Ethiopia’s Tigray forces enter neighboring Afar region, Afar says
3 years, 5 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces enter neighboring Afar region, Afar says

CNN  

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia CNN — Forces from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighboring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of an eight-month-old conflict into a previously untouched area. Tigrayan fighters crossed into Afar on Saturday and Afar forces and allied militias were still fighting them on Monday, Afar spokesman Ahmed Koloyta said. He said that Tigrayan forces had repelled militias from Ethiopia’s Oromiya region who had been sent to fight alongside the Afar regional forces. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Aid convoy attacked TPLF leaders have said they will keep fighting until they regain control of disputed territory in the south and west of Tigray, which was seized during the fighting by the government’s allies from Amhara region.

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Eritrean troops are accused of abducting farmers and stealing livestock in Ethiopia’s Tigray
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Eritrean troops are accused of abducting farmers and stealing livestock in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

Eritrean troops are abducting farmers and stealing hundreds of livestock in border regions of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, 15 months after a cease-fire ended a civil war there and called for their withdrawal, according to an aid memo seen by The Associated Press. Yemane Gebremeskel, Eritrea’s information minister, denied the allegations, telling the AP on Friday that the reports of livestock …

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 …

What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple guide
1 year, 4 months ago

What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple guide

Al Jazeera  

Tensions between local militiamen and federal forces sparked Ethiopia’s most serious security crisis since the two-year civil war in Tigray. Fierce fighting broke out last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region. Tensions have been rising since April, when the federal government announced it was …

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 …

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?
1 year, 7 months ago

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?

Al Jazeera  

The countries have a long history of getting involved in each other’s affairs, leading to fears of a regional crisis as fighting in Sudan persists. With the tables now turned, Amhara armed groups could take advantage of the civil war in Sudan by launching an attack on the Sudanese army in el-Fashaga, according to Hubert Kinkoh, an expert on the …

Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region
1 year, 11 months ago

Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

Forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region who fought in support of federal troops during the two-year civil war in neighbouring Tigray have withdrawn in line with an African Union-backed ceasefire, the army says. The agreement was signed by Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a party that dominates the region. The restoration of basic services in Tigray, resumption …

Eritrean soldiers leaving parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray – witnesses
1 year, 11 months ago

Eritrean soldiers leaving parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray – witnesses

Al Jazeera  

Eritrean withdrawals from two main towns in Tigray follow a truce signed by regional rebels and Ethiopia’s government. Eritrean soldiers, who fought in support of Ethiopia’s federal government during its two-year civil war in the northern Tigray region, are pulling out of two big towns and headed towards the border, witnesses and an Ethiopian official told the Reuters news agency. …

Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Ethiopia's Tigray
2 years ago

Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Ethiopia's Tigray

The Independent  

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Tigray forces in Ethiopia say 65% of fighters left the front line
2 years ago

Tigray forces in Ethiopia say 65% of fighters left the front line

Al Jazeera  

Withdrawal reported as federal and Tigray regional governments finalise a plan on how to disarm the rebels. “We have accomplished 65 percent disengagement of our army,” Tadesse Wereda, commander-in-chief of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front said in a video posted on the TPLF’s Facebook page late on Saturday. It pitted the Tigrayan forces against federal troops and their allies, which …

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 …

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

The Independent  

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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 …

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, …

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

The Independent  

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Witnesses allege Eritrean abuses during Ethiopia peace talks
2 years, 1 month ago

Witnesses allege Eritrean abuses during Ethiopia peace talks

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Even as Ethiopia’s warring sides attend their first formal peace talks in a devastating two-year conflict, witnesses in the country’s embattled Tigray region tell The Associated Press that forces from neighboring Eritrea are killing some civilians and looting as they and allied Ethiopian forces head for the regional capital. In Shire, a staffer with an international humanitarian …

Ethiopians protest against outsiders amid Tigray conflict
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopians protest against outsiders amid Tigray conflict

The Independent  

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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 …

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

Calls grow for Ethiopia peace effort as fighting intensifies

The Independent  

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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 …

