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Ethiopia

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:19:34 GMT
Govt Claims Strategic Gains Despite TPLF Denials
[DW] Dessie and Kombolcha are now the front lines of the ongoing Tigray conflict. Ethiopian forces have claimed they have taken the key towns but Tigrayan forces say they made a planned withdrawal.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:52:27 GMT
Severe Cash Crunch Threatens WFP Operations in Ethiopia
[UN News] Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:29:29 GMT
Six Nations Call On Ethiopia to Stop Mass Detentions
[VOA] Six nations including the United States say they are "profoundly concerned" about reports that the Ethiopian government is carryout mass detentions based on ethnicity and without charge.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:39:19 GMT
U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia Provides Plane to Evacuate Its Citizens
[East African] The US Embassy in Ethiopia has urged its citizens in Addis Ababa to leave the country, providing several evacuation options for its citizens, amid heightened conflict in the country.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:05:20 GMT
WFP Warns That Millions Could Fall Deeper Into Hunger As It Faces 'Major Funding Shortfall' in Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations World Food Programme said in a statement that its ability to meet the critical food and nutrition needs of millions of people in Ethiopia due to shortage of funding. WFP said it has a funding gap of ...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:04:18 GMT
Schools Closure Starts Today to Dispatch Students to Help With Harvesting
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Education last week announced its decision to close all secondary schools so students can harvest crops for those on the frontline of the war. The ministry defended its decision citing the need for the ...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:55:09 GMT
Joint Statement On Detentions in Ethiopia
[State Department] The following is the text of a joint statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:13:23 GMT
Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, UK, & US Call for Detention of Tigrayans to 'Cease Immediately'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A joint statement signed by the governments ofAustralia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States and released this afternoon expressed profound concern about the "detention of certai...

Sun, 05 Dec 2021 15:29:46 GMT
Abiy's Efforts to Block External Supplies to TPLF Attract Mideast Powers to Conflict
[East African] The desire by the Ethiopian government to seal off external access routes for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has attracted Middle East rivals to the Tigray war, adding outside influence to the year-long conflict.

Sun, 05 Dec 2021 15:51:30 GMT
Concerns Over Safety of Nigerians Caught in Ethiopian Civil War
[Leadership] The civil strife in Ethiopia is a safety concern for Nigerians living in the East African country following advisories issued by some countries and organisations for their citizens and staff to leave the country amid the escalating civil...

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 05:52:11 GMT
Rights Experts Call for End to Violence Against Women in Tigray Conflict
[UN News] Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence against women and girls caught in the Tigray conflict in northern Ethiopia.

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:25:02 GMT
Court Rules in Favor of Jawar Mohammed Et. Al - Dismisses Prosecutor's Appeal
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Yesterday, the federal supreme court 2nd cassation bench ruled in the favor of the defendants on Jawar Mohammed's file whose defense team appealed at the federal supreme court 2nd cassation Bench, to reverse the federa...

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 13:11:45 GMT
Militant TPLF Causes Enormous Property Damage in North Shewa
[Ethiopian Herald] The terrorist TPLF's short-lived control has caused enormous public and private property damage in Debre Sina and Shewa Robit towns of North Shewa Zone of the Amhara State, officials and a resident said.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 04:58:15 GMT
Ethiopia Is Tearing Itself Apart - And Threatens the Horn of Africa
[Chatham House] Alexander Rondos warns that the ongoing conflict spells turmoil for the Horn of Africa

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 13:07:53 GMT
"TPLF Divisive, Corrupt From Birth to Death" - Gidey Zeratsion
[Ethiopian Herald] Since inception, the TPLF group has been employing divisive narratives to fuel ethnic and religious strife and to widen the political antagonism among the people of Ethiopia with a view to remaining in power, one of the founding me...

