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…
Ethiopia and Eritrea deny US accusations of war crimes
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday rejected a determination by the US State Department that their armies, along with all sides in the recently concluded conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, had committed war crimes. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, its allies […]
US determines all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict
Washington DC, USReuters The United States has determined that all sides committed war crimes during the conflict in northern Ethiopia that killed tens of thousands of people, left hundreds of thousands facing hunger and displaced millions, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. Blinken said that after a careful review of the law […]
Ethiopia seeks to end UN-ordered probe into Tigray war abuses
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Ethiopia is courting support for a motion to cut short a UN-mandated inquiry into atrocities in the Tigray war, five diplomats said, in a move that could divide African and Western nations. The Ethiopian Government’s two-year conflict with forces in the northern Tigray region ended last November with thousands dead and millions […]
Eritrean troops seen leaving Ethiopian town of Shire
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Large numbers of Eritrean troops have left the town of Shire in Ethiopia’s Tigray region where they fought in support of government forces during a two-year civil war, a resident and two humanitarian workers told Reuters on Saturday. The Eritrean forces’ continuing presence in Tigray, despite a November ceasefire agreement between Ethiopia’s […]
Essay: Within its own borders and beyond, the Eritrean regime cannot be trusted
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, looks at why Eritrea – and in particular its military forces – remains a cause for advocacy and prayer in 2023…
Ethiopia sets out on long road to peace after two years of war
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters A year that began with no end in sight for one of the world’s deadliest conflicts finished on a note of cautious optimism in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray after a November ceasefire agreement. The two-year-long war has caused a dire humanitarian crisis, killing tens of thousands, leaving millions in severe need […]
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, […]
Ethiopia’s Tigray forces say they have withdrawn 65 per cent of fighters from frontlines
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters More than half of Tigrayan forces have withdrawn from the frontlines, the forces’ top commander said, a month after a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. “We have accomplished 65 [per cent] disengagement of our army,” Tadesse Wereda, commander-in-chief of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front […]