STATEMENT from @unicefchief : "The magnitude and gravity of child rights violations taking place across Tigray show no sign of abating, nearly seven months since fighting broke out in northern Ethiopia".
Egypt's FM spox responded on Ethiopian PM statement on 100 dams: "Such statements once again reveal Ethiopia's bad faith and its dealing with the Nile River and other international rivers it shares with its neighbouring countries"
Ethiopian PM Abiy said Ethiopia plans to build over a 100 'small and medium' dams in the coming year
Over 90% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray need emergency food aid: UN
2 week agoVillages totally destroyed at Aykel town. This is how Amhara Regional State has been committing atrocity against ethnic minor Kimants
Egyptian president visits Djibouti, builds case on Nile dam
Egypt's Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has arrived in Djibouti where he is meeting with President Ismail Omar Guelleh. Egypt is reportedly building up its strategic relationships with regional countries amid dispute with Ethiopia over GERD dam
2 week ago"I am deeply concerned by the escalating violence and the hardening of regional and ethnic divisions in multiple parts of Ethiopia," says @POTUS in a statement
Egyptian President Sisi receives US Secretary of State & they discuss Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam & US role in easing tensions & reaching binding agreement
Egypt's President Al-Sisi is expected to pay an official visit to Djibouti Tomorrow, during which he will meet with President Guelleh and discuss bilateral relations, joint cooperation, the situation in the Horn of Africa as well as GERD issue
US restricting military aid to Ethiopia due to situation with Tigray. @DeptofDefense "has imposed wide-ranging restrictions on security assistance–to include military aid–to Ethiopia" per spox Cindi King "We are committed to supporting efforts to resolve the crisis"
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Region of Tigray at 'Serious Risk' of Famine, Warns Top UN Official "Concrete measures are urgently needed to break the vicious cycle between armed conflict, violence and food insecurity," @UNReliefChief
Sudan: The "Guardians of the Nile" military exercises with Egypt are the largest in the country's history
Sudan: Ethiopia has already begun the process of the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Biden to Al-Sisi: We understand the importance of the Renaissance Dam file for the Egyptian people
Qatar Foreign Minister arrives in Cairo for talks with Senior Egyptian officials on bilateral relations & joint cooperation, in addition to reviewing the latest developments in the region, including the situation in the Palestinian territories, Libya, Syria and GERD issue
US imposes visa restrictions over conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, Blinken says
Tigray: Ethiopia convicts soldiers of crimes against civilians in Tigray
3 week agoEgypt's military drills in Sudan "unprecedented"
Ethiopia sets new election date for June 21
Sudanese sources: The army recaptured 5 settlements from Ethiopian militias that it seized in 1995
Kenya, Ethiopia sign deal to end clan fights along their common border in Mandera County
Sudanese sources: The army has recaptured new agricultural areas from Ethiopian militias on the eastern borders
3 week agoAs 7th month of Tigray war drags & soldiers/fighters destroy agriculture & block food aid, most of region "likely" soon in "emergency" phase, with some parts in "catastrophe/famine" phase, says world's leading provide of food security information @FEWSNET
3 week agoConflict causing extreme hunger in Tigray; 5M+ people need humanitarian aid
Egypt's Al-Sisi reiterates need for binding legal agreement for GERD. Egyptian President comments came during his meeting with his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall in Paris
3 week agoDoctors say that after @CNN reported on Eritrea troops in Tigray region committing abuses & blocking aid, Ethiopia soldiers went to hospital in this film to identify people who'd spoken to journalists, accusing them of "tarnishing the country's image"
President of the Sudanese Sovereign Council: We want a consensual solution based on preserving rights in the Renaissance Dam file
4 week agoConfirmed: Network data show Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram restricted in Ethiopia; incident comes amid renewed international condemnation over Tigray conflict and the postponement of elections
Ethiopia 'destroys Tigray rebels' coming from Sudan
