(Source: US State Department) – UNITED STATES STRENGTHENS EFFORTS TO FIGHT FAMINE IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA WITH MORE THAN $149 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE For Immediate Release Friday, July 30, 2021 Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov In response to growing needs in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United States is providing more than $149 million […]
Continue Reading(Addis Standard) – Addis Abeba, July 31/2021 – The Special Adviser of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, in a statement discussing the deteriorating situation in Ethiiopia expressed alarm at the continuation of what she described as ‘ethnic violence’ in the country and the allegations of serious violations […]
Continue Reading(Source: Dimtsi Tegaru) – Podcast: Behind the Front Lines in Tigray | How Local Guerrilla Fighters Routed Ethiopia’s Powerful #TDF
Continue Reading(Source: Adoulis, translated from Arabic using Google Translate) – A number of Eritrean opposition organizations are participating in preparatory meetings to establish a broad frontal political and military entity in order to overthrow the regime in Asmara. According to private sources, Adulis said that the consultations taking place in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, are led […]
Continue Reading(Source: AP, By CARA ANNA) – NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. official who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on genocide is visiting Ethiopia next week to press the government to lift what the U.S. calls a blockade on humanitarian aid to the conflict-hit Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands of people now face […]
Continue Reading(By Temesgn Kebede) – If I were to live again, The erst half of my lifespan, I would have done things differently, Than I had planned. I was an athlete, a javelin on hand, But with misguided trajectory, In mind; A noetic prosody! If I were to be […]
Continue ReadingCurrent position of the Government of Tigray regarding a negotiated ceasefire Abiy Ahmed has committed the act of treason by colluding with foreign forces to commit genocide on the people of Tigray. His genocidal war campaign against Tigray has caused untold suffering on the people of Tigray and has thrown the country into an even deeper […]
Continue Reading(Source: OCHA) – The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, today started a six-day mission to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. “It was important to me that I carry out my first official mission as the UN’s humanitarian chief to Ethiopia,” said Mr. Griffiths. “Humanitarian needs in […]
Continue Reading(Source: Voice of America, By Lisa Schlein, Washington DC, 28 July 2021) – Maria Gerth-Niculescu / Deutsche Welle An aid worker distributes food and other items in Mekele, Tigray. Geneva — The World Health Organization warns that millions of people in conflict-ridden Tigray in northern Ethiopia lack access to basic health care and risk […]
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Continue Reading(Source: EEPA) – Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peacebuilding, refugee protection, and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published extensively on issues related to the movement and/or human trafficking of refugees in the Horn of Africa and […]
Continue Reading(Source: Reuters, By Giulia Paravicini and Maggie Fick) – NAIROBI, July 28 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Somali region said on Wednesday a vital road and rail trade route linking the landlocked capital of Addis Ababa to the sea port of Djibouti was blocked by youths angered by a deadly militia attack on their region. Around 95% […]
Continue Reading(Source: Awash Post, By Mohammed Olad) – It is likely to end the same way. ©sadikao The civil war in Tigray has entered a new phase, ensnarling ethnic militias and security forces from several regional states in Ethiopia. Amhara leaders have characterized the people of Tigray as “enemies” and urged the youth to take […]
Continue Reading(Source: The Top Stories) Watch this video to learn the fearless and most brave nations in the world. Tigray is in the second position defending its freedom against invaders for many centuries including the present war that has been waged by the Ethiopian Army, Eritrean Army, Somalia Army, Amhara special forces and militias. These brave nations we […]
Continue Reading(Source: Metro, By Giulia Paravicini and Maggie Fick) – The Wider Image: Grim aftermath of Ethiopian battle offers rare clues of brutal war SHEWEATE HUGUM, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Burned-out military vehicles, boxes of ammunition and the bodies of scores of federal troops were still scattered along the dirt road that runs through the […]
Continue Reading(Source: EEPA) – Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peacebuilding, refugee protection, and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published extensively on issues related to the movement and/or human trafficking of refugees in the Horn of Africa and […]
Continue ReadingHighlights (1 week ago) Over eight months on since the start of the conflict in Tigray, the humanitarian situation remains alarmingly dire and could further deteriorate if immediate action is not taken. Inside the region, humanitarians can now access previously hard-to-reach area, with 75 per cent of the population now in zones where relief operations […]
Continue Reading(Source: Reuters, By Maggie Fink and Dawit Endeshaw, NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA) – Residents of Ethiopia’s Amhara region said on Monday some young men were responding to a weekend call to arms by their president, as Amhara’s government denied that forces from neighbouring Tigray had advanced further into the region. An eight-month-old war between Ethiopia’s central government and […]
