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 expulsion of seven U.N. staffers and the detention of at least 16 local employees as tensions continue over what the U.N. has called a “de facto humanitarian blockade” on Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Wednesday’s statement said the U.N. is seeking the reasons for the drivers’ arrests that occurred starting Nov. 3 in the city of Semera, the gateway for aid convoys struggling to reach Tigray. Urgent diplomatic efforts by the African Union and United States for an immediate cease-fire and talks reported a small window of opportunity this week, but Tigray forces spokesman Getachew Reda in a tweet on Wednesday asserted that “most ‘peace initiatives’ are mainly about saving.

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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 …

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 …

Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuses
1 year, 10 months ago

Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuses

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried out rape, looting and other abuses in the war in neighboring Ethiopia’s Tigray region. “Don’t provoke us” to cause misunderstandings, he added: “Let’s assume that the peace process in Ethiopia is going without obstacles.” Growing visibly irritated with questions, Isaias …

Ethiopian Authorities Interrogating US Citizens in Trapped in Tigray, Detaining Them in Addis Ababa
2 years ago

Ethiopian Authorities Interrogating US Citizens in Trapped in Tigray, Detaining Them in Addis Ababa

News 18  

US citizens trapped in war-torn Tigray are being detained and interrogated by Ethiopian authorities while trying to leave the country, interviews with fleeing people and family members show. Another email by an official at the US House of Representatives also blamed Addis Ababa’s “security vetting requirements preventing the U.S. embassy from moving forward with evacuation plans”. US and Ethiopian authorities …

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 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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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Report: Ethiopia detains many Tigrayans deported from Gulf
2 years, 11 months ago

Report: Ethiopia detains many Tigrayans deported from Gulf

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Officials in Ethiopia have arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared thousands of ethnic Tigrayans who recently were deported from Saudi Arabia, a new Human Rights Watch report says as the country’s deadly Tigray conflict continues. “Tigrayan migrants who have experienced horrific abuse in Saudi custody are being locked up in detention facilities upon returning to Ethiopia,” said Nadia …

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

Ethiopia gov’t outlines terms for possible Tigray ceasefire talks
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia gov’t outlines terms for possible Tigray ceasefire talks

Al Jazeera  

The Ethiopian government has set out conditions for possible ceasefire talks with leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, following days of international diplomatic efforts aimed at halting intensifying hostilities. TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda has previously said that pulling out from Amhara and Afar before talks begin is “an absolute non-starter”. Tigray’s biggest hospital, Ayder Referral Hospital in the capital, …

UN says Ethiopia detained 72 drivers working for WFP
3 years, 1 month ago

UN says Ethiopia detained 72 drivers working for WFP

Al Jazeera  

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says ‘worried’ about mass arrests of Tigrayans, but gov’t denies ethnic profiling. “We are advocating with the government to ensure their safety and the full protection of their legal and human rights.” The government last week announced a six-month nationwide emergency amid rising fears that Tigrayan fighters and allied Oromo Liberation Army rebels could advance on …

Ethiopia detains about 70 drivers who deliver aid as war escalates, the U.N. says
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia detains about 70 drivers who deliver aid as war escalates, the U.N. says

NPR  

Ethiopia detains about 70 drivers who deliver aid as war escalates, the U.N. says NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations says Ethiopian authorities have arrested and detained some 70 truck drivers contracted to the U.N. and other aid groups in the past week since the government declared a state of emergency amid the country's escalating war. Wednesday's statement said the …

Ethiopia detains UN staffers, accuses them of ‘terror act’
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia detains UN staffers, accuses them of ‘terror act’

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 16 United Nations local employees have been detained in Ethiopia’s capital, the U.N. said Tuesday, and a government spokesman asserted they were held for their “participation in terror” under a state of emergency as the country’s yearlong war escalates and ethnic Tigrayans face a new wave of arrests. “They are being detained in facilities against …

