UN rights chief says air strikes have killed hundreds since November in Ethiopia
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The UN human rights chief said on Monday the situation in northern Ethiopia had deteriorated since November and her office had received reports of wide-spread violations including rapes and lethal air strikes. Michelle Bachelet told the Geneva-based Human Rights Council her staff had recorded 304 deaths and injuries to 373 people in […]
Ethiopia’s parliament lifts state of emergency early
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Ethiopia’s parliament on Tuesday voted for an early end to a six-month state of emergency, effective immediately, adding to signs that a bloody conflict between the government and rebellious Tigrayan forces could be easing. The war in Africa’s second-largest nation has largely ground to a stalemate, and diplomats helping to mediate between […]
Tigray conflict: Ethiopian diaspora torn by ethnic tensions
HELINA SELEMON, of The Associated Press, reports on the response of the Ethiopian diaspora in the US to the ongoing conflict in the nation…
Ethiopia PM must end Tigray conflict, Nobel committee says
Oslo, NorwayReuters The committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize appealed on Thursday to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the award in 2019, to halt the conflict unfolding in the country’s northern region of Tigray. In a rare critique of a former laureate, the Norwegian Nobel committee said Abiy bore special responsibility for […]
Military moves in Ethiopia risk undermining progress toward peace talks – US envoy
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa said on Tuesday that “nascent progress” toward getting all parties to Ethiopia’s conflict into negotiations on a ceasefire risks being outpaced by an “alarming” increase in military operations. Envoy Jeffrey Feltman briefed reporters in Washington after returning on Monday from Ethiopia, where […]
More than 1,000 people, mostly Tigrayans, detained in Ethiopia in week – UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters At least 1,000 people, mostly ethnic Tigrayans, have been detained in cities across Ethiopia in the past week, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on 2nd November, a year after a conflict erupted between the federal government and forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the political party controlling […]
African Union, US see small window of opportunity to end Ethiopia fighting
United Nations/Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters The African Union and the United States see a small window of opportunity to end fighting in Ethiopia, they said on Monday, as the United Nations warned that the risk of Ethiopia spiralling into a widening civil war is “only too real”. The AU envoy for the Horn of Africa, former […]
Pope decries Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis, urges dialogue
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Sunday decried the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia and pressed for dialogue to prevail over the protracted war. The pontiff in his traditional appearance to the public in St Peter’s Square said he was following the news with “worry” from the Horn of Africa, particularly from Ethiopia, “shaken by a conflict that […]
Calls for ceasefire in Ethiopia grow amid deepening conflict
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters African and Western nations called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia on Thursday after Tigrayan forces from the country’s north said they made advances towards the capital this week. The US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Addis Ababa to press for a halt to military operations […]
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 […]