Tag Archives: ethiopia

International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 20 African migrants died after smugglers threw them overboard off the coast of Djibouti. The UN agency says at least 80 people were thrown off the vessel after the traffickers realised it was overloaded. According to IOM, their boat had been carrying …

The European Commission on Thursday warned that the Tigray region of Ethiopia could be approaching a famine, as the country’s three-month-long conflict continued. The European Commission on Thursday warned that the Tigray region of Ethiopia could be approaching a famine, as the country’s three-month-long conflict continued. The region is largely …

It’s been 100 days since fighting broke out in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. In that time, hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes. Many are going hungry. “I’m sheltered at my friends and I rely on them … I have no work,” one of the …

Human Rights Watch has accused the Ethiopian military of indiscriminately shelling urban centres during the conflict in the northern region of Tigray last November. The US-based group said the attacks violated the “laws of war” and urged the government to investigate. The government has not immediately reacted to the accusations …

Ethiopia plans to close two camps in the northern state of Tigray that have been caught in the fighting between the state’s formers ruling party and the federal government, according to the country’s refugee agency. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, head of the Ethiopian Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs …

Antony Blinken, the American Secretary of State has expressed concern over the situation in Tigray region during talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Mr Blinken urged Mr Abiy Ahmed to allow humanitarian access to the region to prevent further loss of life. He also pledged the US support for …

Ethiopia’s military has accused an unnamed “third party” of being behind its border dispute with Sudan, according to state-owned Ethiopian News Agency. Army Chief of Staff General Birhanu Jula on Wednesday said a “third party was behind the Sudanese army’s violation of Ethiopia’s sovereignty”. He said that Sudan should avoid …

Ethiopia said Wednesday its forces had killed three prominent members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), whose leaders are the target of military operations in the country’s northern Tigray region. The dead included Seyoum Mesfin, who served as Ethiopia’s foreign minister for nearly two decades, along with former federal …

Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt resumed Sunday, trilateral negotiations on the filling and exploitation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nil. Each country has its position on the planned works. Between ambitions and fear, we must find the right balance. To believe the Anadolu Agency, matters relating to the …