Ethiopian rebels propose humanitarian truce amid drought
2 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopian rebels propose humanitarian truce amid drought

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — An Ethiopian rebel group has proposed a humanitarian truce to facilitate assistance to hungry people in the country’s Oromia region as it warns of famine. The OLA offered “to cooperate with a declaration of humanitarian truce to allow humanitarian agencies to deliver assistance to affected areas,” the statement by spokesman Odaa Tarbii said. The group added it will open a humanitarian corridor if the truce fails, “or until such is negotiated as the government of Ethiopia drags its feet.” A spokesman for Ethiopia’s federal government, Legesse Tulu, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Sunday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appeared to criticize a U.N. effort to ship grain from Ukraine to Ethiopia, saying that “they want to portray a picture that we are being starved.” But the head of a local non-governmental organization in one of the country’s worst affected areas, Konso zone, told The Associated Press hunger is widespread.

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Bloodbath in Ethiopia: 48 killed in restive Oromia region; what's the conflict all about?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bloodbath in Ethiopia: 48 killed in restive Oromia region; what's the conflict all about?

Firstpost  

A burned tank stands near the town of Adwa, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 18, 2021. Image used for representational purpose/Reuters Ethiopia’s human rights commission said Thursday it is investigating the killing of at least 48 people in the conflict-ridden Oromia region, attributing the massacre to armed rebels from the Oromo Liberation Army. The conflict in Oromia Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest region, …

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 …

EU, AU, US say Sudan war and Somalia's tension with Ethiopia threaten Horn of Africa's stability
11 months ago

EU, AU, US say Sudan war and Somalia's tension with Ethiopia threaten Horn of Africa's stability

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Michael Hammer, U.S. special envoy …

EU, AU, US say Sudan war and Somalia’s tension with Ethiopia threaten Horn of Africa’s stability
11 months ago

EU, AU, US say Sudan war and Somalia’s tension with Ethiopia threaten Horn of Africa’s stability

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The African Union, European Union, and United States called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and constructive dialogue between warring factions in Sudan. Michael Hammer, U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa, called on Sudan’s factions to adhere to their obligations under international humanitarian law and to fulfill recent commitments to stop fighting. Hammer said the leader …

Ethiopia talks with Oromo rebel group end without deal for a third time
1 year, 1 month ago

Ethiopia talks with Oromo rebel group end without deal for a third time

Al Jazeera  

The negotiations in Tanzania followed talks in April and May that also failed to produce an agreement. A second round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and a rebel group aimed at ending a decades-old conflict in the country’s largest region Oromiya has ended without a deal, both sides said on Tuesday. The violence in Oromiya has killed hundreds of …

Latest peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and Oromo militants break up without an agreement
1 year, 1 month ago

Latest peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and Oromo militants break up without an agreement

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government and a militant group waging a long-running conflict in the country’s Oromia region have broken up in Tanzania without an agreement, both sides said Tuesday. The Oromo Liberation Army says it is fighting for greater determination for the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, who have long …

Aid agencies back UN’s $7 billion appeal for Horn of Africa crisis
1 year, 7 months ago

Aid agencies back UN’s $7 billion appeal for Horn of Africa crisis

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Humanitarian agencies are calling for full funding of the U.N.'s $7 billion appeal for the Horn of Africa during a pledging conference this week, citing a growing crisis and the need for urgent lifesaving intervention. “Efforts to combat food insecurity need to be urgently scaled up across a wider group of governments, international financial institutions and climate …

Ethiopia PM says negotiations with OLA set to begin this week
1 year, 8 months ago

Ethiopia PM says negotiations with OLA set to begin this week

Al Jazeera  

This marks the first time the Ethiopian government has formally said it would negotiate with the Oromo Liberation Army. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that his government will begin negotiations with the rebel group the Oromo Liberation Army in Tanzania this week. In October, the OLA and another Oromo group blamed the Ethiopian government for air attacks they …

Ethiopia: Aid group says 2 workers killed amid violence
1 year, 8 months ago

Ethiopia: Aid group says 2 workers killed amid violence

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Two aid workers with Catholic Relief Services were killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the aid group said Monday, amid a wave of civil unrest linked to a government decision to dissolve the security forces of the country’s 11 federal states and fold them into the federal forces. The unrest came after the government announced its intention …

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’s PM announces outreach to rebel group in Oromia
1 year, 8 months ago

Ethiopia’s PM announces outreach to rebel group in Oromia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Tuesday his administration is attempting talks with an outlawed rebel group operating mainly in the restive Oromia region. Abiy Ahmed’s comments to lawmakers on outreach to the Oromo Liberation Army came amid efforts to replicate a peace process conducted for the conflict based in the northern Tigray region that saw an agreement signed …

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 …

As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia
2 years ago

As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive what was once one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies. Ethiopian security forces, Oromo insurgents and Amhara militia are all battling each other in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest region, said William Davison, an …

As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia
2 years ago

As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia

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. Ethiopian security forces, Oromo insurgents and Amhara militia are …

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 …

Ethiopia peace deal hailed as a ‘new dawn’
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia peace deal hailed as a ‘new dawn’

Al Jazeera  

World and regional leaders welcome the peace agreement, stressing this is the first step to end the bloody war. Regional and world leaders have hailed the peace agreement between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray rebels, raising hopes for an end to two years of brutal conflict marked by atrocities, including killings, gang rapes and starvation. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

What stagnated the Ethiopia peace process?
2 years, 3 months ago

What stagnated the Ethiopia peace process?

