AU Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mission

Voting in Monday's general election was suspended in parts of Ethiopia's Oromia and Amhara regions due to security concerns, but long voter queues were seen elsewhere, electoral commission head Melatwork Hailu announced. … In fact, the whole northern region of Tigray, which is trying to recover from a civil war that ended in 2022, has been totally excluded from the poll.

Ethiopia will hold its seventh national election on June 1, 2026. The vote takes place as Gulf states compete for influence in the region and the rivalry between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Nile intensifies.

A confrontation between Addis Ababa and the leadership of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front threatens to reignite a devastating conflict that came to a close three and a half years ago. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Magnus Taylor explains what is at stake.

The EU plans to provide Ethiopia with a total of €140 million in direct financial support. The move marks a shift in European policy, after direct aid to the country had previously been suspended over the war in Tigray.

Tigray's main political party, TPFL, said it was taking back control of the ​region's government, effectively voiding a peace deal with Ethiopia's federal government that ended one of the century's deadliest conflicts.

Residents have begun fleeing the regional capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region amid fears of a return to open conflict, as tensions that have been building for weeks show no sign of easing.

A sense of anxiety is hard to miss in Tigray. Though the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement brought an end to fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), many in Tigray say life today is like walking on eggshells. … Multiple news outlets indicate that Ethiopian government soldiers and Tigrayan fighters have deployed along the Tigrayan region's northern border.

Tensions are running high among the Ethiopian federal government, Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and neighbouring Eritrea, threatening a return to deadly conflict three years after the last war ended. With several possible triggers, a slide toward hostilities would be easy to start but much more difficult to stop.

UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed on Tuesday to all parties involved in renewed heavy fighting in Ethiopia’s ‘precarious’ Tigray region to step back, warning of the potential for a deepening crisis in the country’s war-weary north and beyond. “The situation remains highly volatile and we fear it will further deteriorate, worsening the region’s already precarious human rights and humanitarian situation,” Mr. Türk said, following clashes in recent days between the Ethiopian army and regional forces.

Ethiopia’s foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of military aggression and of supporting armed groups inside Ethiopian territory, amid growing tensions between the neighbours.