Tigray

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…

Abiy Ahmed: Why I removed ENDF from Tigray ADDIS-ABABA | For the first time after the withdrawal of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces Originally from the rebel region of Tigray, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed explained in detail the reasons for his actions, despite conflicting information. In a televised statement Wednesday, Ahmed said his administration declared a ceasefire in the Tigray region…

Eritrean troops withdraw from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region MEKELLE, Ethiopia - After months of complaints of human rights violations, rapes and killings, Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region have withdrew, reports say, just hours after the Ethiopian federal government declared a ceasefire. one-sided fire in the area. For months, Eritrean troops have controlled sections of…

TPLF rejects ceasefire in Tigray, promises to "completely" crush Eritrean and Amhara troops NAIROBI, Kenya - The war in the Tigray region and its surroundings seems far from over, following the rejection of a ceasefire by the Tigray Defense Forces , formerly known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray , which has controlled the region for decades. Ethiopian National Defense Forces…

The Tigray region is being reorganized after an offensive led by the Tigrayan rebels. They recovered the provincial capital Mekele on Monday 28 June. And the other cities in the region during the day on Tuesday and took advantage of the withdrawal of the Ethiopian and Eritrean armies. The federal government has announced a unilateral ceasefire, which has so far been ignored by Tigrayan forces.…

UAE approves ceasefire in Tigray, Ethiopia as TPLF takes control of Mekelle ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - United Arab Emirates approved the ceasefire in the Tigray region, which was first announced Monday after months of war that left thousands dead and nearly 2 million displaced from their homes in the northern region of Ethiopia. Ethiopian National Defense Forces withdrew from Tigray's…

Dissident leaders in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray have promised to drive out "enemies" from the region, indicating that fighting will continue despite a federal declaration of violence. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray in November last year to reject the northern region's former ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). He said the move came in response to TPLF attacks on federal army camps and promised victory would be swift. But nearly eight months later, the…

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 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…