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Dashed hopes and limited aid trouble Tigrayans a year after Ethiopia truce
1 year, 2 months 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 …

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Ethiopia’s Tigrayan rebels start handing over heavy weapons
2 years 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 …

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Mediators meet to bolster Ethiopia truce as Tigray conflict dims
2 years 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 …

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Tears, prayers as flights resume to Ethiopia’s Tigray region
2 years ago

Tears, prayers as flights resume to Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

A shutdown of flights and communications for much of the two-year conflict kept many Tigrayans away from their families. Kahssay Hailu sobbed, smiled and said prayers as she stood outside Addis Ababa airport, preparing to board a plane home to Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region. Weeks after her arrival in November that year, a conflict erupted between the federal government and …

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Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights into Tigray region
2 years ago

Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights into Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

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 …

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Ethiopia, Eritrea forces launch new offensive in Tigray: TPLF
2 years, 4 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 …

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Air raid hits capital of Ethiopian Tigray region: Hospital chief
2 years, 4 months ago

Air raid hits capital of Ethiopian Tigray region: Hospital chief

Al Jazeera  

The latest attack follows a hit on a children’s play area on Friday that killed seven people, including women and children. An air raid has hit a neighbourhood near a hospital in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, said the head of another hospital which received casualties, less than a week after fighting shattered a four-month-old ceasefire. Ethiopian government …

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UN condemns deadly air raid that ‘hit kindergarten’ in Tigray
2 years, 4 months ago

UN condemns deadly air raid that ‘hit kindergarten’ in Tigray

Al Jazeera  

UNICEF chief calls on all parties to agree to an ‘immediate cessation of hostilities’ as the federal gov’t denies involvement. The United Nations has condemned an air raid that “hit a kindergarten” in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, killing at least four people, including two children. “UNICEF strongly condemns the air strike in Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray Region, …

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Tigray conflict: Mekelle struck, residents flee Amhara as Ethiopia battle intensifies
3 years, 2 months ago

Tigray conflict: Mekelle struck, residents flee Amhara as Ethiopia battle intensifies

CNN  

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 …

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Tigray mothers share shocking accounts of dire famine conditions
3 years, 3 months ago

Tigray mothers share shocking accounts of dire famine conditions

Al Jazeera  

Testimonies from parents of severely malnourished children, medics, IDPs and residents who beg for food suggest dramatic worsening of situation in Ethiopia’s war-hit region. “It became normal to spend four days eating nothing,” said Girmanesh, who like others tried to survive by eating sparingly whatever crops her relatives from Mekelle could donate. Everyone was like us.” Parents of severely malnourished …

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Ethiopia is falling apart, but Abiy still has a choice
3 years, 6 months ago

Ethiopia is falling apart, but Abiy still has a choice

Al Jazeera  

By allowing the much-needed aid to reach starving Tigrayans, the Ethiopian prime minister may not only save tens of thousands of lives but also prevent his country’s disintegration. Allowing humanitarian access would also be the first step towards reassuring Tigrayans that, whatever the political differences between the federal government and the TPLF, they are still valued as Ethiopian citizens. Abiy’s …

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TPLF says Ethiopian gov’t claim of Mekelle withdrawal a ‘lie’
3 years, 6 months ago

TPLF says Ethiopian gov’t claim of Mekelle withdrawal a ‘lie’

Al Jazeera  

Tigrayan fighters say they forced Ethiopian troops out of the regional capital, but the government insists it was a tactical withdrawal. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said his country’s army pulled out of Mekelle, the capital of the embattled Tigray region, because it was no longer a “centre of gravity for conflicts” – a statement rejected by the Tigrayan …

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Tigray forces say they are in control of capital
3 years, 6 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 …

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Tigray rebels vow to drive out ‘enemies’ after retaking Mekelle
3 years, 6 months ago

Tigray rebels vow to drive out ‘enemies’ after retaking Mekelle

Al Jazeera  

Despite unilateral ceasefire declaration by federal gov’t, Tigrayan leaders say they ‘will carry out all the tasks necessary to ensure the survival and security’ of their people. Regional forces battling government troops in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray pledged to drive out “enemies” from the region, suggesting fighting will continue despite a unilateral ceasefire declaration by the federal administration in Addis Ababa. …

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Ethiopia declares ceasefire as rebels retake Tigray capital
3 years, 6 months ago

