Ethiopia

Ethiopia says it has begun the next phase of filling a controversial mega-dam on the Nile, Egyptian authorities said on Monday, raising tensions ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council on the issue. Egypt said the move was "a violation of international laws and standards governing projects built on the common basins of international rivers", and had expressed its "firm refusal to take this unilateral action", its Ministry of Irrigation said in a statement late Monday. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…

Ethiopia's Somali region raises funds for victims of Tigray atrocities JIGJIGA, Ethiopia - Leaders from the Somali region of Ethiopia have launched a fundraiser aimed at raising funds for victims of atrocities in the Tigray region, as part of one of the latest humanitarian efforts to reduce loss of life possible due to hunger. In the past seven months, the Tigray region has been the scene of…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan rebels to put an end to a real ceasefire. The northern region of Ethiopia has been under the control of the Tiger Defense Forces (TDF) again since Tuesday, but fighting continues and humanitarian aid is virtually frozen. In this context, the Tigrayan leader Debretsion Gebremichael came out of his silence in an…

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: rebel resurgence questions Abiy Ahmed Rebel capture of Tigray's capital Mekelle is a milestone in the eight-month conflict in northern Ethiopia, which has killed thousands and left millions in desperate need of food and other assistance. Will this be a turning point in the war? The Ethiopian government withdrew its troops after months of fighting, sparking celebrations…

In Ethiopia, the Human Rights Commission, independent but linked to the federal authorities, expresses "its deep concern" over the situation of civilians in the Tigray region and calls for "urgent measures to ensure their safety and security", in a rare press release published on Saturday 3 July . This institution, which is currently conducting investigations with the UN on crimes committed during the…

More than 400,000 people are now starving in Ethiopia's Tigray region, a UN official said on Friday, calling for immediate humanitarian action to help the millions affected by the brutal eight-month conflict. Fighting between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) resumed last month when rebels launched a major counter-offensive that saw them retake their regional capital, Mekele. This week, two key bridges that desperately needed help for the region were destroyed,…

More than 400,000 people have "crossed the threshold of famine" in Tigray, a region in northern Ethiopia at war for eight months, a senior UN official warned on Friday. The organization also urges the rebels to apply the ceasefire decided by Ethiopia. The situation in Tigray has "dramatically worsened", the UN Deputy Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs…

UN confronts Ethiopia over atrocities in Tigray region NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council stepped up efforts to restore peace and stability in the Tigray region, for the first time instructing the Ethiopian government to “cooperate” to help millions of “hungry” nationals by giving them humanitarian access. Since war broke out in November 2020 when the Ethiopian National Defense…

TDF parade captured Ethiopian soldiers in Mekelle and took them to jail TIGRAY, Ethiopia - Thousands of Ethiopian national defense forces soldiers marched through the streets of Mekelle, the regional administrative capital of Tigray, before being taken to various prisons in the region which have witnessed massive war crimes over the past eight months. ENDF troops withdrew from the Tigray region…

The northern province has been bloodied since November by a conflict that opposes the federal power in Addis Ababa, backed by the Eritrean army and militias of the Amhara ethnic group, and turned the former TPLF power into an armed group. . For a week now, the TPLF launched the offensive and took back a large majority of Tigray. The humanitarian situation is extremely difficult and many suspect Addis…