Ethiopia

Ethiopia on the spot due to sexual violence in Tigray ADDIS ABABA - The federal government of Ethiopia has once again been pointed out at a number of atrocities where human rights violations are at the center, something that could trigger endless wars from the international community. In November 2020, the federal government deployed the Ethiopian national defense forces to the…

US President Joe Biden sent an envoy to Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Despite Ethiopian denials, the United States does not relax the pressure and is very offensive to Addis Ababa because of the crimes committed in Tigray. Since a few weeks, Washington is intensifying initiatives and statements aimed at…

Ethiopia's request for an inquiry into the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in the country's northern Tigray region was approved by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet, according to a UN spokeswoman on Wednesday. Tigray residents have told human rights groups and journalists about massacres, widespread sexual violence and indiscriminate killings of civilians by security forces in the region. Aid workers say, however, that Tigray's health system has…

While northern Tigray is under the control of the Eritrean army, the western part of the region is dominated by special forces and Amhara militias, named after the large nearby province. According to some Amhara officials, Tigray could be officially redistributed in the coming weeks. The western part of the region could therefore come under the Amhara fold.…

The Sudanese Prime Minister has asked an international "quartet" to take the lead in the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the filling of the Renaissance dam. The second phase of filling the reservoir is to begin next summer. This appeal is above all a sign of the closer bond that now unites Khartoum and Cairo towards their opponent.…

The majority of the health facilities we visited either worked half or not at all. This means that the people who live no longer have access to the health care system, which is no longer functional. Health workers no longer feel safe working. And on top of all this, the majority of the ambulances are no longer there, they are confiscated. There are very few of them today in Tigray. This means that a patient cannot be referred to a more advanced care service if necessary. Women who need to give…

Widespread attacks on health facilities have been observed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. More than 70 health facilities out of 106 had been looted and vandalized, while 30% of them had been damaged from December to early March, according to the statement from MSF on Monday. "The attack on Tigray's health facilities is having a devastating effect on the population," said Oliver Behn, director general of Médecins Sans Frontières. Only 13% of the country's health facilities functioned normally, it…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, March 10, condemned "ethnic cleansing" in western Tigray, citing the presence of Eritrean forces and the nearby Amhara region. Charges strongly rejected by Addis Ababa. "These are completely unfounded and false accusations, and nothing can be defined as targeted ethnic…

NAIROBI - Ethiopia on Saturday dismissed U.S. allegations that there has been ethnic cleansing in Tigray, pushing back against recent criticism of its military operation in its northern region by the new government in Washington. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that he wanted to see Eritrean forces and those from the Amhara region replaced in Tigray by security forces that respect human rights and do not "commit acts of ethnic cleansing". "(The accusation) is a completely unfounded and false…

While Addis Ababa, but also Moscow and Beijing, reiterate that the conflict in the province is an "internal affair", the head of US diplomacy Antony Blinken has unveiled Washington's idea of ​​more action. Company to intervene in the conflict. When a parliamentarian asked him on Wednesday about the possible deployment of peacekeepers to Tigray, Antony Blinken did not rule out the idea. For him, above all, the Eritrean forces and the Amhara militias must leave and then be replaced by a force that "will not commit acts of…