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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 as Washington orders non-emergency staff out of Saudi Arabia

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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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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Open-source tracker says cargo plane from UAE reached Asosa near Sudan border, days after Ethiopian Gov’t rejected Sudan’s UN accusations

An open-source intelligence account said on Tuesday that a cargo plane from the United Arab Emirates landed at Asosa, near the Sudan border, days after Ethiopia rejected Sudan’s accusations ...
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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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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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Accounts on X say drone strike killed four at Finarwa in Tigray as fighter jets fly low over Mekelle

A drone strike on a livestock truck in Finarwa, in Tigray’s Samre woreda, killed four people and wounded six overnight, according to local accounts on X, as fighter jets flew over Mekelle.
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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 ...
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urges easier trade and travel with Kenya at Mashujaa Day in Eldoret

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called for easier trade and travel between Ethiopia and Kenya on Tuesday, speaking as chief guest at Kenya’s Mashujaa Day celebrations in Eldoret, according to ...
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UK sends RAF Typhoons to help defend Saudi Arabia as coalition says it destroyed a Houthi missile fired at Riyadh

Britain will fly RAF Typhoon fighter jets on defensive missions over Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, hours after the Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed a Houthi ballistic ...
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Tigrayan commander claims 1,511 federal soldiers killed near Adet, according to posts on X; figures unverified

A Tigrayan military commander claimed that 1,511 federal soldiers were killed and more than 1,000 wounded in weekend fighting near Adet in central Tigray, according to accounts of his statement ...
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Satellite image shows three Il-76 cargo planes at Ethiopia’s Harar Meda air base after flights from the UAE, analyst says, as Kenya marked ammunition is reported in Tigray

At least three Il-76 cargo planes were parked at Ethiopia’s Harar Meda air base on Monday after arriving from the United Arab Emirates, according to an open source analyst who shared ...