The report covers most of the year-long conflict, fought by Tigrayan forces against the Ethiopian military and its key allies: forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region and soldiers from the neighbouring nation of Eritrea.... All sides are a

Paediatrician Mohammed Amin said that numbers started to spike around five months ago.... " So far, we have treated 140 malnourished children and from this four have died," he said.... " This figure is only those who came to us and get treatment and doesn’t include those in the camp." Last year, the hospital received 188 malnourished children, but now they saw that in a single month, he said, adding that many families were arriving with several malnourished children....

By Abdi Sheikh3 Min ReadMOGADISHU( Reuters)-Fighting in Somalia’s Galmudug state between the Somali army and its former ally, the Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a militia, has killed 120 people over the past three days, a senior ASWJ official said on Monday. Analysts and residents have expressed fears that the fighting is derailing the former allies from their common effort to defeat the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency.“ At least 120 people died and 600 were injured from both sides, ” Hassan Yare fr

Residents and diplomats said they captured towns to the north and west of Mekelle, and pushed into the centre of Adigrat, the northern region’s second-biggest city.“ They were surrounding Mekelle for two to three days, ” one senior diplomat in the capital, Addis Ababa, told Reuters.... The government says it is cracking down on a TPLF “ criminal clique ”.... Eritrea and the Amhara region sent troops into Tigray to support the army in the first days of the war....

NAIROBI( Reuters)-The United Nations' migration agency has recalled a staff member identified by two U.N. sources in Addis Ababa as the head of its mission to Ethiopia over audio recordings containing criticism of senior U.N. officials.In the recordings, two women who say they work for the U.N.in Ethiopia but do not give their names tell a freelance journalist that some top U.N. officials globally sympathise with forces from the northern Tigray region that are fighting Ethiopia's government. Reu

The United Nations did not specify who carried out the strike but only the Ethiopian government has air power in the area. Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu and military spokesperson Getnet Adane did not immediately respond to requests for comment.... 18, according to a document prepared by aid agencies and shared with Reuters.... The document was based on evidence collected by regional aid workers as well as witness testimonies, according to two of its compilers....