Ethiopia

How TDF's victory over Ethiopian troops in Mekelle sounds the dying knell for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed NAIROBI, Kenya - After months of combating, the Tigray Protection Forces previously often called the In style Entrance for the Liberation of Tigray ultimately took management of Mekelle, the regional administrative capital of Tigray, of which they misplaced management virtually eight months…

TDF seizes Mekelle as Ethiopian troops withdraw from Tigray NAIROBI, Kenya - The Well-liked Entrance for the Liberation of Tigray in any other case generally known as the Tigray Protection Forces took over Mekelle, the regional administrative capital of the Tigray area, moments after the Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces withdrew . ENDF has been tenting in Tigray since November 2020 in…

The Ethiopian government on Monday night declared a "unilateral and unconditional ceasefire" in Tigray, where forces loyal to the region's former authorities (TPLF) have retaken the capital Mekele, several state media reported. Federal soldiers had left their base in Mekele around 4pm today. With them the members of the Provisional Administration set up by Addis Ababa. Communication was interrupted. The satellite telephones of humanitarian organizations were even confiscated by Ethiopian soldiers. Mekele is therefore…

The Ethiopian authorities on Monday declared a right away, unilateral ceasefire within the Tigray area after practically eight months of lethal battle and a whole bunch of 1000's of individuals dealing with the world's worst starvation disaster in a decade. The assertion from the state media got here shortly after the interim administration in Tigray, appointed by the federal authorities, fled the regional capital, Mekele, and demanded a ceasefire for humanitarian causes in order that desperately wanted…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The latest assault which left three humanitarians useless was sparked by a picture of a Finnish journalist pictured with Getachew Rada, an adviser to the Tigray presidency and a robust former minister within the Ethiopian authorities. Sources inside the Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces say the army has focused MSF staff following the picture of Liselott Lindstrom, a Finnish journalist, which was photographed with Rada, a critic of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration. Of their thoughts,…

In central Tigray, residents accuse the federal army and Eritrean soldiers of committing a bloodbath. An investigation revealed that at least 182 people were reportedly killed on February 10 in a dozen villages, including the town of Abi Adi, where three MSFs were murdered three days ago. With our special correspondent in the…

Generally it's forgotten, however the Comoros is a component of the franc zone, and the foreign money, the Comorian franc, is pegged to the euro, as is the CFA franc. Typically criticized in West and Central Africa, the fastened parity between the franc and the euro within the Comoros can also be questioned by the work of the economist Saandi Mouignidaho, CFA Franc and the emergence within the Comoros,…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Tuesday's airstrike within the Tigray area continues to entice worldwide condemnation with the dying toll now reaching 80, in one in every of the newest massacres towards harmless civilians, who've been focused by the Ethiopian navy. Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces continues the Standard Entrance for the Liberation of Tigray fighters, who opposed Abiy Ahmed's authorities, which took over as prime minister in 2018, however has struggled to impose its authority within the nation. The European…

Motivated by ethnic tensions, the battle in Ethiopia's Tigray area has taken a brand new kind after a authorities flight on civilians amid reviews that troopers had been additionally blocking medical personnel from reaching the location. Maerg was serving his clients at his cafe in Ethiopia's Tigray village of Togoga when the navy airstrike occurred, filling the room with mud and smashing particles that hit him in the pinnacle. "Every little thing was coated in black smoke, it was like hell," he…

In Ethiopia, the outcomes of the legislative elections held on Monday (June 21) ought to be identified on Sunday, based on the Nationwide Election Fee. Few surprises are anticipated given the tense political and safety state of affairs within the nation. Nonetheless, it's on this local weather that crucial Oromo occasion, the Oromo Federalist Congress, which boycotted the election and whose chief is in…