Ethiopia

Fighting persists in Tigray despite Ethiopia's declaration of victory against rebels

Dec 06, 2020 05:30

Fighting persists in Ethiopia’s Tigray state a week after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced victory against armed rebels in the northern region in a conflict that has shaken the Horn of Africa.
UN given ‘unimpeded’ aid access to Ethiopia’s Tigray

Dec 02, 2020 13:00

Ethiopia has granted the United Nations full access to deliver aid to the northern region of Tigray, following weeks of lobbying amid military operations there.
Tigray rebel leader says conflict far from over after Ethiopia declares victory

Nov 30, 2020 06:15

The leader of rebels in Tigray, a restive region in northern Ethiopia which has for weeks been the scene of intense clashes with federal troops, has claimed that the fighting is far from over and that his forces are still resisting the Ethiopian military near the region's capital city, Mekelle.
Ethiopia's PM says Tigray operation 'completed' as army seizes Mekelle

Nov 29, 2020 05:32

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced victory against heavily armed rebels in the northern Tigray region.
Refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray to run out of food shortly without assistance: UN

Nov 27, 2020 13:29

The United Nations (UN) refugee agency has called on the warring sides in Ethiopia's Tigray to allow humanitarian access into the region, warning that the nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees living in camps there could run out of food next week.
Ethiopia to begin final phase of offensive against major rebel-held city

Nov 26, 2020 11:29

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the military will begin the final phase of its full-scale offensive in the northern Tigray region, where rebel forces have missed Addis Ababa’s deadline to surrender.
Amnesty, UN, EU warn Ethiopia's warring sides: Do not target civilians

Nov 25, 2020 06:16

Amnesty International, the UN envoy for human rights and the European Union's top diplomat have called on the warring sides in Ethiopia's volatile Tigray region to avoid targeting civilians and violating human rights.
Ethiopian PM gives Tigray rebels 3-day ultimatum to surrender before govt. attack

Nov 23, 2020 05:31

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given the rebels in the restive Tigray region in the north a 72-hour ultimatum to surrender before government troops launch an offensive on the provincial capital city Mekelle.
Ethiopia army threatens 'no mercy' will be in all-out assault on rebel-held Mekele

Nov 22, 2020 14:21

Ethiopia’s military has threatened a full-scale attack on the rebel-held Mekele, the capital of the dissident Tigray region, warning civilians to flee and save their lives, as violence continues to rage in the East African country for the third week.
Ethiopia pushes toward Tigray capital, rebuffs African mediation

Nov 21, 2020 13:48

Ethiopia said on Saturday its forces had seized another town in their advance on the capital of northern Tigray region and rebuffed an African Union (AU) push to mediate in the war with rebel forces in the region.