Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray attacked neighbouring Afar, a spokesman for Afar told @Reuters marking an expansion into a previously untouched area. Tigrayan fighters crossed Saturday and Afar forces and allied militias were still fighting them Monday
2 week agoSomalia: Laguna Regional Government Chairman Mustafa Mohamed Omar Cagjar unveiled a contingent of local government troops he said were ready to take part in the ongoing war in Ethiopia
Enough water has now been stored at the GERD dam to start producing energy, the official added
Ethiopian TV broadcasting pictures of the completion of the second phase of filling the Renaissance Dam
2 week agoEthiopian TV announces the completion of the second filling of the Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia: Media reports from Somali region say several hundred members of Liyuu Police forces have been sent to the north of Ethiopia to join up with ENDF in the conflict with Tigray rebels
Ethiopia's war in Tigray is entering a new phase, with rebels advancing to the region's western and southern edges and the army vowing to repel them, leaving a government-declared ceasefire in tatters
2 week agoThe TDF is in control over several areas over the Tekeze near the border with Amhara. Amhara forces are massing in Addi Arkay and have launched counterattacks around May Tsebri which were acknowledged by the TDF. The area is deemed as contested but news comes slow
The Egyptian President: I say to our brothers in Ethiopia and Sudan, come to conclude a binding legal agreement, and let us stay away from the threat
Sisi: We will face all challenges with the unity of the Egyptians
The Egyptian President: We are taking measures to save water inside Egypt and have allocated billions in order to preserve a drop of water
Sisi: We demanded a binding legal agreement on filling and operating the Renaissance Dam
Sisi: We will not accept any party to infringe on Egypt's water rights
Egyptian President: We told Ethiopia that we are ready to cooperate with you on electricity and in a way that helps the development and prosperity of your people
Al-Sisi: The Sudanese and Ethiopian people are with the Egyptian people
The Egyptian President: We are not trying to export illusions to our people, and we do not want to tickle the feelings of the people, and the Egyptians' concern about water is legitimate
Ethiopia's regions of Oromia, Sidama and SNNP have deployed troops to Tigray to back federal military operations, signalling a widening of the conflict. Thousands of recently mobilised Amhara militia fighters were spotted near the border with Tigray
Ethiopian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs: We face external harassment over our internal policy, borders and the Renaissance Dam
An official in the Ethiopian Oromia Regional Government says that several provinces are sending military reinforcements to support the federal army in confronting any attack launched by the Tigray Liberation Front
Ethiopia's Abiy vows to repel 'enemies' after Tigray rebel offensive
Amid reports of southern Tigray recapture by Tigrayan forces, tensions rise; Amhara state officials issue calls mobilizing public "Amhara Special Forces, together with the militia, are at war against TPLF.." Zonal PR told @GetahunTsegay12
There were four camps for Eritrean refugees in Tigray. Two were destroyed earlier in the war. Now Mai Aini is the third to see fighting
Armed Clashes in refugee camp in Ethiopia's Tigray: humanitarian sources
Tigrayan forces say they've launched a new offensive in southern Tigray and claim control of Alamata - Further west, sources report artillery fire in Emba Madre, "active fighting" in Mai Tsebri, small arms fire near Mai Aini refugee camp
3 week agoThe TDF have captured an entire D-30 artillery battery in Raya
3 week agoTigray Defense Forces have captured the towns of Korem and Alamata, while the Ethiopian National Defense Forces fighting alongside the Amhara Special Forces and militias continue to flee Tigray
3 week agoVideo shows the TDF driving through Alamata and greeting residents in a captured ENDF truck
3 week agoThe TDF have recaptured Alamata, and with it, the entirety of southern Tigray with the countryside under their control
Ethiopian Minister of Irrigation: We are ready to negotiate the Renaissance Dam and reach a fair agreement
After heavy fighting the TDF have captured Korem. Confirmed by both pro-TDF and pro-Amhara sources. There is also reports that Alamata has been captured but several sources claim there is still some shooting heard in the area.
