Egypt Today The leader of Ethiopia’s ‘Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)’ said; “forces are 40 kilometres away from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa”, reported Al- Arabiyah TV channel on Monday. The Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) announced on Sunday that its forces lie “270 kilometres away from the capital, Addis Ababa”, …
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Ahram Online Ethiopia’s Tigray forces and another eight armed opposition groups announced on Friday forming an alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The alliance seeks political transition after a year of devastating war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The alliance includes the Tigray forces, the Oromo Liberation Army and seven other …
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Egypt Today The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the UN Human Rights Office released a report on Wednesday revealing violations by all parties in the Tigray conflict. The agencies cited violations under the international human rights law, humanitarian and refugee laws, along with possible war crimes and crimes against …
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Ahram Online Washington called on “Tigrayan rebels to withdraw from the Amhara and Afar regions”, in a statement released by the State Department on Saturday. The US urged the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to halt its advances in and around the cities of Dessie and Kombolcha. Tigrayan rebels said …
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Egypt Independent “There are countries in the council manipulating the issue (of the Ethiopian Dam)”, said the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit. He told the Egyptian Sada al-Balad TV channel on Wednesday, in relation to the United Nation’s Security Council resolution on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance …
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Ahram Online Ethiopia announced carrying airstrikes on the capital of the Tigray region on Friday. This is the fourth attack by government forces on the region in a week. “Friday’s strikes targeted a former military training centre, near Mekele, which operates as a battle network hub for the rival Tigray …
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Egypt Independent Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, called for “a specific negotiations timetable on the rules for filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)”, at a press conference on Monday. “There are contacts at different levels and from different countries, but they are not …
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Discussing the possibility of drought in the Arab world. James Zogby* A recent report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) highlights the growing threat posed by the water crisis and drought affecting the future of millions of Arabs across the Middle East. It is …
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Egypt Independent “The crisis in Ethiopia is a stain on our conscience”, the United Nations humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. His remarks came as children of the Tigray region starve to death under what the UN has called a de facto …
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Ahram Online “UN officials must leave Ethiopia within 72 hours. They include five people with the UN humanitarian agency, one with the UN human rights office and the UNICEF representative in the country”, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The Ministry did not give details of …
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