Ethiopia’s Tigray: Men forced to rape family members, UN reports
3 years, 8 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray: Men forced to rape family members, UN reports

Al Jazeera  

At least 516 rape cases reported by five medical facilities in Mekelle, Adigrat, Wukro, Shire and Axum, UN official says. More than 500 rape cases were reported to five clinics in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations said on Thursday, warning because of stigma and a lack of health services the actual numbers were likely to be much higher. “Women say they have been raped by armed actors, they also told stories of gang rape, rape in front of family members and men being forced to rape their own family members under the threat of violence,” Wafaa Said, deputy UN aid coordinator in Ethiopia, said in a briefing to UN member states in New York. Redwan Hussein, spokesman for the government’s emergency task force on Tigray, Billene Seyoum, spokeswoman for the prime minister, Mulu Nega, head of Tigray’s interim administration, Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed and Eritrea’s Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel did not respond to calls and messages requesting comment on the UN remarks on Thursday.

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Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report

Al Jazeera  

Report says Ethiopia and allies had ‘intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group’ and calls for prosecution at ICJ. There is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war, a new report has concluded. Issued on Tuesday by the United States-based New Lines Institute, the 120-page draft quotes multiple, widespread and credible independent reports that …

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts
1 year, 3 months ago

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts

Al Jazeera  

UN experts say Ethiopia and its allies, including Eritrea, are still violating human rights in the Tigray region. “While the signing of the agreement may have mostly silenced the guns, it has not resolved the conflict in the north of the country, in particular in Tigray, nor has it brought about any comprehensive peace,” Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the …

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence
1 year, 3 months ago

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence

The Independent  

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Ethiopia rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusation in western Tigray
1 year, 6 months ago

Ethiopia rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusation in western Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch accuses government-backed militias and officials of committing ‘war crimes and crimes against humanity’ in the region. The Ethiopian government has rejected a report by Human Rights Watch that alleges an “ethnic cleansing” campaign is under way in western Tigray despite a truce signed in November. The HRW issued a report last week saying the November peace agreement …

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. He said after “careful review of the law and facts” he had determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara …

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict

Al Jazeera  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces committed crimes against humanity. The United States government has concluded that all sides involved in a brutal conflict in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes, including rapes, massacres of civilians, forcible deportations and ethnic cleansing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday …

Eritrean forces killing Tigray civilians in Ethiopia despite peace deal, report says
2 years ago

Eritrean forces killing Tigray civilians in Ethiopia despite peace deal, report says

LA Times  

Lead negotiator for Ethiopia’s government, Redwan Hussein, left, and lead Tigray negotiator Getachew Reda, right, sign documents Nov. 2 during the peace talks in Pretoria, South Africa. Eritrean troops have continued killing dozens of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and committing other abuses weeks after the two main warring parties signed a peace deal, according to an official document seen …

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline
2 years, 1 month ago

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at some of the most important events of the two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s northernmost region. March 10: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemns acts of “ethnic cleansing” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, as he calls for “full accountability” and the departure of troops from neighbouring Eritrea and other fighters. August 26: As fighting continues in the …

WHO chief warns time running out to ‘prevent genocide’ in Tigray
2 years, 2 months ago

WHO chief warns time running out to ‘prevent genocide’ in Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Tedros says food and health care being used as weapons in his home region in northern Ethiopia. World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there is a “very narrow window now to prevent genocide” in his home region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia. “There is a very narrow window now to prevent genocide.” Ethiopian government spokesman Legesse Tulu, …

Ethiopia says 3 Tigray towns taken amid resumed fighting
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia says 3 Tigray towns taken amid resumed fighting

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian authorities say they have taken control of three towns in Tigray, the embattled northern region that has seen a resurgence of fighting since August. The three towns were taken “without fighting in urban areas,” it said, adding that authorities will coordinate with humanitarian groups in the areas that have come under the control of Ethiopian …

Aid worker killed in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region
2 years, 2 months ago

