Nineteen civilians were killed Monday in drone strikes in the Mai Chebri community near Mekel, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigris region, according to hospital sources and aid workers. Humanitarian sources told AFP that 17 people had been killed and dozens more injured in the attack in Mai Chebri, less than 72 hours after a refugee […]
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Ethiopia: Humanitarian activities suspended in part of Tigray
Humanitarian organizations have suspended their activities in the northwestern part of Ethiopia’s Tigray province following a deadly airstrike on a refugee camp, the United Nations announced today. “Our humanitarian partners have suspended their activities in the region due to the continuing threat of drone strikes,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs […]
Ethiopia: Dozens killed in refugee attack, rebels in Tigray say
Rebels of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) announced today that dozens of people in a refugee camp were killed by a drone strike in northern Ethiopia, which is torn apart by the conflict. Getatsiu Renta, a spokesman for the TPLF, wrote on Twitter that the attack on the camp in the small town of […]
Ethiopia: Lack of medicine and equipment kills lives in Tigray hospitals
At Ethiopia’s largest hospital in Tigray province, a child injured in a plane crash died of bleeding as gauze and serums ran out. An infant died because he did not have the fluids needed for dialysis. Doctors at Ayder Hospital in Meckele, the capital of Tigray, which is under the control of local forces fighting […]
Turkish drones in Ethiopia tilt the scales of war
Turkish drones in Ethiopia tilt the scales of war Turkish officials have insisted that selling drones was a purely commercial activity. Turkey, along with Iran and the United Arab Emirates, has been supplying Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed with drones for months, adding Ethiopia to the list of UAV-affected international conflicts, the New York Times […]
Ethiopia: Dozens of civilians killed in air strikes in Tigray
Dozens of civilians were killed last week during airstrikes in the war-torn northern Ethiopian province of Tigray, where the death toll was the worst since October, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday. The strikes from December 19 to 24 “caused massive civilian casualties, dozens of deaths in a […]
Ethiopia: Army captures Alamata city in Tigray province
The Ethiopian government announced today that the army has captured a city in the province of Tigray, something that is happening for the first time in many months in this area where a bloody conflict is raging. This development diminishes the hopes of peace after the rebellion of the guerrillas of the People’s Liberation Front […]
Ethiopia: Army regains control of Lalibela, state media say
The Ethiopian army is once again in control of the city of Lalibela, famous for its rock-cut churches, state media reported today, showing photos from the deputy prime minister’s visit to the area. It is not clear when government forces recaptured the iconic city of Lalibela, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site […]
UN: Fears of ‘generalized violence’ in Ethiopia
LAST UPDATE: 18:00 All sides in the deepening conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region are committing “serious human rights abuses,” the United Nations said today, urging all sides not to continue the war, as the country “is in danger of sinking into a general climate.” violence “with major consequences for the region. An estimated 5,000 to […]
Ethiopia: At least 28 civilian deaths caused by Air Force raid
An Ethiopian Air Force bombing has killed at least 28 civilians in Tigray, the province’s guerrilla movement, the People’s Liberation Front of Tigris (TPLF), said on Thursday. Another 76 civilians were injured in the raid on a market in the city of Alamata, a local television station reported. Fighter and remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) […]