Ethiopia declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray
2 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Ethiopia’s government has declared “an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately”, saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid into the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands face starvation. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government “is committed to exert maximum effort to facilitate the free flow of emergency humanitarian aid into the Tigray region,” it said in a statement on Thursday. “The government of Ethiopia hopes that this truce will substantially improve the humanitarian situation on the ground and pave the way for the resolution of the conflict in northern Ethiopia without further bloodshed.” A spokesman for the Tigrayan forces did not respond to a request for comment on the announcement, which followed a visit by the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, David Satterfield, to the capital Addis Ababa this week. “The UK welcomes the Government of Ethiopia’s decision to announce an indefinite humanitarian truce, and to ensure unimpeded access of aid into Tigray.

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Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children
9 months, 1 week ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children

LA Times  

Ethiopian women gather at a community meeting in Mai Mekden, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Feb. 26. The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. Another …

Ethiopia's Tigray Region is Now Peaceful, but Extreme Hunger Afflicts Its Children
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ethiopia's Tigray Region is Now Peaceful, but Extreme Hunger Afflicts Its Children

News 18  

The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. Another with 1-year-old twins said she needed sachets of baby food to keep “my babies alive.” Tigray is now peaceful but …

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children

Associated Press  

NEBAR HADNET, Ethiopia — The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. Another with 1-year-old twins said she needed sachets of baby food to keep “my babies alive.” Tigray …

Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid

New Indian Express  

KAMPALA, Uganda: Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the national ombudsman said Tuesday, a rare admission of hunger-related deaths by a federal body. Only a small fraction of needy people in Tigray are receiving food aid, according to an aid memo seen by The Associated Press, more than one month …

Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the national ombudsman said Tuesday, a rare admission of hunger-related deaths by a federal body. The memo urges humanitarian groups to “immediately scale up” their operations, warning that “failure to take swift action now will result in severe food insecurity and …

Millions urgently need food in Ethiopia's Tigray region despite the resumption of aid deliveries
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Millions urgently need food in Ethiopia's Tigray region despite the resumption of aid deliveries

The Independent  

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Ethiopia says disputed western Tigray will be settled in a referendum and displaced people returned
1 year, 1 month ago

Ethiopia says disputed western Tigray will be settled in a referendum and displaced people returned

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s federal government says the future of contested land in its northern Tigray region will be settled by a referendum, and hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people will be returned. The disputed status of western Tigray, a patch of fertile land bordering Sudan, was a key flashpoint in the two-year conflict between the Tigray People’s …

Dashed hopes and limited aid trouble Tigrayans a year after Ethiopia truce
1 year, 1 month ago

Dashed hopes and limited aid trouble Tigrayans a year after Ethiopia truce

Al Jazeera  

Many Tigrayans say they can’t return home despite the ceasefire because forces allied with the federal government still occupy parts of the region. Life had been upended in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent federal troops and allied fighters from the neighbouring Amhara region and Eritrea there in November 2020. “I have fears that …

Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the cease-fire there
1 year, 2 months ago

Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the cease-fire there

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November. Tigray in total has 88 subdistricts and 643 displacement camps, so the number of hunger deaths across the region is almost certainly far higher. The study’s findings are described in a document seen …

Researchers verify 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since cease-fire
1 year, 2 months ago

Researchers verify 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since cease-fire

LA Times  

A woman scoops up wheat from a relief agency to be allocated to waiting families in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November. Tigray has 88 subdistricts and 643 displacement camps, so the number of hunger deaths …

US says it’s horrified by conditions in Ethiopia after theft leads to food aid pause and deaths
1 year, 5 months ago

US says it’s horrified by conditions in Ethiopia after theft leads to food aid pause and deaths

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States humanitarian agency told The Associated Press it is horrified by conditions in Ethiopia, where local officials have reported hundreds of hunger deaths in recent weeks after the U.S. and the United Nations paused food aid for one-sixth of the country’s population over massive theft of the aid. In an unusually strong statement emailed to …

USAID says it is halting all food aid to Ethiopia amid diversions
1 year, 6 months ago

