The armed forces of Ethiopia and Eritrea launched a “joint” operation early today against areas of the Tigray province bordering Eritrea and waging a “total war”, the authorities of this province in northern Ethiopia said. Ethiopia, “after moving a huge military force into Eritrea, launched a joint attack with Eritrean invasion forces” against the northern […]
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Ethiopia: New airstrike in Mekele, capital of rebel Tigray
Tigray’s capital, Mekele, was hit by airstrikes overnight, rebel authorities in the rebel-held northern Ethiopian state and a hospital official said today. A “night drone raid in Mekele” was launched in an area where there were “no military targets”, Getatsu Reda, a spokesman for rebel authorities in Tigray, where war broke out in November 2020 […]
Ethiopia: Air strikes in the capital of the rebel state of Tigray
The Ethiopian Air Force bombed Mekele, the capital of the rebel Tigray state, on Friday, a development that marked a serious escalation in hostilities that resumed Wednesday in the north of the country after a five-month ceasefire. The federal government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, did not immediately confirm the […]
The head of the WHO has sounded the alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Tigray
The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday sounded the alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Tigray, where the “worst disaster in the world” is unfolding, accusing the leaders of developed countries of ignoring the crisis in this Ethiopian state, theater of a deadly armed conflict between federal government troops and rebels for almost […]
Ethiopia: Villagers were killed in a ‘massacre’ in the western part of the country
An unknown number of villagers have been killed in an ethnically motivated massacre in western Ethiopia, the country’s human rights commission said, as federal forces scramble to stabilize the area after a mid-June attack by gunmen who they killed hundreds of people. Oromiya region, where the Amhara are a minority ethnic group, has been experiencing […]
Sudan accuses Ethiopia of executing seven of its soldiers and one civilian
The Sudanese army on Sunday accused the Ethiopian armed forces of executing seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian holding prisoners. He also complained that Ethiopian forces had publicly displayed the bodies of those executed, adding that there would be an “appropriate response”. “This fraudulent act will not go unanswered,” he insisted. There has been no […]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for impartial investigation into Ethiopian massacres
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights today expressed “disgust” over the massacre of many civilians in western Ethiopia, urging authorities to conduct an independent investigation immediately. In a statement, Michelle Bachelet called on the Ethiopian authorities “to conduct an impartial and thorough investigation into the attacks that killed hundreds of people” in western Ethiopia […]
Ethiopia: At least 260 people were killed in an attack in the Oromia region
At least 260 civilians were killed in an armed attack in Ethiopia’s western Oromia region on Saturday, according to two residents who gave detailed reports today on how they took part in burying the bodies in mass graves. One resident spoke of 260 dead, the other 320. They refused to give their names for fear […]
Ethiopia: At least 100 civilians killed in Oromia
At least one hundred civilians, members of the Amara tribe, were killed by gunmen in Oromia, Ethiopia, eyewitnesses said Sunday. The state government in Oromia has confirmed that an attack was carried out on Saturday near the town of Gibi, some 320 kilometers west of the federal capital Addis Ababa, blaming the Oromo Libe Army, […]
Ethiopia: Outbreak of malnutrition in the country mainly among children due to drought
The rate of malnutrition in eastern and southern Ethiopia has risen sharply in recent years due to drought and more than 185,000 children are suffering from its most severe form, Save the Children announced today. “More than one million people are in urgent need of food aid in the provinces of Somalia, Oromia and the […]