Al Jazeera  

The Ethiopian forces and Tigrayan rebels failed to progress in peace talks during a five-month truce period that ended last month. The deteriorating situation likely contributed to US President Joe Biden’s decision earlier this month to extend sanctions targeting Ethiopian government officials by another year. A flurry of diplomatic efforts ensued, with US’s then Horn of Africa envoy David Satterfield …

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 …

UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia
2 years, 3 months ago

UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia

Al Jazeera  

At least 1 million people in Somalia have been displaced by the worst drought in decades, driven by climate change. The UN humanitarian chief has warned that parts of Somalia are on the brink of famine after being hit by four failed rainy seasons that have caused a devastating drought. In a statement on Monday, Martin Griffiths, head of the …

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 …

UN rights panel says it is alarmed over Ethiopia’s abuses
2 years, 5 months ago

UN rights panel says it is alarmed over Ethiopia’s abuses

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A United Nations rights panel focusing on Ethiopia says it’s alarmed over continued violations and abuses in the East African country. The Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia, created by the U.N. Human Rights Council to investigate abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia, warned the country is experiencing escalating violence and a dire humanitarian crisis. “The …

African Union urges calm in Ethiopia-Sudan border dispute
2 years, 5 months ago

African Union urges calm in Ethiopia-Sudan border dispute

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The African Union says it is deeply concerned by “the escalating military tension” between Ethiopia and Sudan after seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian were killed in a border dispute. Sudan’s Foreign Ministry reported the eight victims had been taken into Ethiopia after the soldiers were held captive in an area inside Sudan on June 22. Sporadic …

More than 100 killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Witnesses
2 years, 6 months ago

More than 100 killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Witnesses

Al Jazeera  

Witnesses say more than 200 people killed in the attacked blamed on the OLA rebels, but no official confirmation on casualty yet. More than 100 people, mostly from the Amhara ethnic group, have been killed in an attack in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to witnesses, who blamed the Oromo Liberation Army for one of the deadliest attacks in recent memory. …

35 children die in Ethiopia’s Afar amid drought, conflict
2 years, 6 months ago

35 children die in Ethiopia’s Afar amid drought, conflict

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 35 children have died in recent weeks due to drought and conflict in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region, according to a local hospital and the medical charity Doctors Without Borders. Fitsum Assefa, Ethiopia’s minister of planning and development, told cabinet members on Monday that 7.4 million people in the South, Oromia and Somali regions need food …

Can Ethiopia build on a truce to end war in Tigray?
2 years, 7 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 to get $300m World Bank grant for reconstruction
2 years, 7 months ago

Ethiopia to get $300m World Bank grant for reconstruction

Al Jazeera  

Fighting in the northern region of Tigray has eased since a unilateral ceasefire was declared by the federal government. Ethiopia and the World Bank have signed a pact for a grant of $300m to assist reconstruction and recovery in conflict-hit areas, the finance ministry said. Fighting that erupted in the northern region of Tigray in November 2020, and spilled over …

UN humanitarian official urges attention to drought in Kenya
2 years, 7 months ago

UN humanitarian official urges attention to drought in Kenya

Associated Press  

TURKANA, Kenya — A top United Nations humanitarian official has raised concern about people going hungry in a remote part of northern Kenya, joining calls for the international community to commit more resources to address the wider region’s drought crisis. “And the world’s misery has not left Turkana, and the world’s rains have not come to Turkana, and we’ve seen …

Ethiopia: Tigrayan fighters agree to ‘cessation of hostilities’
2 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia: Tigrayan fighters agree to ‘cessation of hostilities’

Al Jazeera  

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has agreed to the government’s call for a humanitarian truce, 16 months after the start of the civil war. Tigrayan rebels have agreed to a “cessation of hostilities”, a turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia following the government’s announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce a day earlier. In a statement sent …

Ethiopia declares humanitarian truce in war-ravaged Tigray
2 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia declares humanitarian truce in war-ravaged Tigray

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ethiopia’s government on Thursday announced what it called an “indefinite humanitarian truce” in its war-ravaged Tigray region, saying the action was necessary to allow unimpeded relief supplies into the area. “It should also serve as an essential foundation of an inclusive political process to achieve progress towards common security and prosperity for all the people of Ethiopia.” …