USAID says it is halting all food aid to Ethiopia amid diversions

Al Jazeera  

The aid agency cites ‘a widespread and coordinated campaign’ to divert aid in Ethiopia, where 20 million people are in need. The United States aid agency USAID has announced it is halting food aid to all of Ethiopia, a month after pausing aid to the war-torn Tigray region, citing illicit diversions. The statement did not say who was behind the …

China, Ethiopia to enhance bilateral ties
1 year, 6 months ago

China, Ethiopia to enhance bilateral ties

China Daily  

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang meets with Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen in Beijing on Thursday. China expressed its support to the peace process in Ethiopia on Thursday, saying it stands ready to enhance bilateral cooperation to facilitate postwar reconstruction and development in the Horn of Africa country. State Councilor and Foreign Minister …

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw
1 year, 7 months ago

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw

Al Jazeera  

Tigray residents say Ethiopia’s allies – Eritrean troops and soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region – are yet to leave, despite a truce. Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region to demand the return of people displaced by a two-year war there and the withdrawal of outside forces now that the conflict has ended. They held …

UN agency suspends food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray amid theft
1 year, 7 months ago

UN agency suspends food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray amid theft

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations food relief agency has suspended aid deliveries to Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region amid an internal investigation into the theft of food meant for hungry people, according to four humanitarian workers. WFP informed its humanitarian partners on April 20 that it was temporarily suspending deliveries of food to Tigray amid reports of food misappropriation, one …

Eritrea’s government should not be allowed to harm peace in Ethiopia
1 year, 8 months ago

Eritrea’s government should not be allowed to harm peace in Ethiopia

Al Jazeera  

President Isaias Afwerki’s determination to continue his feud with the TPLF is jeopardising stability in Ethiopia and the wider region. First and foremost, the Eritrean government’s insistence on keeping its troops in Tigray and supporting Amhara groups could undermine the efforts of the international community to build a sustainable peace architecture in Tigray and trigger a new conflict in Ethiopia. …

Ethiopia sets up Tigray interim gov’t as part of peace plan
1 year, 9 months ago

Ethiopia sets up Tigray interim gov’t as part of peace plan

Al Jazeera  

The move comes a day after Ethiopia’s parliament voted to remove the TPLF from a list of ‘terrorist’ organisations. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has established an interim administration for the Horn of Africa country’s northern region of Tigray, a key step in the implementation of a peace plan to end the war there. The interim administration was set up …

Blinken says Ethiopia must do more on Tigray peace deal
1 year, 9 months ago

Blinken says Ethiopia must do more on Tigray peace deal

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia needs to make more progress implementing a peace agreement with its northern Tigray region before relations with the U.S. are normalized, visiting Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. Speaking in Addis Ababa, Blinken said Ethiopia must ensure “there are no ongoing gross violations of human rights” and establish an “inclusive and credible” transitional justice process …

Blinken in Ethiopia as country recovers from Tigray conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

Blinken in Ethiopia as country recovers from Tigray conflict

The Independent  

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US’s Blinken meets Ethiopian leaders to repair bilateral ties
1 year, 9 months ago

US’s Blinken meets Ethiopian leaders to repair bilateral ties

Al Jazeera  

Blinken’s trip is the latest in a series of visits to Africa by senior US officials as the US looks to reinforce ties with the continent amid competition from China and Russia. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Ethiopia’s foreign minister in Addis Ababa, as both governments look to repair relations following friction over the two-year war …

Ethiopia PM meets Tigray leaders for first time since peace deal
1 year, 10 months ago

Ethiopia PM meets Tigray leaders for first time since peace deal

Al Jazeera  

Abiy Ahmed holds first face-to-face talks with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was agreed in November. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has held his first face-to-face talks on Friday with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was inked ending two years of war, officials and state media said. Abiy met senior leaders of the Tigray region forces on Friday …

Ethiopia’s Tigrayan rebels start handing over heavy weapons
1 year, 11 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigrayan rebels start handing over heavy weapons

Al Jazeera  

The disarmament is a key part of the peace deal signed two months ago between the government and the rebel group. Tigrayan rebels have begun handing in their heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed more than two months ago to end a gruelling conflict in northern Ethiopia, a spokesman for the rebel authorities said. The terms of …

