Tigray

UN raises alarm in Ethiopia's province of Tigray. Hunger hangs over the region, which has been at war for almost seven months. The Ethiopian government met with rebels from the TPLF, a breakaway Tigrayan party, with the help of the Eritrean army. Today, 91% of the population needs food aid. Famine would be inevitable in two months, according to the UN.…

The UN said on Tuesday that more than 90% of Ethiopians in the war-torn Tigray region needed emergency aid and helped over $ 200 million to increase its response less than a week after its official called on the UN Security Council. to avoid starvation. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has sounded the alarm that the conflict has caused an increase in hunger levels that were already high in Tigray. "A total of 5.2 million people, equivalent to 91% of Tigray's population, need food aid because…

Protesters marched on the streets of Addis Ababa on Sunday, May 30, 2021, to condemn US sanctions against Ethiopian and Eritrean officials. Washington is concerned about human rights abuses during the Tigray War. RFI was able to document a massacre perpetrated by the Eritreans, the allies of the Ethiopian troops. In Goda, soldiers led residents around a bottle factory. They performed them on the…

It has been almost seven months since the conflict began in Tigray, a province in northern Ethiopia. Abuse of civilians as well as clashes between federal Ethiopian troops, Eritrean forces and Amhara's militias on the one hand and rebels favorable to Tigray's previous power on the other have left thousands dead. The war reduced the economy and impoverished the population. Now, everywhere on the roads…

PM Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea's Afwerki were dragged into the Tigray genocide ADDIS ABEBA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki should take full responsibility for the ongoing massacre in the Tigray region, a doctor working in the war-torn area has suggested amid the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. . Goitom Aregawi, also known as activist…

Eritrean troops blow up Tigray despite withdrawal WASHINGTON, USA - Eritrean troops have been linked to ongoing rape, torture and massacres in the Tigray region, reports suggest, despite persistent calls to withdraw them from the area, a step that could lead to further international sanctions, according to security experts. The most affected people are women who are being raped and tortured, the…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday expressed deep concern over reports that soldiers had taken hundreds of people from IDP camps in the war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia earlier this week, saying such places should be a safe haven. . Three aid workers and a doctor told Reuters this week that Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers forcibly detained more than 500 young men and women from four camps for displaced people in the northern region of Shire on Monday night. "We…

Biden demands the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Tigray WASHINGTON, USA | Joe Biden has called for the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the Tigray region of Ethiopia just days after Washington issued visa restrictions to top officials in Addis Ababa and Asmara, in what could be a game changer among allegations of gross human rights abuses. For over six months, the…

The UN Security Council has warned of imminent famine in the war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia, as more than 20% of the area's population is already facing food insecurity. In a review, Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Coordinator, said "there is a serious risk of famine if aid is not scaled up in the next two months" and warned the Security Council that urgent action is needed. to avoid disaster. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops to Tigray in early…

According to Reuters, soldiers have entered a camp for displaced people in Shire, in western Tigray. They are said to have beaten and stripped civilians before taking hundreds of them. The conflict that has been going on since November has cost thousands of lives. But also significant damage. In the Negash, the El Nejashi Mosque, one of the most important Muslim sites in Africa, was bombed and looted.…