War in Tigray threatens to end Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed’s dream of unity

November’s invasion of Tigray has morphed into protracted and gruesome conflict

Ruth Negga: ‘People who say they don’t consider skin colour... are you f**king blind?’

Black Irish Lives: The actor on growing up in Ireland, the film industry, and Black Lives Matter

Dev among the angels – Frank McNally on an unusual memorial in an Ethiopian church

Chinese rigour meets African zest on a joint railway venture

‘We have had to adjust,’ says one Chinese boss on the Addis Ababa-Djibouti line with masterly understatement

Dick Warner obituary: Champion of the natural world

Warner’s exploration of Ireland’s inland waterways made him a household name

Anguish and unrest in Amhara over Ethiopian state of emergency

Anti-government protests spread from Oromia to country’s second most populous area

Obituary: Elinor Wiltshire – photographer, botanist and artist

Her pictures of 1950s Dublin are one of the most popular collections in National Archive

In Jah we trust: how reggae spread the Rasta word

A new album looks at the close links between the Rastafari religion and reggae music

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Former Irish cadets return to Kennedy graveside

Eleven of the cadets who performed at president John F Kennedy’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia return to his graveside today