Mediators meet to bolster Ethiopia truce as Tigray conflict dims
1 year, 11 months ago

Mediators meet to bolster Ethiopia truce as Tigray conflict dims

Al Jazeera  

The mediators are meeting amid slow implementation of the truce and as aid workers say Eritrean troops remain. Mediators between Ethiopia’s federal government and authorities in the Tigray region, embroiled until last month in a brutal war, are stepping up efforts to enforce a truce as relations between the two sides inch closer towards normality. After more than a month’s …

Ethiopian federal government delegation heads to Tigray
1 year, 11 months ago

Ethiopian federal government delegation heads to Tigray

Al Jazeera  

The federal government and Tigrayan forces signed an agreement to permanently cease hostilities after two years of fighting that killed thousands and displaced millions. A delegation from the Ethiopian federal government is on its way to the northern region of Tigray to oversee the implementation of last month’s peace agreement, the government communication service has said. This is the first …

Ethiopia says new talks begin inside Tigray on disarmament
2 years ago

Ethiopia says new talks begin inside Tigray on disarmament

The Independent  

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Ethiopia PM Abiy vows ‘honest’ implementation of Tigray truce
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia PM Abiy vows ‘honest’ implementation of Tigray truce

Al Jazeera  

Under the implementation deal, humanitarian aid is to be allowed into Tigray, where rebels are expected to be disarmed. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed on Tuesday “to implement honestly” a ceasefire agreement between his government and forces in Tigray, which he said was necessary to ensure peace proved sustainable. The truce signed on November 2 agreed to end two …

Ethiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control

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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 …

New round of peace talks between Ethiopia, Tigray reps
2 years, 1 month ago

New round of peace talks between Ethiopia, Tigray reps

The Independent  

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Analysis: Can Ethiopia iron out issues after AU peace deal?
2 years, 1 month ago

Analysis: Can Ethiopia iron out issues after AU peace deal?

Al Jazeera  

Ahead of the second anniversary of the start of Ethiopia’s civil war, there are concerns about the latest peace deal. “Today is the beginning of a new dawn for Ethiopia,” said former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU’s lead envoy overseeing the talks, moments after Ethiopia’s lead negotiator Redwan Hussein and Tigrayan counterpart Getachew Reda signed and shook hands. “In …

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years

Associated Press  

PRETORIA, South Africa — Ethiopia’s warring sides agreed Wednesday to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a conflict believed to have killed hundreds of thousands, but enormous challenges lie ahead, including getting all parties to lay down arms or withdraw. A draft text of the agreement, shared with The Associated Press by a diplomat, says Tigray forces will be disarmed, …

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years

The Independent  

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Ethiopia: Government, Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia: Government, Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war

Al Jazeera  

African Union says Ethiopia’s government and Tigrayan forces formally agree to end fighting after talks in South Africa. The parties in the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray have agreed on a “permanent cessation of hostilities”, the African Union mediator said, just more than a week after formal peace talks began in South Africa. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, …

Peace talks on Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict are extended
2 years, 1 month ago

Peace talks on Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict are extended

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Peace talks between warring sides on Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict have been extended into this week, while the country’s prime minister complained in comments broadcast Monday about “lots of intervention from left and right” in the process. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, speaking to the China Global Television Network, said “we’re working towards peace” and asserted that Ethiopians can …

Peace talks on Ethiopia's Tigray conflict are extended
2 years, 1 month ago

Peace talks on Ethiopia's Tigray conflict are extended

The Independent  

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Ethiopian Civil War: Peace Talks between Govt and Tigray Rebels Begin
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopian Civil War: Peace Talks between Govt and Tigray Rebels Begin

News 18  

The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region opened in South Africa on Tuesday. They “have been convened to find a peaceful and sustainable solution to the devastating conflict,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesman Vincent Magwenya told reporters, adding that they would run until October 30. Amnesty appeal In …

Ethiopia’s warring sides meet for talks in South Africa
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia’s warring sides meet for talks in South Africa

Al Jazeera  

The event marks the first formal meeting between the Ethiopian government and Tigray forces since the war broke out in November 2020. Delegates of the Ethiopian government and rival Tigray forces have started peace talks in Pretoria, the South African government has said, marking the first formal meeting between the two warring sides after nearly two years of bloody conflict. …

