Ethiopia blames regional rivals as risk of conflict spillover rises
Ethiopia accuses Sudan and Egypt of backing armed groups, deepening tensions amid internal unrest.
![Ethiopian army chief Field Marshal Birhanu Jula [File:Kumera Gemechu/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2025-09-14T120316Z_2108197546_RC2KRGAPGG8L_RTRMADP_3_ETHIOPIA-DAM-CELEBRATIONS-1790687071.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Ethiopia accuses Sudan and Egypt of backing armed groups, deepening tensions amid internal unrest.
![Ethiopian army chief Field Marshal Birhanu Jula [File:Kumera Gemechu/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2025-09-14T120316Z_2108197546_RC2KRGAPGG8L_RTRMADP_3_ETHIOPIA-DAM-CELEBRATIONS-1790687071.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)






![Members of the Galaxy Aerospace Ghana team at the Africa Space Expo in Abidjan [Courtesy GSSTI/Galaxy Aerospace Ghana]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CEO-of-Galaxy-Aerospace-Ghana-with-his-team-1790593677.jpeg?resize=720%2C513&quality=80)


Nigerian dancer Benjamin Daniel Gabriel is trying to dance for 168 hours straight in a bid to set a world record.
Fatalities near 4,000 across the DRC as health workers battle community anger and a vaccine-resistant strain.
UN General Assembly marks 25th anniversary of the 2011 Durban Declaration, which called for combating racism.

Climate activist Vanessa Nakate says she is determined to raise awareness of how global warming is affecting Africa.

There are reports of casualties in Baidoa where forces have launched attacks, triggering fighting with federal troops.
Sudan army denies backing Tigray fighters, says rival paramilitary RSF receiving support from within Ethiopia.

Al Jazeera reports from Ethiopia’s Afar region, where fighting has spread amid efforts to oust PM Abiy Ahmed.
Refugees in Durban say they have nowhere safe to return to after being forced from a makeshift camp.
Police are investigating the killings in a country with one of the highest femicide rates in the world.

Ethiopia’s army has reportedly recaptured the strategic town of Sekota from Tigrayan forces as fighting spreads.