UN says 16 local staff detained in Ethiopia’s capital
3 years, 1 month ago

UN says 16 local staff detained in Ethiopia’s capital

Al Jazeera  

UN says ‘actively working’ with federal government to secure release of Ethiopian staff, says ‘no explanation’ given for detentions. Speaking to reporters in New York on Tuesday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the world body was “actively working” with the Ethiopian government to secure the immediate release of those who were still in detention. “We clearly condemned the previous expulsion …

Ethiopian Civil War Rages on as 9 Rebel Groups Team Up and March Towards Capital
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopian Civil War Rages on as 9 Rebel Groups Team Up and March Towards Capital

The Quint  

On Tuesday, 2 November, the Ahmed administration declared a state of emergency and asked its citizens to arm themselves in order to prepare for a siege by rebel forces on Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The justice minister also declared that anyone violating the rules of the emergency would face jail time, especially for providing financial, material or moral …

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 …

U.S. to cut Ethiopia from trade program over rights abuses
3 years, 1 month ago

U.S. to cut Ethiopia from trade program over rights abuses

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he's decided to cut out Ethiopia from a U.S. trade program, setting the path for further sanctions against the African nation over its failure to end a nearly yearlong war in the Tigray region that has led to “gross violations” of human rights. Ethiopia will continue to make every effort to correct any unintended …

Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday as rival Tigray forces threaten to move on the capital and the country’s yearlong war escalates quickly. The emergency declaration by Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers was the clearest sign of alarm yet from the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who a year ago this week allowed soldiers …

Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital

The Hindu  

Ethiopia 's government has declared a national state of emergency as rival Tigray forces threaten to move on the capital as the country's yearlong war escalates quickly. The declaration by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday was the clearest sign of alarm yet from the government of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who a year ago this week allowed soldiers …

US to cut Ethiopia from trade program over rights abuses
3 years, 1 month ago

US to cut Ethiopia from trade program over rights abuses

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he’s decided to cut out Ethiopia from a U.S. trade program, setting the path for further sanctions against the African nation over its failure to end a nearly yearlong war in the Tigray region that has led to “gross violations” of human rights. Ethiopia will continue to make every effort to correct …

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 to expel UN officials amid fears of Tigray famine
3 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia to expel UN officials amid fears of Tigray famine

CNN  

Nairobi, Kenya CNN — Ethiopia is expelling seven senior United Nations officials, just days after the UN’s aid chief warned the war-torn northern Tigray region was descending into famine due to the government’s blockade of aid deliveries. We’re deeply concerned that this action continues a pattern by the Ethiopian government of obstructing the delivery of food, medicine and other lifesaving …

Ethiopia crisis 'stain on our conscience' : UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths
3 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia crisis 'stain on our conscience' : UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths

The Hindu  

The crisis in Ethiopia is a “stain on our conscience,” the United Nations humanitarian chief said, as children and others starve to death in the Tigray region under what the U.N. has called a de facto government blockade of food, medical supplies and fuel. “That’s what keeps people awake at night," Mr. Griffiths said, "is worrying about whether that’s what …

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 …

US threatens new sanctions over conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray
3 years, 3 months ago

US threatens new sanctions over conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Al Jazeera  

The United States has announced a new sanctions regime related to the continuing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, threatening to punish those who prolong the fighting and the resulting humanitarian crisis. “The Executive Order I signed today establishes a new sanctions regime that will allow us to target those responsible for, or complicit in, prolonging the conflict in Ethiopia, obstructing …

Attacks on Eritrean refugees in Tigray ‘clear war crimes’: HRW
3 years, 3 months ago

Attacks on Eritrean refugees in Tigray ‘clear war crimes’: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Eritrean soldiers and Ethiopian rebel fighters raped and killed refugees in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, Human Rights Watch says. Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias raped, detained and killed Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray in attacks that amounted to “clear war crimes”, an international rights watchdog has said. “The horrific killings, rapes, and looting against Eritrean refugees in …

