Ethiopia

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Director of Ethiopia's National Intelligence and Security Service Temesgen Tiruneh vowed to crush the Tigray protection forces , which continued to shut in on Amhara and Afar territories, additional complicating the Tigray War. The intelligence chief has additionally stepped up the tough criticism towards foreign nations he accused of saving the TDF. He didn't, nevertheless, point out the nations he suspected of serving to the Tigray rebels. In a press release on Facebook, Temesgen, who was the…

Egypt finds answer to include Nile water circulate amid Ethiopia's distrust Cairo, Egypt - The present battle between Egypt and Ethiopia over the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam may come to an abrupt finish following Cairo's newest choice which has but to be applied. Ethiopia has maintained that it should fill the dam alongside the Blue Nile regardless of complaints from Sudan…

ENDF condemns troopers "working with" TDF as Tigray battle takes form ADDIS ABABA - Conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray area seems removed from over, following current disciplinary motion in opposition to quite a lot of Ethiopian nationwide protection forces , after days of army trial within the Horn of Africa nation. According to the Addis Ababa Standard, the southern command army court docket has…

The humanitarian disaster is deepening in northern Ethiopia. The War Theater Since November, the province of Tigray has almost a million individuals in a state of famine. The TPLF occasion in Tigray attacked the close by Amhara area in an effort to blow up the humanitarian blockade. But this offensive has displaced greater than 150,000 individuals within the Amhara area, who're struggling to answer the…

Nearly ten months after the start of the Tigray War, fighting continues between Tigray's rebel forces and the Ethiopian Federal Government. After regaining control of Tigray, the rebels are now leading an offensive in two neighboring regions, in Afar and in the Amhara region. The fighting has put about 150,000 people on the road since mid-July. Many took refuge in Dessie. RFI met them in the Addis Fana camp. From his hometown of Kobo to Dessie, Zerfe Molla and his son traveled more than 150 kilometers to escape the…

On Monday, August 23, the United States announced sanctions against a senior Eritrean military official, General Filipos Woldeyohannes. He is accused by Washington of abusing the Eritrean forces in the Tigray conflict. The latter intervened from the beginning of the conflict in this Ethiopian province to support Addis Ababa against the TPLF rebels.…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh of the Somali National Army met Monday with his Ethiopian counterpart, General Birhanu Jula. This was the first major meeting of Rageh, who trained in Uganda, which he is hosting outside of Somalia. Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is also struggling with internal political conflicts. Reports from Ethiopia say the parties have discussed how Somalia will strengthen its defense forces, which have been recovering for more than three decades. Barre was overthrown. In…

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on an Eritrean official it accused of being involved in serious human rights violations in the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where thousands of people have been killed and more 2 million displaced people.…

A senior Eritrean military official has been sanctioned by the United States for "serious human rights abuses" during the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray. The US Treasury Department said that forces under the command of General Filipos Woldeyohannes, Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), were responsible for "massacres, looting and sexual assault". "The Ministry of Finance will continue to take action against those involved in serious human rights violations around the world, including in…

Ethiopia was embroiled in the Tiger War for almost ten months and refused to negotiate a ceasefire. For their part, Western partners want to start talks between rebels in Tigrayan and Addis Ababa, while the conflict has now spread to two neighboring provinces. So far, one failure. And the visit of the US special envoy to the Ethiopian capital is unlikely to change the situation. A week after his arrival, Jeffrey Feltman almost left empty-handed. Twice Foreign Minister of Ethiopia. According to a diplomatic source, he…