Ethiopia

As every month, the UN Humanitarian Coordination Bureau Ocha published a Monday update on the Ethiopian region of Tigray. It appears from this bulletin that the work of humanitarian organizations remains difficult despite the unilateral ceasefire decided by the federal authorities on June 28, 2021. No telephone network,…

Ethiopia has completed the filling of a massive dam on the Blue Nile River for a second year, an official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday, in a move that is likely to raise further tensions with Egypt and Sudan, which have long protested against project. "The first filling was already made last year. The second is already ready today. So today or tomorrow, the second filling will be announced," the official said, adding that there is now enough water stored to start producing energy. The…

Red Cross begins visiting ENDF troops detained in Tigray, northern Ethiopia NAIROBI, Kenya - The International Committee of the Red Cross began visiting members of the Ethiopian armed forces in the Tigray region earlier this week, the organization said, just days after Addis Ababa pledged to prosecute Tigray defense forces . Despite the declaration of a ceasefire, TDF is advancing south,…

Tensions are rising between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia as the latter is determined to begin the second phase of filling the Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) upstream of the Blue Nile in July. In the absence of a binding agreement, Khartoum and Cairo sent a letter to the UN Security Council condemning a unilateral decision that would jeopardize "peace and stability in the region". Sudan, on the front lines,…

In Ethiopia, the Tigray War threatens to spread to other parts of the country. The Tigrayan rebels have already launched an offensive against the neighboring Amhara region. Following a call from the Prime Minister, other Ethiopian provinces are mobilizing their troops. The rebel forces in Tigray are making sure they launch an attack in another province to stop the arrival of these reinforcements.…

Ethiopia targets foreign media in Tigray conflict NAIROBI, Kenya - The Ethiopian government has now turned its attention to foreign media, which it accuses of spreading hatred and disinformation, amid the ongoing conflict in the Tigray region, where the federal army has carried out an operation targeting the Popular Front. Liberation of Tigray. . Media regulators have accused anonymous foreign…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Hundreds of Tigrayans have reportedly been detained in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, amid the conflict between the Tigrayan defense forces. and the federal government takes on a new dimension, probably at increasing levels. In a detailed report released by Reuters, police have been on the run, targeting innocent Tigray civilians, since the Ethiopian National Defense Forces lost Mekelle, the regional administrative capital of Tigray. The detentions in the Ethiopian capital are the third wave…

In Ethiopia, the Tigrayan rebel offensive continues in the north. Eight months after the start of the war, they captured the provincial capital of Mekele and the majority of Tigray province and are now trying to seize Wolkaït-Tegede, countries west of Tigray, captured in November by militiamen from the nearby Amhara region. They are determined to defend this territory today. Much more than a simple…

TDF releases prisoners of war as internal conflict escalates in northern Ethiopia NAIROBI, Kenya - A thousand prisoners of war were released by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray otherwise known as the Tigray Defense Forces , following their arrest and incarceration during the war in the region. Earlier this month, TDF marched thousands of Ethiopian national defense forces…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopian authorities on Thursday withdrew Addis Ababa Standard's license, a move widely condemned as a strategy to gag independent media in the conflict-ridden Horn of Africa country. Ethiopia has been embroiled in a deadly internal war for eight months between the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and its partners against the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray otherwise known as the Tigray Defense Forces . Earlier this week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed indicated the possibility of suspending…