Tag Archive for: Tigray War
‘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…
Abiy Ahmed: The First Nobel Laureate On Trial at the International Criminal Court?
National Interest | Ethiopia’s prime minister may want to coast on the laurels of the Nobel Prize but, realistically, he may very quickly become the first Nobel laureate to face war crimes charges.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on…
EU development chief calls for united response on Ethiopia
DevEx | The European Union’s top representative for development aid said Tuesday that the bloc needs to “plan very carefully” when it comes to Ethiopia, as Brussels continues to withhold funding from the government over the conflict in…
Paul Kagame calls for concerted action on Tigray battle
(Ecofin Agency) - For Rwandan president Paul Kagame, the UN, the USA, and other African countries are not sufficiently engaged in finding a solution to the Tigray conflict. This negligence could worsen the crisis in the coming years, he believes.
On…
A humanitarian disaster stares Ethiopia’s Tigray in the face
Hunger stalks region of six million people as federal government’s offensive against rebels enters its fourth month
Over a million people could starve if aid is not allowed into conflict zone, says Famine Early Warning Systems Network
Arab…
Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict and the battle to control information
Al Jazeera | Warnings about deterioration of press freedom as independent journalists endure harassment, denied access to embattled northern region
The eruption of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region 100 days ago has pitted journalists wanting…
Ethiopia hires lobbying help amid dual threats from Egypt, human rights critics
Foreign Lobby | Ethiopia has hired a new lobbying firm for outreach to Congress and the Joe Biden administration as the country battles a diplomatic crisis with Egypt and ethnic strife at home.
The Ethiopian Embassy in Washington signed a…
Finding a Path to Peace in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region War has devastated Ethiopia’s northernmost region.
International Crisis Group | Pending comprehensive national dialogue, Addis Ababa should ease Tigray’s immediate predicament, engaging elements of the authorities it unseated to govern the area and ensure that aid reaches the millions in need.…