NEW YORK: A conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could trigger broader destablization in the country, U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council on Wednesday as he warned that …
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The United States said all soldiers from Eritrea should leave Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “immediately.” A State Department spokesperson in an email to The Associated Press cited “credible reports of …
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From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The first humanitarian workers …
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NAIROBI: Ethiopia’s military said on Sunday it had killed 15 members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party and captured eight others, according to state-run TV. Citing a brigadier-general from …
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UM RAKUBA, Sudan — The Um Rakuba refugee camp is filling again, stifling in the afternoon sun in eastern Sudan, and there are children everywhere. Two boys peeped from behind …
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More than two million children in Ethiopia’s Tigray region cut off from humanitarian aid, UN says
Some 2.3 million minors are struggling to get basic humanitarian assistance like treatment for malnourishment, critical vaccines, emergency medicines, and water and sanitation supplies, UNICEF, the UN agency responsible for …
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ADDIS ABABA/KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok arrived in Ethiopia on Sunday with what a senior Sudanese government source said was an offer to mediate in the conflict in its …
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By: AP | Nairobi (kenya) | December 11, 2020 5:17:06 pm Tigray refugee children fight over medical masks and sanitizer given out by Non Governmental Organization Maarif in front of …
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HAMDAYET, Sudan — The armed men who stopped Ashenafi Hailu along the dirt road dragged him by a noose so they could save bullets. Mr. Ashenafi, 24, was racing on …
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By: Deutsche Welle | December 2, 2020 5:37:06 pm Fighting between Ethiopian troops and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is estimated to have killed thousands of people, sent some …
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ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI: The Ethiopian government launched a manhunt on Sunday for leaders of a rebellious faction in the northern region of Tigray after announcing federal troops had taken over the …
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By: Reuters | Addis Ababa, Nairobi | November 29, 2020 7:43:19 am Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (REUTERS) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Saturday that military operations in …
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Ethiopian armed forces are “fully in control” of the city of Mekele after a Saturday offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), according to a statement by the country’s …
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Capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region under control of Ethiopian forces, says PM after intense bombardment
The city was under fierce bombardment earlier on Saturday, a humanitarian source on the ground and eyewitnesses who have fled the city told CNN. Federal police will continue working to …
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia claimed victory in its conflict with the restive region of Tigray on Saturday, after a daylong series of artillery strikes against the regional capital, a …
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More than three weeks of fierce fighting has left thousands dead “including many civilians as well as security forces”, the International Crisis Group said on Friday Heavy shelling struck the …
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ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI: Ethiopian government forces began an offensive to capture the regional capital Mekelle in the rebellious northern Tigray region on Saturday, said a diplomat in direct contact with residents, …
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The TPLF has accused Ethiopia of enlisting Eritrean military support, a charge Ethiopia denies. At least one rocket fired from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region targeted neighbouring Eritrea Friday night, four …
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“The last peaceful gate which had remained open for the TPLF clique to walk through have now been firmly closed,” the statement read, referring to the region’s ruling party, the …
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia said on Thursday that he had ordered a final military offensive into the capital of the northern region of Tigray, a …
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By: Deutsche Welle | Updated: November 24, 2020 9:36:27 pm A humanitarian worker from UNHCR documents Ethiopian refugees. (Source: DW) The UN Security Council is due to hold informal talks …
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“We are not concerned about timing, we are concerned about our final complete success,” said the president of the Tigray region, Debretsion Gebremichael, on Tigray TV Monday night. On Sunday, …
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ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave Tigrayan regional forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the regional capital of Mekelle. “We urge you …
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Abiy’s government has said it will soon reach Mekelle after taking various surrounding towns The Ethiopian government said on Saturday its forces had seized another town in their advance on …