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People displaced by fighting in Ethiopia.
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State of emergency in northern Ethiopia

The security situation is spiraling in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region with reports that an Amhara militia has wrested control of several towns from federal forces.

Laborers offload bags of grains as part of relief food that was sent from Ukraine at the World Food Program.
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Ethiopians caught in the middle

Weeks after the US and UN halted food aid deliveries to Ethiopia over the massive theft of supplies, Ethiopians are beginning to die of hunger because of the pause, according to new reports.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at a joint press conference with South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup in Seoul, South Korea, 31 January 2023.
Middle East

What We’re Watching: Pentagon leak fallout, Manhattan DA sues House Republicans, new source of tension in Ethiopia

The fog of leaks; Manhattan DA sues House Republicans; Fresh unrest hits Ethiopia

US President Joe Biden during a campaign stop ahead of the midterm elections in Hallandale Beach, Florida.
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What We're Watching: Biden's secret papers, Ukrainians in Oklahoma, Tigrayan demobilization

Check your closets for classified docs, Ukrainian fighters headed for Oklahoma, the long road to peace in Ethiopia

Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto leads a rally ahead of the midterm elections in Henderson, Nevada.
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What We’re Watching: Dems’ Senate victory, Iran's first protester death sentence, Ethiopia's peace deal

What We’re Watching: Dems’ Senate victory, Islamic Republic’s clampdown, Ethiopia's peace deal

Ethiopian government representative Redwan Hussien and Tigray delegate Getachew Reda pass documents during the signing of the AU-led negotiations to resolve the conflict in northern Ethiopia
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Just like that: Is Ethiopia’s war over?

Why and what are the prospects for peace in Africa’s second most populous nation, a country that until recently was one of the world’s fastest growing economies?

Ethiopian government representative Redwan Hussien and Tigray delegate Getachew Reda attend signing of the AU-led negotiations to resolve the conflict in northern Ethiopia.
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What We’re Watching: Ethiopian peace deal, Russia’s grain U-turn, Kim Jong Un’s wrath, China’s production woes

What We’re Watching: Argentine VP assassination attempt, Ethiopian escalation, Zaporizhzhia tour
Russia/Ukraine

What We’re Watching: Argentine VP assassination attempt, Ethiopian escalation, Zaporizhzhia tour

Argentina's VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner survived an assassination attempt, Eritrea jumps back into Ethiopia’s civil war, UN nuclear inspectors assess Zaporizhzhia damage

What We’re Watching: Drawdown pledge, Europe veers away from Russia, Ethiopian peace hopes dashed, a Gulf non-starter
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What We’re Watching: Drawdown pledge, Europe veers away from Russia, Ethiopian peace hopes dashed, a Gulf non-starter

US-NATO skepticism, EU rule of law ruling, US truckers' protests, atrocities in Tigray, guac wars
Europe

What We're Watching: US-NATO skepticism, EU rule of law ruling, US truckers' protests, atrocities in Tigray, guac wars