2 year agoEritrea launches massive multi-pronged military offensive to seize Tigray. Here is how it looks like on the map
Heavy shelling in Adigrat city in Tigray Region of Ethiopia, says @reda_getachew, adding as Eritrean forces supporting ENDF taking up offensive positions in Rama, Tserona, Zalambessa, and Dallol fronts
PM Abiy to announce unilateral ceasefire imminently
Ethiopian Foreign Minister: The Tigray Front is expanding the scope of the war towards the areas adjacent to the Sudanese-Ethiopian border
TPLF says Ethiopian, Eritrean forces attack in northwest Tigray
2 year agoEthiopia Says Tigray Launched Offensive In Western Tigray @FdreService: "The TPLF, which can't survive without war, has launched an invasion in the direction of Wag, Wolqait and our border areas with Sudan (Amhara Region). Our heroic defense forces are defending this invasion
Today, the Ethiopian Air Force has conducted drone strikes which targeted a residential neighborhood in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray. So far, there has been no immediate information on the number of casualties
Ethiopia Imposes Curfew In the City of Dessie The Dessie City Administration's Security Council has issued several points provisions inc prohibiting movements of people, service provisions in restaurants, bars and groceries after 7:00pm for any reason. linked_paperclipslinked_paperclips
Report that TDF capture Lalibella. Not yet confirmed
UNICEF chief Catherine Russell says Ethiopia's air strike on Tigray's capital yesterday "hit a kindergarten, killing several children, and injuring others". The government denied targeting civilian areas in the air raid on Mekele, accusing rebels in the region of staging deaths
UNICEF: Airstrike in Tigray region in Ethiopia hit a kindergarten
2 year agoEthiopia air force strikes Tigray's capital as fighting with rebels resumes
Ethiopian Foreign Minister: We call for a ceasefire and the start of negotiations for lasting peace in northern Ethiopia
2 year ago"We are concerned by reports of renewed hostilities" in Ethiopia, says @SecBlinken in a statement
Guterres: Shocked by the renewed fighting in Tigray
The Secretary-General of the United Nations calls for the restoration of the armistice in Ethiopia
2 year agoTigray Defense Force's Central Command also added that it expects other major offensives to come on the Western and North-Western fronts and Ethiopia's offensive on the Southern Front is a decoy to distract Tigray forces while at the same time spread the Tigray forces thin
2 year agoTigray Objects to ICHREE's Remote Investigation. ICHREE had invited individuals and organizations to submit online any info/documentation relevant to its mandate: violations & abuses committed since 3 Nov 2020. Tigray says such complicated crimes cannot be investigated remotely
2 year agoEthiopia completes third filling of mega-dam reservoir: official TV
Reports that Ethiopian airplanes heavily shelled neighborhoods in Hiiraan region on Sunday morning
2 year agoEthiopia sends reinforcements to the Somali region following last week's Al-Shabaab attack. (Photos courtesy of SRTV)
Somalia's Presidential Palace said reports alleging Somali troops involvement in Tigray conflict is "rumours." Spokesperson @AbdikarimAKaar told the media that the 5,000 "missing" soldiers have been found, and govt is working on returning them to the country
Egyptian President: Talks with German Chancellor were constructive
Egyptian President: Egypt seeks to find a just solution to the issue of the Renaissance Dam
The Sudanese Security and Defense Council decides to reopen the Galabat border crossing with Ethiopia as of today and to prevent the movement of any armed elements between the two countries
2 year agoEthiopian journalist Yayesew Shimeles has been abducted from his home by security forces in unmarked vehicles. Since the start of the Tigray war, at least 44 Ethiopian journalists have been arrested or detained
The Sudanese army: We will respond to Ethiopia, but the timing and style are up to the leadership
Sudanese Foreign Ministry: We condemn in the strongest terms the Ethiopian army's killing of 7 prisoners of Sudanese soldiers and a civilian after they were kidnapped from inside Sudanese territory
Sudanese Foreign Ministry: Sudan will summon its ambassador to Ethiopia immediately for consultations after the killing of seven Sudanese soldiers
Sudanese army spokesman CLAIMS that "the Ethiopian army executed 7 Sudanese soldiers & a citizen who were prisoners of war, and then displayed them to their citizens with all contempt", adding that this criminal act shall not pass without retaliation