Ethiopia declares ceasefire as rebels retake Tigray capital

Al Jazeera  

Developments follow eight months of fighting that United Nations says has pushed region towards famine. Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral ceasefire in its northern Tigray region after rebel fighters retook Mekelle, the regional capital, following nearly eight months of conflict that the United Nations says has pushed 350,000 people to the brink of famine. The statement on the “immediate, unilateral” …

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Tigray's former rulers back in Mekelle, Ethiopian government declares ceasefire
3 years, 6 months ago

Tigray's former rulers back in Mekelle, Ethiopian government declares ceasefire

India Today  

The former rulers of Ethiopia's Tigray region said on Monday they were back in control of the regional capital Mekelle after nearly eight months of fighting, and the government which ousted them declared a unilateral ceasefire with immediate effect. Ethiopia's government said it was declaring a ceasefire following a request from the interim regional administration in Tigray, which Addis Ababa …

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Eight months of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline
3 years, 8 months ago

Eight months of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline

Al Jazeera  

We take a look at some of the most important events of the nearly eight-month conflict in Ethiopia’s northernmost region. In February 2021, Amnesty International says Eritrean soldiers killed “hundreds of civilians” in November in the holy city of Axum in Tigray. Just over a week later, Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have “started to evacuate” Tigray but on April 15, …

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Ethiopia: After CNN reveals Tigray massacre UN rights chief says war crimes may have been committed
3 years, 10 months ago

Ethiopia: After CNN reveals Tigray massacre UN rights chief says war crimes may have been committed

CNN  

CNN — The UN’s high commissioner for human rights has called for an independent investigation into human rights violations that may amount to war crimes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, days after CNN published an exclusive report about a massacre in a village there. On Thursday, Michelle Bachelet said there was a need for an “independent, objective assessment” of the situation …

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Trauma, anger as Tigrayans recount Eritrea troops’ ‘grave crimes’
3 years, 10 months ago

Trauma, anger as Tigrayans recount Eritrea troops’ ‘grave crimes’

Al Jazeera  

Survivors and witnesses in Ethiopia’s embattled region tell Al Jazeera how civilians were raped and killed by troops from neighbouring country. “More than 10 soldiers took turns raping us.” “My husband was killed in our village,” another displaced woman from Mai Kadra said, blaming Eritrean troops, before pleading: “Tell the world we are dying.” Mai Kadra, in western Tigray, was …

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Starvation crisis looms as aid groups seek urgent Tigray access
3 years, 11 months ago

Starvation crisis looms as aid groups seek urgent Tigray access

Al Jazeera  

Humanitarians sound alarm for millions of people in need of emergency assistance in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit northern region. “Humanitarian partners call for unhindered access to people in need.” The document appears to further highlight the gravity of the crisis, as it quotes an Ethiopian regional administrator saying that hundreds of thousands are at risk of starvation if food assistance efforts are …

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Mekelle’s plight: A doctor’s account of Ethiopia’s Tigray war
4 years ago

Mekelle’s plight: A doctor’s account of Ethiopia’s Tigray war

Al Jazeera  

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – It has been more than two weeks since the Ethiopian military took control of Mekelle, the capital of the country’s northern Tigray region, from the now-overthrown regional government. But a testimony given to Al Jazeera by a doctor who worked at Mekelle’s main hospital until their return last week to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, has offered …

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Ethiopia: First foreign aid convoy enters Mekelle, says ICRC
4 years ago

Ethiopia: First foreign aid convoy enters Mekelle, says ICRC

Al Jazeera  

Seven aid trucks deliver medicines, medical equipment and relief supplies to people in Tigrayan capital more than a month after fighting began. The first international aid convoy carrying medicines and relief supplies has arrived in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the International Committee of the Red Cross has said. “It is the first international aid to arrive …

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Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region say Eritrean troops are part of the conflict and the war is far from over
4 years, 1 month ago

Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region say Eritrean troops are part of the conflict and the war is far from over

CNN  

CNN — An official from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front has told CNN the war in Ethiopia is far from over and that Eritrean troops are part of the conflict. “We withdrew from Mekelle because we did not want to give them the pretext to bombard the city back to the stone age, to indiscriminately bombard and destroy the town,” …

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Ethiopia: PM Abiy rejects claims army killed civilians in Tigray
4 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia: PM Abiy rejects claims army killed civilians in Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Abiy Ahmed also told Parliament army would not destroy Tigrayan capital Mekelle after capturing it recently. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said federal troops had not killed a single civilian in their nearly month-long offensive against regional forces in Tigray. On Monday, Tigray leader Debretsion Gebremichael said his forces were still fighting near Mekelle, which fell to government troops after …

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