Aid worker killed in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The International Rescue Committee said Saturday one of its workers was killed in an attack in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region. The worker was “delivering lifesaving humanitarian aid to women and children” at the time of the explosion in the town of Shire on Friday, the aid group said in a statement. A World Food Program spokesperson …

Ethiopia: UN truck hit by debris from apparent drone strike
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia: UN truck hit by debris from apparent drone strike

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Flying debris from an apparent drone strike has damaged a World Food Program truck in Ethiopia’s besieged Tigray region, the U.N. agency said Monday, after Ethiopian forces and rival Tigray ones recently chose renewed fighting over peace. The government accused Tigray forces of transporting fighters in trucks “illegally” painted with U.N. logos, and it warned humanitarian groups …

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict
2 years, 3 months ago

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

Associated Press  

GENEVA — U.N.-backed investigators said Thursday they have turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military — including rape, murder and pillage — over the nearly two-year war centering on Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. The Commission of Inquiry on Ethiopia, which is working under a mandate from the U.N.'s …

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict
2 years, 3 months ago

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

The Independent  

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UN: Warring sides committing atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray
2 years, 3 months ago

UN: Warring sides committing atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Al Jazeera  

The UN’s International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia says it has found evidence of widespread violations by all sides since fighting erupted in 2020. UN experts on Monday said that there are reasonable grounds to believe that “war crimes and crimes against humanity” have been committed by the Ethiopian government in the Tigray region, warning that renewed conflict …

Airstrikes kill 10 in Ethiopia’s Tigray capital, doctor says
2 years, 3 months ago

Airstrikes kill 10 in Ethiopia’s Tigray capital, doctor says

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Two airstrikes hit the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region Wednesday morning, killing 10 people, many of them first responders, the director of the city’s flagship Ayder Referral Hospital said, as Ethiopia’s government gave no sign of taking up the Tigray forces’ offer to stop fighting and pursue talks. “Three of the victims need urgent major surgery, in …

Ten dead in second day of air raids in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
2 years, 3 months ago

Ten dead in second day of air raids in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

At least 10 people have been killed in a second day of air raids on Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, a hospital official said, in attacks that came after authorities there expressed readiness for a ceasefire. Renewed violence The reported attack followed a drone attack on Tuesday on Mekelle University, which the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which …

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces say willing to enter peace process
2 years, 3 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces say willing to enter peace process

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The Tigray forces battling Ethiopian troops say they’re willing to abide by an immediate cessation of hostilities and participate in a peace process led by the African Union, a significant shift to which Ethiopia’s government has not yet responded. The Tigray authorities’ statement Sunday night came after new pressure by the United States and others following the …

Witnesses say dozens killed in new ethnic attack in Ethiopia
2 years, 3 months ago

Witnesses say dozens killed in new ethnic attack in Ethiopia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Residents in Ethiopia’s largest federal state, Oromia, say dozens of civilians were killed in an attack by an armed group on Monday, the latest mass violence along ethnic lines that challenges one of Africa’s most populous countries. Two residents of the restive Wollega region’s Horo Guduru area said an armed group from the ethnic Amhara community, known …

Ethiopia, Eritrea forces launch new offensive in Tigray: TPLF
2 years, 3 months ago

Ethiopia, Eritrea forces launch new offensive in Tigray: TPLF

Al Jazeera  

Troops from the two countries have attacked fighters in the northern Adayabo area, a Tigrayan rebel spokesman says. Getachew Reda, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front spokesperson, said on Thursday that both nations’ forces had attacked rebels in Adayabo in the north of the region. “Our heroic national defence forces are defending this invasion with full preparedness and resolve,” the government …

Air raid hits capital of Ethiopian Tigray region: Hospital chief
2 years, 3 months ago

Air raid hits capital of Ethiopian Tigray region: Hospital chief

Al Jazeera  

The latest attack follows a hit on a children’s play area on Friday that killed seven people, including women and children. An air raid has hit a neighbourhood near a hospital in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, said the head of another hospital which received casualties, less than a week after fighting shattered a four-month-old ceasefire. Ethiopian government …

