Tag: #Ethiopia
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UN suspends food distribution in two towns in Ethiopia after looting
Ethiopia: According to United Nations, The World Food Programme (WFP) suspends food distribution in Kombolcha and Dessie towns after looting of supplies that staff were unable to stop due to intimidation, including being held at gunpoint. Stephane Dujarric, UN spokesperson stated that a huge quantity of humanitarian food supplies, including nutritional items for malnourished children,…
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Ethiopia orders deportation of Seven UN officials
The foreign ministry of Ethiopia has deported seven United Nations (UN) officials for interfering in the country’s affairs and ordered them to leave the country within 72 hours. According to Reuters news agency, a UN official said that thousands of people in Ethiopia’s war-torn region of Tigray are at risk of starvation due to government…
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Tigray crisis to be discussed in the UN Security Council
UN Security Council scheduled to meet to discuss Tigray crisis
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Sudan and Egypt to press Ethiopia on resolving the disputes over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Sudanese PM invites Ethiopia, Egypt to Nile dam summit
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Ethiopia’s PM Abiy admits Eritrean forces are in Tigray
Addis Ababa, (23rd March, 2021, 11:40 pm)(AFP/APP):Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admitted Tuesday that troops from neighbouring Eritrea were present in the conflict-torn Tigray region and suggested they may have been involved in abuses against civilians. The admission comes after months of denials from Addis Ababa and Asmara, and accusations from rights groups and residents…
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Sudan, Ethiopia border dispute fuels wider tensions
Khartoum, (23rd March, 2021, 11:10 pm) (AFP/APP):A decades-old border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia is pouring fuel on a rivalry that analysts warn could flare into a broader conflict. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed insisted Tuesday his country does not want war with Sudan, calling for tensions over the Al-Fashaqa region to be resolved peacefully.…
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‘The fighting continues’: A Tigray town reels from drawn-out war
The war is escalating and is now it is focused on the civilians
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MSF denounces widespread attacks on Tigray clinics
The medical charity MSF condemned a “deliberate and generalised” programme of targeting clinics in the conflict-hit Tigray region
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MSF denounces widespread attacks on Tigray clinics
Addis Ababa, March 15 (AFP/APP):The medical charity MSF on Monday condemned a “deliberate and generalised” programme of targeting clinics in the conflict-hit Tigray region of Ethiopia. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign in Tigray last year after blaming the region’s ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), for attacks on army camps.…
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Amhara Region Denied Thursday that its Forces were Engaged in “Ethnic Cleansing”
Addis Ababa, March 11 (AFP/APP): Ethiopia’s Amhara region denied Thursday that its forces were engaged in “ethnic cleansing” in conflict-hit Tigray, one day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the phrase in public testimony. Earlier this week, Tigrayan officials accused Amhara forces of kicking thousands of people off land in western Tigray — a part of…