Kalkidan Yibeltal

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Kalkidan Yibeltal |Wycliffe Muia

Ethiopians are one shock away from catastrophe - UNKalkidan Yibeltal & Wycliffe MuiaAFPThe UN's World Food Programme has said it has reached three million people so far this year "in the face of immense challenges"In a stark warning, the head of the UN's food aid agency in Ethiopia has said millions in the country are "one shock away from falling into a catastrophe".

1 month ago | bbc.com | Kalkidan Yibeltal

Kalkidan YibeltalBBC News, Addis AbabaDozens of bus passengers in Ethiopia have been abducted by armed men in the country's largest region, Oromia, as they were were travelling from the capital, Addis Ababa. Details are only just emerging of the kidnappings which took place earlier this week. The incident happened in Ali Doro, which is near an area where around 100 university students were similarly abducted as they were heading home from their campus last July.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Kalkidan Yibeltal

'No-one can handle another war' - Tigrayans fear fresh Ethiopian conflictKalkidan YibeltalGetty ImagesMany hospitals and clinics damaged by the civil war are yet to be repaired People living in Mekelle, the main city in Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray, have told the BBC they fear they could soon be dragged into conflict again. Growing tensions threaten the fragile peace agreement signed in late 2022, which brought an end to a brutal civil war that claimed an estimated half a million lives.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Kalkidan Yibeltal

Rival forces seize mayor's office in key Ethiopian town amid fears of new conflict Kalkidan YibeltalAFPTigray is still recovering from the two-year conflict which ended in 2022A dissident faction of the main political party in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray has seized control of key offices and a radio station in the regional capital, Mekelle, amid growing fears of a fresh conflict.

Jul 9, 2024 | bbc.com | Kalkidan Yibeltal

'It was terrifying' - escaping Ethiopia's armed kidnappersBy Kalkidan Yibeltal, BBC News, Addis AbabaGetty ImagesBekele's sister is one of dozens of students from Ethiopia's Derbak University who have been missing for a week now - she got on a bus to go home at the end of the academic year, but never reached her destination.