Tigray

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday that her office had confirmed serious violations that could constitute "war crimes and crimes against humanity" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, including by Eritrean troops. In a statement, Michelle Bachelet stressed the urgent need for an independent inquiry into the situation in Tigray, which has been shaken by months of fighting. Her office had "managed to confirm information about some of the events that occurred in November last year,…

Four media workers recently arrested in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region were released on Wednesday, a translator working for the Agence France-Presse (AFP), which was part of the group held, reported. "All journalists and translators have been released without charge," Abebe Gebrehiwot Yihdego, deputy head of Tigray's interim administration, told Reuters. The BBC confirmed the release of its reporter Girmay Gebru, of the broadcaster's Tigrinya language service, in a tweet. "They released us…

Eritrean soldiers fighting across the border in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region killed hundreds of people in a massacre last year in a likely crime against humanity, Amnesty International said on Friday. The rights guard spoke to survivors of the atrocities and used satellite images to bring together the bloody events of November last year in the ancient city of Axum in a new report. "The evidence is convincing and points to an incredible conclusion. Ethiopian and Eritrean troops committed several…

Relations between Ethiopia and Sudan too deep to be shaken by conspirators: PM ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the historical ties between Ethiopia and Sudan are too deep to be shaken by the conspirators' desire. In a statement in Arabic today, he said that the social and cultural relations and ties between the peoples of the two nations go back to centuries ago and still shine. These…

More than 100 killed in ethnic massacre in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says more than 100 people have been killed in the latest massacre along ethnic lines in the western part of the country. Amhara Mass Media Agency, affiliated with the country's Amhara region, quoted witnesses in a separate report as saying the attack took place early Wednesday in the Metekel zone of the…

Since the conflict began in northern Ethiopia's Tigray on November 4, nearly 50,000 refugees have crossed the border to seek refuge in neighboring Sudan.

In Ethiopia, fighting continues in Tigray without knowing exactly where it is because telecommunications are still cut across the province.

Ethiopia is providing a reward of greater than $ 250,000 for data on the whereabouts of Tigray's insurgent leaders who fled the regional capital, Mekele, three weeks in the past. The state broadcaster Ethiopian Broadcasting Company (EBC) quoted an official within the Armed Forces on Friday morning as saying that the federal government is providing 10 million birr (about $ 257,000) for data resulting in the seize of the Tigray Individuals's Liberation Entrance (TPLF) chief who led the area battle with…

A whole bunch of 1000's of individuals might have been displaced, in line with the UN, within the Tigray area of Ethiopia. Nearly 50,000 individuals have already fled the combating in Sudan. Refugees are nonetheless arriving, 100 a day. Within the el-Hashaba camp, current arrivals say combating continues in western Tigray.…

Communication has been re-established in the capital Tigray, Mekele and several other cities in the region. But many areas are still cut off from the world, international organizations worry. The visit of Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok this Sunday in Addis Ababa was canceled without explanation. Mediation unnecessary for the Ethiopian government, which claims that the events in Tigray are an…