Hunger haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray region after years of war
Mekelle, Ethiopia Reuters Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, an emaciated little girl struggles to breathe, as her father softly strokes her gaunt face and her mother sits crying. Tsige Shishay, whose pink sweater reads “beautiful” on the front, is 10-years-old but weighs just 10 kilograms. Her doctor says she […]
No pay: In Ethiopia’s Tigray region, workers count the cost of war
KATE MIGIRO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how health workers and civil servants in Tigray – who hoped a peace deal would mean their wages resumed – are are still waiting…
Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia’s Federal Government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led peace process on Tuesday. The demobilisation of Tigray forces is seen as central to the 2nd November ceasefire agreement, alongside the restoration of services, resumption of […]
Mediators meet to bolster Ethiopia truce amid signs of detente
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters Mediators between Ethiopia’s Federal Government and authorities in the Tigray region, embroiled until last month in a brutal war, are stepping up efforts to enforce a truce as relations between the two sides inch closer toward normality. The 2nd November ceasefire quieted a two-year conflict that killed tens of thousands and […]
Tears, prayers and hopes as flights to Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray resume
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters Kahssay Hailu sobbed, smiled and said prayers as she stood outside Addis Ababa airport, preparing to board a plane home to Ethiopia’s war-torn region of Tigray. She travelled to Addis Ababa in 2020 from the Tigray capital Mekelle to help her daughter prepare for a school exam. Weeks after her arrival, […]
First international aid arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray since ceasefire
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Tuesday welcomed the first international aid delivery since a truce to end fighting, with the International Committee of the Red Cross driving two medical trucks to the capital of the war-ravaged area. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and Tigrayan forces signed a ceasefire on 2nd November to end […]
Air strike on playground kills seven in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – hospital
Nairobi, KenyaReuters An air strike on a children’s play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a four-month old ceasefire collapsed this week. The officials said three children were among the dead but a a Federal Government […]
Main hospital in Ethiopia’s Tigray’s region runs out of food
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The main hospital in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged region of Tigray has sent home 240 patients after food supplies ran out last week, officials said. The decision by Ayder Referral Hospital in Tigray’s capital Mekelle underscores how little food aid is reaching the region despite the government’s declaration in March of a unilateral truce to […]
Doctors say lives are lost in hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray due to dwindling supplies, blame blockade
Nairobi, KenyaReuters In the largest hospital in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a child wounded in an air strike bled to death after doctors ran out of gauze and intravenous fluids. A baby died because there were no fluids for dialysis. An infant who was injured in an air strike which killed dozens of people in the […]
“God have mercy”: Tigray residents describe life under siege
CARA ANNA, of Associated Press, reports on life inside a war zone…