2 year agoUS "reiterates its grave concern over continuing reports of ethnically-motivated atrocities committed by Amhara authorities" in western Tigray, Ethiopia, says @StateDeptSpox
According to Tigrai TV, @ICRCEthiopia in Tigray announced today that it is suspending ambulance service due to the blockade. Before the war, Red Cross was operating 257 ambulances. Following the war most of them have been either looted or destroyed
Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch said Ethiopia has committed Crimes Against Humanity in Western Tigray. The campaign of killings, rape, mass detentions, and forcible transfers amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity
Ethiopia releases former Tigray government officials - lawyer
Tigrayan fighters agree to 'cessation of hostilities'
2 year ago230 buses carrying Ethiopian soldiers went through Dessie in the direction of Kobo today from 8 am to 1:30pm local time with heavy military equipment still moving
Secretary Antony Blinken:We welcome the statement by the Tigray regional authority in response to the declaration by the Government of Ethiopia expressing Tigrayan commitment to immediate cessation of hostilities and to all necessary measures to assure unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance
In response to Ethiopia Govt declaration of humanitarian truce, Tigray vowed to implement a cessation of hostilities effective immediately if the people of Tigray receive humanitarian aid equivalent to their needs within a reasonable time frame - statement
2 year agoStatement by the Government of Tigray on Cessation of Hostilities. March 24, 2022
Federal government declares humanitarian truce in Tigray effective today; says move paves way for resolution of conflict The statement concluded by calling on Tigrayan forces to withdraw from areas they have occupied in neighboring regions
Senator Menendez called on Pre Biden to assess whether parties to the conflict in Ethiopia are guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide. Citing evidence and reports of extra-judicial killings, massacres, sexual and gender-based violence
MSF: We urge the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) to respond to the @nytimes investigation published on 17 March. The memory of MarÃa, Tedros and Yohannes, the pain of their close relatives, friends and colleagues need solace and closure
UN rights chief says air strikes have killed hundreds since Nov. in Ethiopia Bachelet told the UN HR Council her staff had recorded 304 deaths & injuries to 373 people in air attacks "apparently carried out by the Ethiopian Air Force" in Tigray & Afar
On the Afar front, captured & killed Eritrean soldiers are found carrying two identity cards: Eritrean and local Afar identity cards. The Eritrean government, encouraged by the success of pitting Tigray and Amhara, has started to do the same with Tigray-Afar
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed officially inaugurates as the GERD Nile dam starts generating electric power, local media. More than 60 percent of the Ethiopian population does not have access to electricity - FANA
Attack on refugee camp in Ethiopia kills 5, displaces thousands: UN
2 year agoNew footage from @BBC out of Ethiopia shows remnants of Turkish Rocketsan MAM-L missiles fired by Bayraktar TB-2 armed drones at TPLF militants in the Gashena region, dated late October 2021
2 year agoState Department says the lifting of the state of emergency in Ethiopia is a step toward paving the way for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict. It called for the release of all those who were arrested or detained without charge under the emergency order
Unidentified armed group in Amhara region loot weapons, break inmates out of prison Regional police commission & prison commission said that an organized group operating in the guise of Fano is behind it
2 year agoEthiopia-Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday held bilateral talks with PM @AbiyAhmedAli on the sidelines of the AU summit. The two discussed a wide array of bilateral & multilateral subjects among them ongoing efforts to end the conflict in Tigray
Egyptian Presidency: Al-Sisi discusses with the Chinese President in Beijing the Renaissance Dam and the files of Libya and Syria
WFP says nearly 40% of Tigrayans face "extreme lack of food" and 83% are food insecure. Earlier Friday OCHA said all intl aid groups had run out of fuel in Tigray and were "delivering the little remaining humanitarian supplies and services on foot"
Fierce fighting between Afar Forces and forces loyal to TPLF rebels
On TPLF announcing operation into Afar, @StateDeptSpox says new Ethiopia fighting 'very concerning' and urges parties to 'cease all offensive operations,' while praising govt for moving to ease emergency
2 year agoAfar media, activists accuse Ethiopia govt of "failing" to provide air support to the Afar regional troops following new offensive by Tigray forces on Northern part of the Afar region including Abaala, Barahle and Megale towns. Heavy battles reported & +200,000 ppl displaced
2 year agoThe TDF launched new attacks into the Afar region, capturing Abala and Megala. Fighting taking place across several regions in Afar, with new displacements of civilians occurring
Ethiopia cabinet votes to lift six-months state of emergency imposed in November 2021. The measure will have to be approved by the House of Peoples' Representatives
Ethiopia's prime minister says there will be negotiations on a cease-fire between his government and the rival Tigray forces who have been waging war for almost 15 months, the chairman of a diaspora group tells The Associated Press
The TPLF says it has been provoked into launching "robust" military operations in Afar "to neutralise the threat" posed by pro-govt forces attacking their positions. "Tigray's army does not have a plan to remain in Afar for long"
Ethiopia's Tigray rebels announce push into neighbouring Afar region
