Rights groups report wave of abuses against Tigrayans in Ethiopian region
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Armed forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have stepped up killings, mass detentions and expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in neighbouring western Tigray, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Separately, Tigrayan television reported that air raids by the Ethiopian military on the town of Alamata, in southern Tigray, had killed 28 […]
Witnesses say Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia retook Lalibela, UN Heritage site
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Rebellious Tigrayan forces have recaptured the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, less than two weeks after the military and its allies took control of it as part of a broader offensive that pushed back Tigrayan forces on multiple fronts. Lalibela is a town in the Amhara region bordering […]
As government offensive pushes forward, scars of war dot Ethiopia’s Amhara region
Gashena, EthiopiaReuters In a roadside village shattered by one of Africa’s bloodiest current conflicts, a donkey and its young, turbaned master tiptoe past an unexploded shell rusting by the blasted remnants of a tank, its turret and tracks tossed sideways. Ethiopian soldiers said the tank’s crew had been fighting for Tigray, the rebellious northern region […]
Ethiopian Government says it has recaptured Lalibela, UN World Heritage site
Addis Ababa Reuters Ethiopian Government forces and their regional allies have recaptured the town of Lalibela – a United Nations World Heritage Site – from Tigrayan forces, the Prime Minister’s office said on Wednesday. Forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front had taken control of the town, in the Amhara region, in early August. […]
Ethiopia rounds up high-profile Tigrayans, UN staff
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Ethiopian authorities have rounded up high-profile Tigrayans – from a bank CEO to priests – as well as United Nations staff in a mass crackdown on suspected supporters of rebellious northern forces, according to people linked to the detainees. Police denied targeting the Tigrayan ethnic group, saying those arrested were believed to have […]
Joint UN, Ethiopia rights team: all sides committed abuses in Tigray
Geneva, Switzerland/Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia published on Wednesday. The report accuses all sides of torturing and killing civilians, carrying out gang-rapes and making arrests […]
Ethiopian army starts ground attack on rebellious Tigray forces – regional party spokesman
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Ethiopia’s national army launched a ground offensive against forces from the northern region of Tigray on Monday, the region’s ruling Tigray People’s Liberation Front said. TPLF spokesperson Getachew Reda told Reuters by phone that the army, alongside allied forces from the northern Amhara region, had launched the offensive to push Tigrayan forces out […]
US urges immediate talks over Ethiopia conflict as reported abuse grows
Washington DC, USReuters The United States is gravely concerned about fighting in parts of Ethiopia, the US State Department said on Friday, urging the Ethiopian Government and rebellious forces from the Tigray region to start immediate negotiations to address the conflict. “We urge the Ethiopian government and TPLF to enter at once into negotiations without […]
Tigray forces killed 120 civilians in village in Amhara – Ethiopia officials
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Rebellious forces from the Tigray region killed 120 civilians over two days in a village in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, local officials told Reuters on Wednesday. The killings in a village 10 kilometres from the town of Dabat took place on 1st and 2nd September, said Sewnet Wubalem, the local administrator in Dabat, […]
UN chief says social fabric of Ethiopia being torn apart
United NationsReuters UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council on Thursday that a conflict in Ethiopia has spread beyond the northern Tigray region and “a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes”. Ethiopia has been embroiled in a conflict that flared nine months ago in Tigray and which has spread to other areas. The […]