2 week agoEthiopia: Over 1 Million People Displaced due to Conflict in Northern Ethiopia: IOM DTM Significantly, 75 sites have reportedly not received food distribution since the conflict broke out. An estimated 60 of these sites (80 %) are in Tigray region
2 week agoThree months on and @MSF is still worried about the very limited services in the permanent camps, which are located in a very remote part of Sudan, and where many of the humanitarian needs – including shelter, water and food – are not being met
U.N. Security Council, for first time, declares concern about Ethiopia's Tigray
2 week agoWith evidence mounting that Ethiopia and Eritrea forces have destroyed farms & water tanks/reservoirs & looted/burned food, much of Tigray faces emergency hunger levels, one step away from famine, and 50+ people in center & east dying each day of hunger
The Sudanese Minister of Irrigation calls on the European Union to intervene to push the Renaissance Dam negotiations
The Sudanese Sovereignty Council: We do not seek to solve the borders and water crises militarily, but peaceful solutions are possible
Commander of the Sudanese Land Forces: able to protect the lands on the eastern borders
Commander of the Sudanese Land Forces: We do not seek to attack our neighbors or to cross our borders
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry: Sudan is misleading the world by claiming to hand over prisoners from the Ethiopian army to Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed: If the parties negotiate in good faith over the Renaissance Dam, the results are within our reach
Egyptian irrigation Minister: Ethiopia's initiation of the second filling is a continuation of imposing a fait accompli
Egyptian irrigation Minister: Ethiopia's claim that it will pass quantities of water sufficient for the needs of the two downstream countries is incorrect
The Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation: The low exit of the dam will be the only control during the filling process, and the situation will be more complicated, starting with the flood season
The Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation: The Ethiopian side's initiation of the mobilization process is a continuation of the approach taken to impose a fait accompli
The Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation: Major inaccuracies presented by Ethiopia regarding the drainage of the Nile River and the second filling of the Renaissance Dam
3 week ago"Progress remains very limited in Tigray. Fighting is ongoing. Humanitarian access is still being prevented. Eritrean troops are not withdrawing and human rights violations continue." HR/VP @JosepBorrellF on Ethiopia at the press conference following Foreign Affairs Council FAC
The Ethiopian Prime Minister: The second filling of the Renaissance Dam will take place during the months of rain, July and August, which will limit the floods in Sudan
Tigray: Eritrea recognizes for the first time the presence of its troops
3 week agoMultiple fires were detected in a settlement between Ch'anch'o and Gutin Town in Oromia Region , Ethiopia. on April 16 , fires detected is on villages of vast area around ~3,000 hectares ,There are also suspicious fires all the way to the main road to Nekemte
3 week agoAmharas burning Oromo Mosques during Ramadan in Ataye. Wallo Oromos are under seige by the government of @AbiyAhmedAli and Amhara special forces
Egyptian Foreign Minister: we have done everything possible to resolve the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis peacefully, but all efforts have failed to date. The international community has seen our efforts to reach a negotiated settlement
United Nations: There is no evidence of withdrawal of Eritrean forces from the Tigray region
3 week agoSome of weapons of Oromo Liberation Army (OLA/WBO) fighters somewhere in Oromia: AKM/GAFAT-1 rifles, Chinese Type 56 rifles and one Type 56-1 rifle. Most of them are fairly standard and likely captured fromGovernment Troops/Security Forces
89% of Egyptians want the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile destroyed. 75% hold President Sisi responsible for the crisis
The Sudanese army: Yesterday, we handed over the Ethiopian government 61 prisoners of its armed forces
4 week agoThis previously untouched village at 13°54'39.86"N 36°31'55.37"E was destroyed sometime between December 6 and February 6. Just to the south of the village, another settlement had already been destroyed.
Sudanese Minister of Irrigation: Military action is ruled out, and there is no war on water basins all over the world
Egypt: Ethiopia is trying to obtain political and technical cover to carry out the second filling of the Renaissance Dam
The Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs: Ethiopia has made an offer to inform us of the details of filling the dam in order to lift the Sudanese, regional and international pressure from it.
Egyptian Minister of Irrigation: We are implementing major projects to meet the challenges that the water system may encounter