Satellite images show Eritrea military buildup near Tigray
2 years, 2 months ago

Satellite images show Eritrea military buildup near Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — New satellite imagery of one of the world’s most reclusive nations shows a military buildup inside Eritrea near the border with Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, backing up witness accounts of a new, large-scale offensive. The satellite imagery provided by Maxar Technologies shows what Maxar described as battle tanks, self-propelled howitzers and a M-46 field gun battery in …

Satellite images show Eritrea military buildup near Tigray
2 years, 2 months ago

Satellite images show Eritrea military buildup near Tigray

The Independent  

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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  

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 U.N.-backed investigators said Thursday they …

Eritrea accused of starting offensive on Ethiopia’s Tigray
2 years, 3 months ago

Eritrea accused of starting offensive on Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Eritrea on Tuesday launched a full-scale offensive along the country’s border with northern Ethiopia in what appeared to be an escalation of last month’s renewal of fighting against Tigray forces. Later Tuesday, Tigrayan authorities, in a statement citing the region’s “existential challenge,” asked their people to make themselves ”fully available for the all-round war we are waging …

Tigrayan forces accuse Eritrea of launching offensive
2 years, 3 months ago

Tigrayan forces accuse Eritrea of launching offensive

Al Jazeera  

US special envoy for the Horn of Africa condemns the crossing of Eritrean troops into Ethiopia’s Tigray region amid renewed fighting. The Eritreans are fighting alongside Ethiopian federal forces, including commando units, as well as allied militias, said Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, on Tuesday. “We have been tracking Eritrean troops’ movement across the border …

Eritrea mobilizes its soldiers, raising Tigray fears
2 years, 3 months ago

Eritrea mobilizes its soldiers, raising Tigray fears

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrea is mobilizing its armed forces and appears to be sending them to Ethiopia to aid its neighbor’s war in the Tigray region, according to activists and international authorities. Eritrean rights activist Meron Estefanos told The Associated Press that her cousin was called up “and is somewhere in Ethiopia fighting and we don’t know if he is …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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
2 years, 4 months ago

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

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s military has launched a “large-scale” offensive for the first time in a year in the northern Tigray region, Tigray authorities alleged Wednesday, while the government countered that Tigray forces attacked first. On Wednesday, the United Nations said Tigray forces “forcibly entered” a World Food Program warehouse in the regional capital, Mekele, and took 12 fuel tankers …

UN calls for ceasefire amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia
2 years, 4 months ago

UN calls for ceasefire amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia

Al Jazeera  

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he was shocked by renewed fighting around the northern region of Tigray in Ethiopia and appealed for an immediate ceasefire. UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was “deeply shocked” by the renewed fighting and appealed for an “immediate cessation of hostilities” and for the resumption of peace talks, full humanitarian access and the re-establishment …

Fighting resumes in Ethiopia despite truce – Tigray forces
2 years, 4 months ago

Fighting resumes in Ethiopia despite truce – Tigray forces

Al Jazeera  

The fighting marks the end of a ceasefire observed since March and could worsen the humanitarian crisis in the northern Tigray region. Fighting has erupted between forces from Ethiopia’s rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces around the town of Kobo, residents and the spokesman for the Tigrayan forces said on Wednesday, ending a months-long ceasefire. “Last week, …

‘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 says ready for talks with Tigray forces ‘anytime’
2 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopia says ready for talks with Tigray forces ‘anytime’

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A senior Ethiopian official says the government is ready for talks with rival forces from the country’s northern Tigray region “anytime, anywhere” and without preconditions, in a notable break from the past. Redwan tweeted after meeting with special envoys from the United Nations, the European Union and the United States, adding that the African Union continental body …

Biggest aid convoy since cease-fire nears Ethiopia’s Tigray
2 years, 6 months ago

Biggest aid convoy since cease-fire nears Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The biggest convoy of aid since Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral “humanitarian cease-fire” in the country’s long-encircled Tigray region two months ago has departed for Tigray, a U.N. official told The Associated Press, as the conflict gripping Africa’s second most populous nation continued to ease. Ethiopia’s government in March declared the humanitarian cease-fire to allow aid to …

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 …

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