Tag Archive for: Crisis in Ethiopia
UN rights chief alarmed at abuses in restive Tigray
Anadolu Agency | Urging urgent assessment, Michelle Bachelet cites 'distressing reports of sexual violence, looting' in Ethiopian region
Expressing concern over persistent reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia's…
CNN: UN rights chief says war crimes may have been committed in Ethiopia after CNN reveals Tigray massacre
CNN | The UN's high commissioner for human rights has called for an independent investigation into human rights violations that may amount to war crimes in Ethiopia's Tigray region, days after CNN published an exclusive report about a massacre…
FP – From Pariah to Kingmaker
Foreign Policy | Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki is fueling bloodshed in Tigray—and offering other regional leaders lessons in authoritarianism.
BY Alex de Waal | March 3, 2021
After months of bloodshed in Tigray, a region of Ethiopia claiming…
Sudan army pushes to control disputed area with Ethiopia
Adolu Agency | Al-Fashqa is claimed by both Sudan and Ethiopia
KHARTOUM, Sudan | The Sudanese army is carrying out a military push to take control of Barkhat, the last location in al-Fashqa that is still under Ethiopia’s control, local media…
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy
READOUT | OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON | MARCH 2, 2021
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to emphasize the United States’ concern…
Signing a bilateral military cooperation agreement, Egypt and Sudan warn Ethiopia not to fill the Renaissance Dam
Cairo - Sputnik | The Foreign Ministers of Egypt and Sudan considered that Ethiopia's implementation of the second phase of filling the Renaissance Dam is a direct threat to the water security of the two countries.
Today, Tuesday, Egyptian…
House Foreign Affairs Press Release: McCaul Responds to Reports of Ethnic Cleansing and Massacres of Civilians in Tigray Region
Press Release House Foreign Affairs Committee 02.27.21 | Media Contact: 202-225-5021
Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to reports of ethnic…
US SECRETARY OF STATE: Atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
PRESS STATEMENT | ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE | FEBRUARY 27, 2021
The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We strongly condemn the killings,…
VICE: Razed In Ethnic Cleansing Campaign
VICE | Survivor testimony and satellite imagery in Ethiopia’s Tigray region provide evidence of wide-ranging destruction by Eritrean soldiers.
By Zecharias Zelalem | Feb 27 2021
“They set our crops on fire, then they started burning…
Amnesty: Eritrean troops’ massacre of hundreds of Axum civilians may amount to crime against humanity
Amnesty International | 26 February 2021 |
Amnesty International interviewed 41 survivors and witnesses to mass killings in November
Troops carried out extrajudicial executions, indiscriminate shelling and widespread looting
Satellite…