Ethiopia forces accused of deadly attack as Tigray war escalates
2 years, 3 months ago

Ethiopia forces accused of deadly attack as Tigray war escalates

Al Jazeera  

Witnesses say a kindergarten in the Tigrayan capital Mekelle was hit by an air strike and four civilians were killed, but the federal government denies the reports. An air raid killed at least four people, including two children, in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the head of a hospital said. The federal government denied the allegations saying the …

‘Large-scale’ fighting shatters lull in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Large-scale’ fighting shatters lull in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

LA Times  

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. Ethiopia’s military has launched a “large-scale” offensive for the first time in a year in the country’s northern Tigray region, Tigray authorities alleged Wednesday, while the government countered that Tigray forces attacked first. But …

Ethiopia calls WHO chief’s comments on Tigray “unethical”
2 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopia calls WHO chief’s comments on Tigray “unethical”

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as “unethical” the statement by the World Health Organization’s director-general that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is “the worst disaster on Earth” and his assertion that the lack of attention from global leaders may be due to Tigrayans’ skin color. The spokeswoman for Ethiopia’s prime minister on Thursday told journalists that …

Can Ethiopia build on a truce to end war in Tigray?
2 years, 6 months ago

Can Ethiopia build on a truce to end war in Tigray?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, May 25 at 19:30 GMT: A recent declaration by Tigrayan forces fighting Ethiopia’s federal government that it will release thousands of prisoners of war is fuelling optimism the warring sides are moving towards direct talks – but obstacles to peace remain. The move comes weeks into an “indefinite humanitarian truce” in northern Ethiopia that was first announced by …

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces announce release of 4,000 army POWs
2 years, 7 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces announce release of 4,000 army POWs

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The Tigray rebel forces fighting Ethiopia’s federal army say they will release 4,000 prisoners of war as part of an amnesty. The Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front announced the release on Twitter Friday, amid an escalating war of words between Ethiopian and Tigray region officials over provocations and preparations for another round of full-blown war. Ethiopia’s deadly civil …

‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara
2 years, 9 months ago

‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara

Al Jazeera  

Amhara residents say Tigrayan fighters unleashed a campaign of horror during a five-month occupation of the area. Family members told Al Jazeera – as Tiru was unable to discuss the details without breaking into tears – that fighters loyal to the Tigray governing Tigray People’s Liberation Front saw the unarmed trio and “slowed their vehicle to shoot at them before …

750 civilians killed in Amhara in half of 2021: Rights body
2 years, 9 months ago

750 civilians killed in Amhara in half of 2021: Rights body

Al Jazeera  

Since November 2020, thousands have been killed and millions displaced as Ethiopian federal forces and their allies battle Tigrayan rebels. At least 750 civilians were killed or executed in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions in the second half of 2021, the country’s rights body has said. It said at least 403 civilians died and 309 were injured in air raids, …

Tigrayan forces killed civilians, gang-raped dozens: Amnesty
2 years, 10 months ago

Tigrayan forces killed civilians, gang-raped dozens: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Rights group says the rebel fighters raped underage girls, some as young as 14, in Chenna and Kobo last year. Tigrayan fighters killed civilians and gang-raped dozens of women and underage girls in two towns in Ethiopia’s Amhara region last year, Amnesty International has said. Sarah Jackson, Amnesty’s deputy regional director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, …

Tigray forces say Ethiopian airstrike kills 56 civilians
2 years, 11 months ago

Tigray forces say Ethiopian airstrike kills 56 civilians

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — An airstrike in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has killed at least 56 people at a camp for displaced people, a spokesman for the Tigray forces said Saturday, as the country’s war continues despite the government’s talk of reconciliation. Ethiopia’s conflict shifted in late December, when the Tigray forces fighting Ethiopia’s government withdrew back into the Tigray region …

Ethiopia grants amnesty to high-profile political detainees
2 years, 11 months ago