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 …

Ethiopian army captures several towns in war-torn Tigray
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopian army captures several towns in war-torn Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Rebel forces concede the loss of Shire as the UN warns over air attacks’ ‘devastating impact’ on civilians. The Ethiopian military has taken control of three towns from rebel forces in the war-torn northern Tigray region, the government said, amid growing alarm about the resurgent conflict pitting federal forces and their allies against Tigrayan rebels. “The ENDF has taken control …

UN chief: war in Ethiopia’s Tigray must end, Eritrea exit
2 years, 2 months ago

UN chief: war in Ethiopia’s Tigray must end, Eritrea exit

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief on Monday demanded an immediate end to hostilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and withdrawal of Eritrean forces fighting alongside the government, saying “violence and destruction have reached alarming levels” and “civilians are paying a horrific price.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that “there is no military solution” to the nearly two-year conflict between …

Ethiopia says it will seize airports in rebel-held Tigray region
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia says it will seize airports in rebel-held Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

Addis Ababa says it will also take over other key infrastructure in the northern region. Ethiopia aims to seize airports and other key infrastructure in the north of the country currently under the control of Tigray regional forces, the government said even as it stated it wanted a negotiated solution. “It is … imperative that the government of Ethiopia assumes …

Calls grow for Ethiopia peace effort as fighting intensifies
2 years, 2 months ago

Calls grow for Ethiopia peace effort as fighting intensifies

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Diplomats are calling on Ethiopia ’s federal authorities and their rivals in the northern region of Tigray to agree to a cease-fire as heavy fighting raises growing humanitarian fears. African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed “grave concern” in a statement Sunday over the fighting and called for an “immediate, unconditional cease-fire and the resumption …

AU calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
2 years, 2 months ago

AU calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

The call for a truce comes as the pan-African body makes efforts to bring the warring sides to negotiating table. The African Union’s chief has called for an “immediate, unconditional ceasefire” in the two-year-old conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. An AU statement, released on Saturday, said Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat is “following with great concern reports of increased fighting …

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, Tigray head invited to peace talks in South Africa
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia, Tigray head invited to peace talks in South Africa

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The leader of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and the federal government have been invited to peace talks in South Africa this weekend as part of a pan-African effort to end one of the world’s most overlooked wars, according to a letter seen Wednesday by The Associated Press. In a statement, he said he is ready to send …

Ethiopia, Tigray leaders invited for talks in South Africa
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia, Tigray leaders invited for talks in South Africa

Al Jazeera  

A diplomat in Addis Ababa has said the African Union is still waiting for a response from the Tigrayan side. The leader of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and the federal government have been invited to peace talks in South Africa this weekend as part of a pan-African effort to end one of the world’s most overlooked wars. According to a …

What Ethiopia and Tigray need for peace talks to succeed
2 years, 3 months ago

What Ethiopia and Tigray need for peace talks to succeed

Al Jazeera  

An impartial mediator, political will and a fraction of the world’s attention that Ukraine has received would help. On September 11, 2022 – the Ethiopian New Year – the government of Tigray expressed its readiness to resume negotiations brokered by the African Union, effectively putting the ball in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s court. Ethiopia needs to recognise the TDF as …

Ethiopia needs the world to hold Tigray’s TPLF to its word
2 years, 3 months ago

Ethiopia needs the world to hold Tigray’s TPLF to its word

Al Jazeera  

The international community now has an urgent choice to make — one it has so far shied away from. It can either pressure the Tigray People’s Liberation Front to end its violence and enter peace talks, or it can remain silent and embolden them to expand their offensive. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have documented the TPLF’s use of …

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 …

Renewed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said widening
2 years, 3 months ago

Renewed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said widening

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Officials in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region allege that Ethiopian forces have again teamed up with those from neighboring Eritrea to attack the northern area. Ethiopia’s government did not comment Thursday after the allegations by the Tigray External Affairs Office and by Tigray forces spokesman Getachew Reda, who said a “massive” offensive had begun in northwestern Tigray. In …

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