Egypt Today As the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces advance towards the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed transferred his powers to his deputy and headed to the war front on Wednesday. Ethiopians live in a state of confusion and fear amid speculations that the regime is …
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Ahram Online The United Nations will evacuate family members of international staff from war torn Ethiopia, as rebels claim to be advancing closer to the capital on Tuesday. “An internal UN security order asked the organisation to coordinate the evacuation and ensure that all eligible family members of internationally recruited …
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Ahram Online On Thursday, Ethiopia outlined conditions for possible negotiations with rebels from the country’s war-hit Tigray region. The decision came after days of frantic diplomatic efforts by international envoys to stem in fighting. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has been locked in a year-long war with the Tigray People’s …
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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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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 “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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Egypt Independent “Dozens of women have described shocking sexual assaults by Ethiopian soldiers and allied forces in the country’s Tigray conflict”, an Amnesty International report revealed on Wednesday. “All of these forces from the very beginning, everywhere, and for a long period of time felt it was perfectly OK with …
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