Ethiopia grants amnesty to high-profile political detainees

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Friday announced an amnesty for some of the country’s most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party officials, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spoke of reconciliation for Orthodox Christmas. “Ethiopia will make any sacrifices to this end.” It was the most dramatic move yet by the government after the …

UN: Ethiopian air strike kills three in camp for Eritrean refugees
2 years, 11 months ago

UN: Ethiopian air strike kills three in camp for Eritrean refugees

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An airstrike that hit a …

‘I cannot escape': New abuses alleged in Ethiopia’s Tigray
3 years ago

‘I cannot escape': New abuses alleged in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — New witness accounts allege that thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been forcibly expelled, detained or killed in one of the most inaccessible areas of Ethiopia’s yearlong war in the latest wave of abuses carried out with machetes, guns and knives. Following a report by The Associated Press early last month citing people who fled, Thursday’s joint statement …

Rights groups report wave of abuses against Tigrayans in Ethiopia
3 years ago

Rights groups report wave of abuses against Tigrayans in Ethiopia

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty and HRW report a surge in abuse by Amhara security forces and militias in western Tigray. Armed forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have stepped up killings, mass detentions and expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in neighbouring western Tigray, according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Amnesty and HRW said they interviewed 31 people in western Tigray by phone in …

Ethiopia seeks to restrict media reporting on yearlong war
3 years ago

Ethiopia seeks to restrict media reporting on yearlong war

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government has issued a new order aiming to restrict media reporting of the country’s yearlong war, prohibiting the sharing of non-official information on “military-related movements, battlefront results and situations.” The statement released late Thursday, which applies to everyone in the country, also warns that “supporting the directly or indirectly in the name of freedom of speech …

Mass arrests of Tigrayans in Ethiopia 'disturbing': U.N.
3 years, 1 month ago

Mass arrests of Tigrayans in Ethiopia 'disturbing': U.N.

The Hindu  

At least 1,000 people have been detained in Ethiopia over the past week, the United Nations said on November 16. The surge in arrests has occurred since the government introduced a state of emergency on November 2 amid fears that the Tigray People's Liberation Front fighters would march on the capital. Ten local U.N. staff, as well as 34 drivers …

How to address the sexual violence epidemic in Ethiopia?
3 years, 1 month ago

How to address the sexual violence epidemic in Ethiopia?

Al Jazeera  

To end sexual and gender-based violence for good, we need to acknowledge the problem is not tied only to conflict. Earlier this month, a joint report by the United Nations and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission exposed how Ethiopia’s brutal and rapidly expanding war has been marked by widespread sexual and gender-based violence. And while the spotlight is currently on …

Ethiopia’s detentions of Tigrayans snare US, UK citizens
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia’s detentions of Tigrayans snare US, UK citizens

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — American and British citizens have been swept up in Ethiopia’s mass detentions of ethnic Tigrayans under a new state of emergency in the country’s escalating war, The Associated Press has found. Ethiopia’s government says it is detaining people suspected of supporting the forces from the Tigray region who are approaching Addis Ababa following a year-long war with …

UN says Ethiopia detains some 70 drivers who deliver aid
3 years, 1 month ago

UN says Ethiopia detains some 70 drivers who deliver aid

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopian authorities have arrested and detained some 70 aid-delivering truck drivers contracted to the United Nations and other groups in the past week, the U.N. said Wednesday, beginning when the government declared a state of emergency amid the country’s escalating war and growing famine. It is the government’s latest slap at the world body after the recent …

Report says Ethiopia’s Tigray forces raped Amhara women
3 years, 1 month ago

Report says Ethiopia’s Tigray forces raped Amhara women

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s rival Tigray forces raped or gang-raped local women after attacking a community in the Amhara region as they pushed toward the country’s capital, a new Amnesty International report says, opening a new front of horror in the yearlong war. The report released early Wednesday, based on interviews with 16 women and local authorities, is the most …

