[email protected] declined to say who the United States believes is responsible for the atrocities committed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and again called for unhindered humanitarian access and "a full independent international investigation" into reported human rights abuses
U.S. envoy to the Security Council: The immediate withdrawal of the Eritrean and Amhara forces from Tigraya is an essential step for the solution
Russia and China objected to the issuance of a Security Council statement regarding change and considered what is happening an internal matter
Diplomatic sources: The United Nations calls on the Eritrean forces to withdraw from the territory of Tigray
6 month agoThe @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet is calling for immediate access to Ethiopia's Tigray region-citing reports of sexual violence and extrajudicial killings
UN rights chief says that her office has corroborated a range of grave violations that could amount to "war crimes and crimes against humanity" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, including by Eritrean troops
United Nations: Ethiopian and Eritrean forces may be behind the war crimes in Tigray
Sudan's Minister of Irrigation: Ethiopia's filling of the dam without exchanging information threatens all life in Blue Nile State
In a call with @AbiyAhmedAli, @SecBlinken reiterated concern over alleged atrocities and rights violations in Tigray; pressed immediate end of hostilities & withdrawal of outside forces from Tigray, including Amhara regional security forces
6 month agoSecretary of State Blinken spoke with Ethiopian PM Abiy today to "emphasize the United States' concern about the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region
Foreign Ministers of Egypt and Sudan urge Ethiopia to show goodwill and engage in an effective negotiation process to reach an agreement on the Nile dam
Military sources: The Sudanese forces are approaching the Brecht area, which includes Ethiopian armed groups
Sudanese military sources: Approaching control of the last Ethiopian militia strongholds inside Sudan
BBC's reporter in Mekelle Ethiopia Girmay Gebru has been detained by security forces. Eye witnesses say he was picked up from a local cafe by soldiers. No reason has been given for his detention
6 month agoDon't dictate us, says Ethiopia in response to US statement on Tigray. "Attempt by the US to make pronouncements on Ethiopia's internal affairs and specifically, the reference to the Amhara regional forces redeployment.is regrettable," read the statement
The US State Department: The immediate withdrawal of the Eritrean and Amhara forces is a fundamental change in the cessation of hostilities
6 month agoUS "gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia," says @SecBlinken in a statement
The Sudanese Cabinet: We look forward to defusing the crisis with Ethiopia, while affirming our sovereignty over our lands
6 month agoUS government report concludes Ethiopia officials and allied militia fighters from the Amhara region have carried out systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in western Tigray, including through pillaging & burning towns and forced population relocation
6 month agoAfter a relentless air campaign, the ENDF has captured the towns of Samre and Gijet. Intense airstrikes have forced the civilian population and TDF fighters out into the mountains to seek shelter from the bombs
Eritrean soldiers fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region killed hundreds of people in a massacre last year in a likely crime against humanity, Amnesty International says
Ethiopian militias attack farmers in Al-Fashaqa area
6 month agoAccording to the Sudan Tribune the ENDF has supported Fano militiamen in attacks near Birkat Noreen and has recaptured territory previously lost to the Sudanese Military. Sudan Tribune declares that this is now an open border conflict
Ethiopian militias opened fire on farmers and workers inside Sudanese lands
Lieutenant General Yasser Atta: Ethiopia is fleeing its internal problems by provoking the border crisis
Lieutenant General Yasser Atta: We have information about the presence of Eritrean forces on our borders in Ethiopian military uniform
Lieutenant General Yasser Atta: Ethiopia is trying to sow discord between the military and civilian establishment in Sudan
The Sudanese Sovereignty Council: The decision to restore our lands from Ethiopia to the state and not to the military component
Spokesman for the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry: Do not negotiate unless Sudan withdraws its forces to the borders before 6 November
The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry: We still demand the return of the Sudanese army to line before the sixth of November
