Mekete Tigray UK

(Source: Economist, 22 January 2021) – A rebel region is being starved into submission Ethiopia suffered famines in the past. Many foreigners know this; in 1985 about one-third of the world’s population watched a pop concert to raise money for starving Ethiopians. What is less well understood is that poor harvests lead to famine only […]

(By GSTS Press Release, 21 January 2021) – Urgent call for unfettered access to humanitarian corridor and cessation of the war  “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but those who watch them without doing anything” – Albert Einstein At the heart of the war on Tigray (one of 9 Federal […]

(Source: Reuters, By Reuters Staff, 20 January 2021) – NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopians in the war-scarred north are dying from lack of healthcare services, are suffering food and water shortages, and remain “terrified”, according to aid agencies finally accessing remoter parts of Tigray region. Just when people were harvesting crops in early November, the federal […]

(Source: Telegraph, By Dalya Alberge, 17 January 2021) – Some manuscripts dating to the 13th century may have been stolen and burned in ‘cultural cleansing’ Churches and mosques in Ethiopia are being attacked and their sacred treasures looted in a catastrophic conflict in the northern Tigray region that is causing destruction, loss of life and […]

(Source: AFP 19 January 2021) – A letter from a Catholic church official in the town of Adigrat, dated January 5 and seen by AFP, says residents have run out of food, water and medicine and are living without electricity and other basic services. “It is a daily reality to hear people dying from the […]

(Source: AP, 18 january 2021) – NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The first humanitarian workers to arrive after pleading with the Ethiopian government for access describe weakened children dying from […]

(Source: Eritrenhub.org, 16 January 2021) – This is the story of a village in the Irob area, on the border between Eritrea and Tigray in Ethiopia. It comes from Rita – whose uncle sent it to her. “We are a minority ethnic group in Tigray. Eritrean troops arrived in the area and then went from […]

(Source: Tghat.com, 16 january 2021) – Editor’s note and introduction: This is a publication from unedited minutes from Tigray Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) that Tghat obtained. ECC consists of UN organizations and different Humanitarian Organizations with a presence in Tigray including MSF, Red Cross, CRS, Norwegian Church Aid, among others. The minutes are from an […]

(Source: Church Times, by Rebecca Paveley, 15 January 2021) – REPORTS of a massacre of 750 people in the cathedral complex that reputedly houses the Ark of the Covenant have emerged from the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Accounts have come from those who fled the town of Aksum and walked more than 200km to the […]

(Source: Eritreanhub.org, 15 january 2021) – In a war the death of one person sometimes comes to symbolise an incident. The death of Asmelash Weldeselassie seems to be one such event.   This is what the Ethiopian media had to say about his death. “The Ethiopian Defense Force on Wednesday confirmed that former Minister for […]

(by Mekete Tigray UK, 14 January 2021) – The historical Debre Damo Monastery is reportedly bombed by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces with heavy artilleries. Dozens of civilians’ causalities, mainly men monks killed or wounded. This is yet another attack on the historical and religious heritages in Tigray perperated by Eritrean and Ethiopian Forces after they […]

(By T Kebede, 14 January 2021) – It is a war situation and most people are compelled to express their dismay in whatever means. Events move fast and time is not on our side to perfect and polish our thoughts, if we do we lose the moment. Likewise most of us, certainly I am not, a […]