Tigray rebels raped women in Ethiopia’s Amhara region: Amnesty
3 years, 1 month ago

Tigray rebels raped women in Ethiopia’s Amhara region: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty International found evidence of brutal acts committed by TPLF fighters during an offensive in August. Tigrayan rebels raped, robbed and beat several women during an attack on a town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, Amnesty International has found, amid mounting evidence of brutal violence committed during the year-long conflict. “The testimonies we heard from survivors describe despicable acts by TPLF …

People fleeing Ethiopia allege attacks, forced conscription
3 years, 1 month ago

People fleeing Ethiopia allege attacks, forced conscription

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A new round of deadly attacks and forced conscription has begun against ethnic Tigrayans in an area of Ethiopia now controlled by Amhara regional authorities in collaboration with soldiers from neighboring Eritrea, people fleeing over the border to Sudan tell The Associated Press as the yearlong war intensifies. Urgent diplomatic meetings with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and …

Ethiopia compares Tigray forces to ‘rat’ as war marks 1 year
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia compares Tigray forces to ‘rat’ as war marks 1 year

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government marked a year of war by lashing out Thursday in response to international alarm about hate speech, comparing the rival Tigray forces to “a rat that strays far from its hole” and saying the country is close to “burying the evil forces.” The statement from the government communication service, posted on social media and confirmed …

UN report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’
3 years, 1 month ago

UN report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’

Associated Press  

GENEVA — All sides in Ethiopia’s yearlong war in the Tigray region have committed abuses marked by “extreme brutality” that could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights chief said Wednesday, noting “the big numbers of violations” are linked to Ethiopian forces and those from neighboring Eritrea. Despite the report’s shortcomings, Abiy’s office said in …

United Nations report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’
3 years, 1 month ago

United Nations report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’

The Hindu  

The UN human rights chief said on Wednesday that Ethiopia’s yearlong war has been marked by “extreme brutality” as a joint investigation into alleged atrocities faulted all sides for committing abuses, but avoided saying who was the most to blame. The report, a rare collaboration by the U.N. human rights office with the government-created Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, was released …

Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’ from all sides: UN
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’ from all sides: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN probe finds evidence of brutal violence that may amount to crimes against humanity, including gang rape by all combatants. “The United States is increasingly troubled by the expansion of combat operations and intercommunal violence in Ethiopia and is closely monitoring the situation,” a State Department spokesperson said. ‘Brutal violence and suffering’ Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human …

Ethiopia tried to limit rare UN report on Tigray war abuses
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia tried to limit rare UN report on Tigray war abuses

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The findings of the only human rights investigation allowed in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region will be released Wednesday, a year after war began there. Although past joint investigations occurred in Afghanistan and Uganda, the U.N. said, “the current one is unique in terms of magnitude and context.” But Ethiopia’s government has given no basis for expelling U.N. …

Ethiopia accused of limiting rare UN probe on Tigray abuses
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia accused of limiting rare UN probe on Tigray abuses

Al Jazeera  

The joint investigation may be the world’s only official source of information on atrocities in Tigray. Ethiopia has tried to limit a UN human rights investigation into atrocities committed in the blockaded Tigray region, people with knowledge of the probe say. The joint investigation by the UN human rights office and the government-created Ethiopian Human Rights Commission may be the …

Ethiopia’s PM defiant as rival Tigray forces make advances
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia’s PM defiant as rival Tigray forces make advances

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s prime minister has called on citizens to redouble their efforts to combat the rival Tigray forces who claim to have seized key cities on a major highway leading to the capital, while a new wave of detentions of ethnic Tigrayans has begun. A move on the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa is a new phase in …

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis ‘stain on our conscience’: UN
3 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis ‘stain on our conscience’: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths calls for urgent action to stave off famine in the rebel region of Tigray. The crisis in Ethiopia that is pushing the war-scarred Tigray region towards starvation is a “stain on our conscience”, the United Nations humanitarian chief says. Martin Griffiths issued one of the most sharply worded criticisms to date of the worst famine …

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