EXPLAINER: Why Ethiopia’s war crisis is deepening by the day
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why Ethiopia’s war crisis is deepening by the day

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States says it is sending a special envoy to Ethiopia as the fast-moving conflict in the Tigray region has spread into neighboring regions and Ethiopia’s government this week called on all able citizens to stop the resurgent Tigray forces “once and for all.” The widening war in Africa’s second-most populous country, with 110 million people, …

Ethiopia accuses aid groups of ‘arming’ Tigray fighters
3 years, 5 months ago

Ethiopia accuses aid groups of ‘arming’ Tigray fighters

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government has accused humanitarian aid groups working in its war-hit Tigray region of “arming” Tigray fighters and threatened to halt some groups’ operations there. “WFP in Ethiopia and elsewhere in the world strictly adheres to the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and operational independence,” the agency said, adding that “WFP’s number one priority is to …

‘I came here to fight': Rare footage of Ethiopia’s Tigray
3 years, 5 months ago

‘I came here to fight': Rare footage of Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

MEKELE, Ethiopia — The 16-year-old girl hoped to go to war. The Tigray leaders have rejected a unilateral cease-fire that Ethiopia’s government announced as its soldiers retreated from Mekele, and they have vowed to chase “enemies” out of the rest of the Tigray region. Only on Monday, days after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the U.N. secretary-general that Tigray …

Tigray forces say they are in control of capital
3 years, 5 months ago

Tigray forces say they are in control of capital

The Hindu  

Tigrayan forces made further gains against Ethiopian government troops and their allies on Tuesday, with a spokesman reporting they were in full control of the regional capital, residents said Eritrean forces had left. “We are 100% in control of Mekelle,” Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, said on Tuesday, referring to the regional capital. The TPLF, an …

Tigray: Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing famine conditions.
3 years, 6 months ago

Tigray: Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing famine conditions.

CNN  

CNN — Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing dire hunger, finds a new report by the United Nations and other aid groups. As of May 2021, a total of 5.5 million people in Tigray and the neighbouring zones of Amhara and Afar are facing “high levels of acute food insecurity” with 353,000 facing catastrophic levels. Alex …

Ethiopian government defends actions in Tigray Region, accuses critics of ‘orchestrated attack’
3 years, 6 months ago

Ethiopian government defends actions in Tigray Region, accuses critics of ‘orchestrated attack’

CNN  

CNN — The Government of Ethiopia has defended its actions in the northern province of Tigray, saying that it “condemns all acts that put the life and dignity of civilians in danger.” In a press statement issued on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s office said it “categorically rejects accusations of decimation of a people as a policy. Thousands of civilians are …

Over 90 percent of people in war-hit Tigray need food aid
3 years, 6 months ago

Over 90 percent of people in war-hit Tigray need food aid

Al Jazeera  

UN’s World Food Programme says hunger levels are increasing in the northern Ethiopian region as it appeals for $203m to scale up the response. A total of 5.2 million people in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, or 91 percent of its population, need emergency food aid, the United Nations has warned. “We are deeply concerned at the number of people we …

Ethiopians denounce US at pro-government rally in Addis Ababa
3 years, 6 months ago

Ethiopians denounce US at pro-government rally in Addis Ababa

Al Jazeera  

More than 10,000 protest US economic and security sanctions on Ethiopia over the conflict in Tigray. Ethiopian pro-government demonstrators have denounced the United States for imposing restrictions on aid over the Tigray conflict, at a huge rally organised by the authorities to show support for their positions. Meddling in ‘internal affairs’ Abiy’s government denounced the US sanctions as “a resolve …

US restricts visas from Ethiopia, Eritrea over Tigray crisis
3 years, 7 months ago

US restricts visas from Ethiopia, Eritrea over Tigray crisis

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States has begun restricting visas for government and military officials of Ethiopia and Eritrea seen as undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying it is time for the international community to take action in a conflict that has sparked allegations of ethnic cleansing and fears of famine. “Despite significant diplomatic engagement, …

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