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The U.N. World Food Programme suspends food distribution in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged Tigray region in response to reports that significant amounts of aid were being diverted, the agency said. The announcement follows a similar one by the U.S. Agency for International Development, which said on Wednesday it had discovered that food …

Leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia on Sunday accused neighboring Eritrean forces of attacking Tigray forces. TPLF’s spokesperson, Getachew Reda tweeted that fresh attacks had been launched against the group’s forces. The Eritrean military launched fresh attacks against our forces yesterday in Sigem Kofolo, #AfiTsetser, located …

Government in Ethiopia has blamed the rebel group, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), for killing at least 30 civilians during recent attacks. In its latest statement, the government says the TPLF targeted areas in Amhara and Afar regional states, which both border Tigray, in “unwarranted attacks against innocent civilians”. Whereas …

Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a rebel group in Ethiopia say federal troops and their allies have launched coordinated attacks on all fronts. They said heavy artillery, tanks, fighter jets and drones were being used against them, BBC News reports. A senior member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front said …

The UN agency in Ethiopia said it is concerned as hundreds of trucks carrying aid to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray are not returning. On its Twitter account, the UN agency in Ethiopia indicates that none of the 149 trucks in a convoy that went into the Tigrayan capital …