CAIRO (Reuters) – An Iranian freighter has been attacked in the Red Sea, Al Arabiya TV reported Tuesday, citing unidentified sources, and Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said the ship was attacked …
Read More »Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have started to withdraw from Tigray
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Eritrean forces have begun to withdraw from the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said, following growing reports that they are responsible for human rights abuses, …
Read More »Eritrea has no plans to leave Tigray after pact with Ethiopia: TPLF
A member of the Amhara Special Forces looks on at the border crossing with Eritrea in Humera, Ethiopia. Photographer: Eduardo Soteras / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Eduardo Soteras / AFP / …
Read More »Ethiopia says Eritrea agrees to withdraw troops from Tigray
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) – Ethiopia’s prime minister said Friday that Eritrea agreed to withdraw its forces from the Tigray region, where witnesses described them looting, killing and raping civilians. The statement from …
Read More »Reports of executions and mass rapes stem from the hidden war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Johannesburg – The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières has revealed details of the gruesome war raging virtually out of sight in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, and reports that government forces …
Read More »United States Creates Special Envoy Post to Address Ethiopia Crisis
Antony Blinken in Brussels on March 24. Photographer: Martin Bertrand / Bloomberg Photographer: Martin Bertrand / Bloomberg US Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved the establishment of a special envoy for the …
Read More »Eritreans behind atrocities in northern Ethiopia, report says
Photographer: Eduardo Soteras / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Eduardo Soteras / AFP / Getty Images More than a hundred people were killed by Eritrean forces last November in the northern Ethiopian …
Read More »Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admits Eritrea’s involvement in the war
Prime Minister of Ethiopia to admitHe noticed for the first time that troops from neighboring Eritrea supported his nation’s army in a conflict against dissident leaders from the northern region of Tigray. …
Read More »The EU will propose specific sanctions against Eritrea for the conflict in Ethiopia
A man with members of his family holds his twin nieces who were born during hostilities, in Wukro, north of Mekele, on March 1. Photographer: Eduardo Soteras / AFP / Getty Images …
Read More »UN and US demand that Eritrean forces leave Ethiopia amid “mass killings, rapes and kidnappings” in Tigray
United Nations – UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock warned Thursday that a “campaign of destruction” is underway in Ethiopia’s besieged Tigray province, saying that at least 4.5 million people need assistance and …
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