Continue Reading(Source: Puntland Post, By Adan Essa Hussein) – The incendiary speech of Agegnehu Teshager, the President of Amhara region, is the latest incontrovertible evidence that the Ethiopian government has sparked inter-ethnic war in a country that adopted a federal system in place of assimilationist policies associated with Amharas. It is absurd to talk of Ethiopia […]
Continue Reading(Source: Mail online, By AFP) – As he set off to vote in Ethiopia’s national election, Tesfahun Sisay chose his outfit with purpose, pulling on a T-shirt emblazoned with a man’s face and a Kalashnikov rifle. That man was Asaminew Tsige: revered by many in Amhara, Asaminew commanded the region’s muscular security forces until two […]
Continue Reading(Source: Reuters) – DDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Sunday called on “all young people” to take up arms against forces from the neighbouring region of Tigray, who claimed to have taken over a town in Amhara for the first time since the conflict began. “I call on all young people, militia, non-militia in […]
Continue Reading(ብያሬድ ሑልፍ) – ዓልላ ዓልሉ አሉላ አባነጋ ተላዒሉ ሓዊ ሓዊ ዝጎስ አምበላይ ፈረሱ ኹሒሉ አርመስመሶግራካሕሱ አምሓራይ ብል ሓሽከር ሶላቶ ደራሚሱ:: ኸደ እናንጎድጎደ ኸምዝዓበደ አምባላጀ ክምዝልመደ እግሪ እግሩ እናቀየደ:: ዘይፍልጥ መቦቆሉ ዝገበተ ብናይዳማቱ ቅርስን ታሪኽናን ተኻሕሉ እትነብር ዓሉም አታሊሉ:: አይዓገብን ንሕና እትንህሉ ብምንባርና ተሻቂሉ ተላዐለ ኻብ ገፅ መሬት ኽንክወለሉ ደጊሙ ደጋጊሙ ኸጥፈኤና ተላዒሉ:: ይዝከረኩምድ እትጉሒላ መንግስቱ እሼኽ […]
Continue Reading(Source: BBC World Service) – The president of Ethiopia’s Amhara region has called on all residents holding arms to mobilise against the forces from neighbouring Tigray. “Starting from tomorrow [Monday], I call on all people of age who are armed either at governmental or private level to mobilise for a survival campaign,” Agegnehu […]
Continue Reading(By Asayehgn Desta, Sarlo Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, first published on Aigaforum.com 21 July 2021) – The constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, promulgated in 1995, was supposed to resolve ethnic conflict and enhance self- and shared rule. But, contrary to expectations, Ethiopia became heavily embroiled in inter-ethnic skirmishes starting in 2018. […]
Continue Reading(Source: Amnesty) – Police in Addis Ababa have arbitrarily arrested and detained dozens of Tigrayans without due process, following the recapture of the Tigray region’s capital, Mekelle, by forces from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that also calls itself Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) on 28 June, Amnesty International said today. The arrests appear to […]
Continue Reading(Source: Catholic News Service, Fredrick Nzwili) – NAIROBI, Kenya — Expressing compassion and solidarity with the people affected by war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the Ethiopian bishops’ conference said it is not too late to end the violence that has left thousands of people dead and 2 million more displaced. “As pastors, we can […]
Continue Reading(Nation, Eduardo Soteras | AFP, By Tesfa-Alem Tekle, Ethiopia Correspondent) – What you need to know: In a statement on Saturday, the Prime Minister called upon the people of Tigray to stand with the Ethiopian government. The armed group fighting the Ethiopian army and its allied regional forces in Tigray claims it is now in a position to march […]
Continue Reading(Source: Sudan Tribune, Gedaref ) – A Sudanese soldier was killed in the latest clashes that took place on Saturday between Sudanese forces and Ethiopian militiamen in the border locality of Basanda. Military sources told the Sudan Tribune that the Sudanese soldiers and reserve forces of the 2nd Infantry Division confronted an Ethiopian militia during […]
Continue Reading(By Temesgn Kebede) – Fate sometimes had it once an Askari (አስከሪ) an Askari for life; once a domestic servant a domestic servant to a geriatric end with no respite to rest; once a person bent their dorsal to meet a master’s needs, they keep bending till their fibulas screech. How else can we explain these haggard men […]
Continue ReadingOPEN LETTER H.E. David Malpass President of the World Bank Group 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA H.E. Dr. Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director (MD) and Chairwoman of the Executive Board International Monetary Fund 700 19th Street, N.W, Washington, D.C. 20431 H.E. Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President of the African Development Bank Group Avenue […]
Continue Reading(By Temesgn Kebede, 24 July 2021) – Fire: Easter Fire! A Dionysian beast to be born ever, Ought I curse or display fanfare For coming back here! Where you had left nothing to spare! Fire for breakfast Time for launch You whiplash the air; Fire for dinner Fire for night sleep Fire for the rash […]
Continue Reading(Source: Awash Post, By Faisal Roble) – Ethiopia is at a dangerous crossroads. The ill-fated war in Tigray, which started in November 2020, has morphed into a civil war involving six of Ethiopia’s ten federal states. Ethnic and political polarization is rife. The ruling elite and their allies unabashedly fuel genocidal rhetoric on social and […]
Continue Reading(Source: EEPA) – Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peacebuilding, refugee protection, and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published extensively on issues related to the movement and/or human trafficking of refugees in the Horn of Africa and […]
Continue ReadingVideos of Tigrayans and friends of Tigray demonstration in front of 10 Downing Street, residency of UK Prime Minister Boris Jonson Demonstration in front of United Nations (UN) office in London
Continue ReadingPictures of Tigrayans and friends of Tigray demonstration in front of 10 Downing Street, residency of UK Prime Minster Boris Jonson Demonstration in front of United Nations (UN) office in London
Continue Reading(Source: Ethiopia Insight, By DAWUD MOHAMMED, 21 July 2021) – Superficial political changes have so far made little headway in addressing Afar region’s very real problems. Ahmed Seid was born and raised in Arado ke Lahiguh, a small village in Aysaita district in Afar region. He spent his childhood on the ancestral clan-owned lands where his father […]
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