Tag Archive for: Crisis in Ethiopia
CNN: Massacre in the mountains
CNN | They thought they'd be safe at a church. Then the soldiers arrived
By Bethlehem Feleke, Eliza Mackintosh, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase | February 27, 2021
All of the witnesses to this massacre have been given pseudonyms at…
NYT: Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says
An internal U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, an American ally — posing President Biden’s first major test in Africa.
The New York Times | Declan Walsh | Published Feb.…
EU: Tigray conflict – Joint Statement by HR/VP Borrell and Commissioner Lenarčič on massacres in Axum
EU | Brussels, 26/02/2021 - 14:10, UNIQUE ID: 210226_7
Amnesty International issued a report today on atrocities that took place in Axum, Ethiopia, in November 2020. The report concludes that indiscriminate shelling and mass execution may amount…
EU envoy says Ethiopia in ‘denial’ over Tigray
devEx | When it comes to the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the federal government in Addis Ababa has no common understanding of events and is in “denial” over the scale of the problem, said Pekka Haavisto, European Union envoy, on Tuesday.
With…
Sudan and Ethiopia trade barbs over border dispute
Al Jazeera | Clashes erupted last year between both forces over Al-Fashqa, an area of fertile land settled by Ethiopian farmers.
Sudan has accused Ethiopia of an “unforgivable insult” in its sharpest statement yet since a decades-old border…
UN says malnutrition ‘very critical’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region faces a “very critical malnutrition situation” as vast rural areas where many people fled during three months of fighting remain out of reach of aid.
The…
Sudan-Ethiopia mediation gathers steam
The Arab Weekly | In Juba, Sudan’s head of state Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will meet South Sudanese President Salva Kiir.
KHARTOUM – Leaders of Sudan and Ethiopia will separately travel to Juba next…
‘Horrible’: Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopian holy city
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they knew. But they were forbidden from burying their…
U.S. Leadership Can Help End the Crisis in Ethiopia
Bloomberg | Editorial Board | President Biden must persuade Prime Minister Abiy to end the violence.
Ethiopia’s worsening civil war, which has already drawn in Eritrea and is now spilling over into Sudan, threatens to destabilize the entire…
US: Aid pause to Ethiopia no longer linked to dam dispute
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States says it has decided to “de-link” its suspension of millions of dollars of aid to Ethiopia from that country’s dispute with Egypt over a massive hydroelectric dam project.
But the State Department…