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Facebook allows vigilantes in Ethiopia to incite ethnic massacres, probe finds
Feb 21, 2022 14:19US-based social media platform Facebook has come under renewed scrutiny for persistently allowing user activists to incite ethnic massacres in Ethiopia’s escalating war.
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UN rights forum orders investigation into abuses in Ethiopia
Dec 17, 2021 15:51The United Nations Human Rights Council has agreed to launch an international investigation into allegations of abuses by all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict, amid warnings of looming generalized violence.
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Over 200 kids under five died of starvation in Tigray hospitals: Survey
Nov 16, 2021 18:01Nearly 200 children under five years of age have died of severe acute malnutrition in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to data collected from hospitals only.
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Ethiopia detains 16 UN staffers over ‘participation in terror acts’
Nov 10, 2021 10:32Ethiopia has detained 16 local members of the United Nations in the capital, Addis Ababa, citing their “participation in terror acts” in the country.
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Tens of thousands rally in Ethiopian capital to slam US, support govt. campaign against rebels
Nov 08, 2021 08:39Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to denounce the United States and support the government’s campaign against rebellious forces who are threatening to march on the capital.
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Ethiopians rally for fight as Tigray rebels threaten to overrun capital
Nov 07, 2021 11:59Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have marched in the capital city Addis Ababa in what appeared to be a government-organized rally to shore up support for the military against the rebels in the north.
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UN Security Council voices ‘deep concern’ over Ethiopia escalation; calls for ceasefire
Nov 06, 2021 08:54The United Nations Security Council has expressed "deep concern" over the escalation of fighting in Ethiopia, calling for a ceasefire and the initiation of peace talks in the restive northern region of Tigray.
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Report accuses Ethiopia of limiting rare UN probe on war abuses in Tigray
Nov 02, 2021 20:21Ethiopia has tried to limit a UN human rights investigation into massacres and atrocities committed in the blockaded restive northern region of Tigray, a report says.
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Tigray rebels kill scores of youths in strategic Ethiopian town, claims govt
Nov 01, 2021 14:42Ethiopia's government has accused Tigrayan forces of killing 100 youths in Kombolcha, one of the two strategic towns the rebel group claimed to have captured over the weekend.
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Tigrayan forces say have seized important town in Ethiopia's Amhara region
Oct 31, 2021 16:00Rebellious Tigrayan forces say they have seized the strategic town of Dessie in Ethiopia's Amhara region where tens of thousands of ethnic Amharas have sought refuge from an escalation in fighting.