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:24:05 GMT
Members of Karrayyu Gadaa Leadership Killed, Several Others Missing
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromia regional government today announced the killing of civilians including the Karrayyu Abba Gadaa, Kadir Hawas Boru in the East Showa zone. While Addis Standard received reports of killings and abduction of com...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 04:51:22 GMT
Mass Atrocities in Ethiopia Expose the Limitations of Early Warning Tools
[The Conversation Africa] Since conflict erupted in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, in November 2020, there have been widespread reports of atrocities in the region. Hundreds of massacres and attacks on civilians have been documented. Recently, the confli...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:55:44 GMT
Ethiopia, Zambia Airlines Partner to Establish National Carrier
[This Day] Ethiopia Airlines has announced that it has finalised preparations for the launch of Zambia's National Carrier in a joint venture with Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC).

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 04:53:45 GMT
Human Rights - Civilian Suffering in Tigray
[Chatham House] Albab Tesfaye and Chaan Tutlam outline report findings

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:13:21 GMT
'Elders' Call for Stronger AU Role in Ethiopia Conflict
[East African] Prominent former world leaders, commonly known as the 'Elders', want African leaders to take urgent leading role to help end the Ethiopian conflict.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:30:20 GMT
China Says Ethiopia Capable of Handling Tigray Conflict
[East African] China says the Ethiopian government is capable of managing the conflict in Tigray, becoming one of few actors to oppose what Beijing says is foreign interference in the Horn country.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:47:25 GMT
Renewed Sudan-Ethiopia Border Clashes
[Radio Dabanga] El Fashaga -- Renewed border clashes between Sudanese army troops and Ethiopian forces in El Fashaga, east of the Atbara River, in El Gedaref continued on Wednesday. Sources indicate that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) aims to regain...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:45:07 GMT
Lamrot Kemal Tells Court Unable to Bring Evidence to Defend Herself
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Lamrot Kamal, appeared at the Federal High Court, Second Constitutional and Anti-Terrorism Bench to present her affirmative defense against charges of felony committed by negligence. Lamrot, however, failed to present ...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:44:36 GMT
Command Post Orders Documentation of Public, Private Property Damage By TPLF Forces
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- State media yesterday reported that government forces made more territorial gains against TPLF forces including the historic town of Lalibela in where the UNESCO heritage Rock-Hewn Churches are situated. Following the ...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:43:41 GMT
Ministry Gives 50 M Birr Collected From Mining & Oil Companies to Somali State
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Takele Uma, the Minister of Mines said the ministry has donated 50 million birr collected from mining and oil companies operating in the Somali regional state to the regional president Mustefa Omer.

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:56:18 GMT
Between a Rock and a Hard Place - How Women Refugees Are Bearing the Brunt of Gambella's Forgotten Crisis in Ethiopia
[UNFPA] "My only joy is my child. I don't have anything else in life," says South Sudanese refugee Nyabel Jock, 19, during a pregnancy check up at Jewi Health Centre, Jewi Refugee Camp, in Gambella, Ethiopia.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:38:57 GMT
Govt Clamps Down On War Coverage
[VOA] Washington -- Armed with placards that read "Stop BBC," "Stop CNN" and "Stop FAKE news on Ethiopia," supporters of Ethiopia's government are protesting in cities across the world.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:30:21 GMT
Rockets Fired as Ethiopia, Sudan Border Clash Escalates
[Nation] The Sudanese military has again accused Ethiopian forces of threatening its soldiers and civilians near a tense disputed border section as a decades-long tiff between them threatens to escalate.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 04:51:59 GMT
Govt Claims Territorial Gains Over Tigrayan Forces Near Capital
[DW] The Ethiopian prime minister's office announced recent territorial gains by the army. Government forces said they had recaptured the UNESCO World Heritage site Lalibela.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 04:40:09 GMT
Underinvestment, Greed, Lack of Oversight - Scandal of Facebook's Role in Ethiopia's Conflict
[African Arguments] It is not news that Facebook - now Meta - can and does spread disinformation and hate speech, exacerbating division, discord and violence, and that extreme content is not a glitch, but rather integral to its algorithm-driven engag...



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