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ፓሪስ የጂ7 የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትሮች በሚያደርጉት ስብሰባ ኢትዮጵያና ኤርትራ መካከል የውጥረት ግጭት ቀጥ እንደሚቀጥ ተገለጿል። እነዚህ ሚኒስትሮች በሰብዓዊ ቀውስን እንዲወሰን እንዲሁም የሴቶችንና የሕፃናትን ጥቅም ይጠብቁ የእርዳት እንዲደርስ ጥሪ አቅርበዋል። የቀጣና እንዲኖር የፖለቲካ ነጻነትንና የግዛት አንድነት ይከበራሉ እና እንዲሁ የአፍሪካ ድርጅት መካከል ውይይት እንዲጀምር ይቈርባሉ።

ACLED recorded 130 political violence events in Ethiopia’s Amhara region in October, more than double September’s 51, after the September 20 formation of the Alliance for Survival. AFNM forces were involved in about 60% of October’s events, concentrated in South Gondar, South Wello and North Shewa, and have taken control of a few territories, mostly in South Wello. The surge fits a pattern since August 2023, with spikes during short military offensives and a highly fragmented Fano militias complicating containment.

A three-story building on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn collapsed around 4 p.m. local time, killing at least two people and injuring more than 17 others. More than 250 first responders are conducting a dangerous search-and-rescue operation, and a survivor was pulled from the rubble hours after the collapse. The building, dating to 1930, remains at the center of a probe into the cause.