Ethiopian politician facing terror trial goes on hunger strike
AFP | A prominent Ethiopian opposition politician charged last year with terrorism faces "permanent health problems" after going on hunger strike for more than a week, his lawyer told AFP Friday.
Jawar Mohammed, a member of the opposition Oromo…
Uro i Etiopia: krig, sult og etnisk vold — NRK
FN bekymret for etnisk vold
FN advarer mot økningen av etnisk vold i Etiopia og uttrykker bekymring for anklager om krigsforbrytelser i krigsherjede Tigray. Det meldes om seksuelle forbrytelser, plyndring, massehenrettelser og blokkering av…
Fellesrådet avlyste Afrika-webinar etter trusler mot innlederne
©Bistandsaktuelt | Trusler og trakassering av innledere førte til at Fellesrådet for Afrika onsdag avlyste et webinar som skulle ha fokus på den store vannkraftutbyggingen i Etiopia.
– Vi måtte prioritere innledernes egen sikkerhet og…
FN slår alarm om sult i Tigray
ABC Nyheter | Livet for sivile i Etiopias krigsherjede Tigray-provins er ekstremt urovekkende, fastslår FN i en rapport.
Pågående krigføring gjør det vanskelig å få inn nødhjelp til millioner av mennesker, skriver FN i rapporten. Det…
Ethiopia Faces a New Crisis
Bloomberg | First there was a war, now Ethiopia faces a debt crisis.
The nation’s request to restructure its external debt under a Group-of-20 program highlights how much circumstances have changed for the country and Prime Minister Abiy…
UN: Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Life for civilians in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has become “extremely alarming” as hunger grows and fighting remains an obstacle to reaching millions of people with aid, the United Nations says in a new…
US urges Ethiopia’s PM to allow ‘immediate’ help to Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a call with Ethiopia’s prime minister on Thursday expressed “grave concern” about the crisis in the embattled Tigray region and urged “immediate, full and unhindered humanitarian…
There Is a Grave Humanitarian Need.’ U.N. Presses for Access to Ethiopia’s Embattled Tigray Region
TIME — The U.N. Security Council discussed the grave humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region on Wednesday as senior U.N. officials pressed the government for access to deliver aid to hundreds of thousands of people that…
U.N. warns Tigray conflict could spark broader destablization in Ethiopia
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could trigger broader destablization in the country, U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council on Wednesday as he warned that a dire humanitarian situation in the north…
Tigray-partier hevder at flere enn 52.000 sivile er drept i regionen
Bistandsaktuelt | En trio av opposisjonspartier i den krigsherjede Tigray-regionen i Etiopia hevder at mer enn 52.000 sivile har blitt drept i konflikten som brøt ut i november.
I uttalelsen , som er signert Tigray Independence Party (TIP),…