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 …

Insecurity a top issue as African leaders meet in Ethiopia
2 years, 10 months ago

Insecurity a top issue as African leaders meet in Ethiopia

The Hindu  

African leaders are meeting on February 5 at a summit that is expected to discuss the continent’s most pressing challenges, including a new wave of coups in West Africa and a slow response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in his opening remarks called for cooperation among African nations in demanding two permanent seats on the UN …

UN chief cites ‘demonstrable effort’ at peace in Ethiopia
2 years, 11 months ago

UN chief cites ‘demonstrable effort’ at peace in Ethiopia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations secretary-general said Wednesday he was delighted to hear “there is now a demonstrable effort to make peace” in Ethiopia after more than 14 months of war, but he gave no details. Antonio Guterres’ statement came after a call with African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo following the envoy’s latest visit to Addis Ababa and the …

U.N. says 22 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2022
3 years ago

U.N. says 22 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2022

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — An estimated 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022, according to a United Nations report. “Humanitarian needs remain high in several parts of Ethiopia with at least 20 million people requiring some form of humanitarian assistance until the end of the year,” the report says adding the number of people depending on emergency food assistance …

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 …

Ethiopia to US: Stop spreading ‘false information’ about war
3 years ago

Ethiopia to US: Stop spreading ‘false information’ about war

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Thursday warned the United States against “spreading false information” as fighting in the country’s yearlong war draws closer to the capital, Addis Ababa, while thousands protested outside the U.S. and British embassies. Ethiopia’s war is not only against forces from the country’s Tigray region “but also with colonialism of the powerful states of the …

Ethiopia says PM, a Nobel Peace laureate, is at battlefront
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia says PM, a Nobel Peace laureate, is at battlefront

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has gone to the battlefront, his government announced Wednesday, after the leader said martyrdom might be necessary in the yearlong war with rival fighters approaching the capital. “It might be necessary to rescue what looks like a very faltering Ethiopian military response.” The Tigray forces, who had long dominated the national …

Ethiopia ‘descending into widening civil war’: UN
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia ‘descending into widening civil war’: UN

Al Jazeera  

Along with AU envoy, UN’s Rosemary DiCarlo called for an immediate cessation of hostilities as crisis in Tigray widens. UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo has said the risk of Ethiopia “descending into widening civil war is only too real”, adding that the political repercussions of “intensifying violence in the wider region would be immense, compounding the many crises besetting the …

Rebels are closing in on Ethiopia's capital. Its collapse could bring regional chaos
3 years, 1 month ago

Rebels are closing in on Ethiopia's capital. Its collapse could bring regional chaos

NPR  

Rebels are closing in on Ethiopia's capital. Its collapse could bring regional chaos Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP A year after civil war erupted between the Ethiopian government and its Eritrean and ethnic militia allies on one side, and soldiers hailing from the northern region of Tigray on the other, a once-unlikely scenario looks like a real possibility: …

US orders some employees to leave Ethiopia as war escalates
3 years, 1 month ago

US orders some employees to leave Ethiopia as war escalates

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States is ordering non-emergency government employees and their families to leave Ethiopia and urging other U.S. citizens that they should “depart now” as the country’s war escalates and fighters approach the capital of Addis Ababa. Ethiopia’s government this week declared a national state of emergency as rival Tigray forces and allied fighters seized key cities …

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 …

The AP Interview: Ethiopia crisis ‘stain on our conscience’
3 years, 2 months ago

The AP Interview: Ethiopia crisis ‘stain on our conscience’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — 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,” Griffiths said, “is worrying about whether …

‘I just cry': Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
3 years, 3 months ago

‘I just cry': Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. Now internal documents and witness accounts reveal the first starvation deaths since Ethiopia’s government in June imposed what the U.N. calls “a de facto humanitarian aid blockade.” Forced starvation is the latest chapter in a conflict where ethnic Tigrayans have been massacred, gang-raped …

UN chief says ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ unfolding in Ethiopia
3 years, 3 months ago

UN chief says ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ unfolding in Ethiopia

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres tells the UN Security Council the conflict in Tigray is threatening the country’s social fabric. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the Security Council the conflict in Ethiopia has spread beyond the Tigray region and “a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes”. Meanwhile, Debretsion Gebremichael, leader of Tigray forces that the government attacked in November, expressed his …

UN says humanitarian conditions ‘hellish’ in Ethiopia’s war
3 years, 4 months ago

UN says humanitarian conditions ‘hellish’ in Ethiopia’s war

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations secretary-general said Thursday that humanitarian conditions in Ethiopia are “hellish” as the nine-month Tigray conflict spreads in Africa’s second most populous country. Antonio Guterres told reporters that the spread of the fighting “has ensnared even more people in its horror.” Thousands of people have been killed since November, hundreds of thousands inside Tigray face …

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