The flights resume as Tigray is reconnected to the national power grid and telecoms services are being restored there. Ethiopian Airlines will resume flights to the capital of the war-torn northern region of Tigray starting on Wednesday, the first commercial flights to Tigray in about 18 months, the airline said in a statement. “The resumption of these flights will enable …
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 …
The Ethiopian government launched an airstrike Friday on the capital of the northern Tigray region, and residents in a city in the neighboring Amhara region said people there were taking flight from intensifying fighting. ‘The whole city is panicking’ The government has stepped up airstrikes on the Tigray capital as fighting has escalated in Amhara, a neighboring region where the …
