Month: November 2020

(Source: Eritreahub.org, 30 November 2020) Brussels fears that Ethiopia’s internal conflict could spiral out of control, dragging in neighbouring countries. BY SIMON MARKS November 30, 2020 6:56 pm ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Widespread conflict in Ethiopia that has driven tens of thousands of refugees from their homes, killed hundreds — possibly thousands — and dragged in neighbouring countries […]

(Source: Aljazeera.com, 30 December 2020) Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said federal troops had not killed a single civilian in their nearly month-long offensive against regional forces in Tigray. Abiy also assured Parliament on Monday that the army would not destroy Mekelle, capital of Tigray, after announcing its capture yesterday. Continue Reading

(Source: BBC News) Ethiopia took the lead in creating Africa’s continental organisation, the African Union (AU), but Ethiopia analyst Alex de Waal argues that its actions are now jeopardising the body’s founding principles. Shortly before three former African heads of state arrived in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, to seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict […]

(Source: BBC News) After being ensconced in power in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region for nearly three decades, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) could be preparing to return to the mountains to launch a guerrilla war against the federal government. But the Ethiopian military believes that it can prevent this from happening through the offensive […]

(Source: TheGuardian.com) Hundreds have already died. The dangers are multiplying for the country and the region. On Tuesday, two weeks after launching military action, the Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, announced a “final and conclusive” push against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. Few expect it to be so easy. The TPLF, which dominated Ethiopian politics […]

(BBC News) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he is launching the “final phase” of the army’s operation in Tigray with an attack on the regional capital, Mekelle. He said the military would try not to harm civilians and urged people in the city to stay at home. However, details of the fighting are hard […]

(TheGuardian.com) Abiy Ahmed faces growing calls to end conflict that threatens to destabilise eastern Africa Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, has forcefully rejected efforts by international powers to bring hostilities in the north of the country to an end. Abiy’s statement on Wednesday came hours before a deadline for the surrender of the […]

(Rcpbml.org.uk) People and organisations across the world have expressed grave concerns about the actions of the Federal Government of Ethiopia, which has embarked on a military campaign against the Government of the Regional National State of Tigray, one of ten regional states in Ethiopia, led by the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF). The African Union, […]

(Eritreahub.org) Analysts fear the conflict in Tigray could fuel violence in other parts of the country. A family sits inside their shelter within a camp for internally displaced people in Chelelektu town of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) in Ethiopia, on 15 August, 2018. (Tiksa Negeri/REUTERS) The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has […]

(Aljazeera.com) Tigray is the last frontier in a battle over the character of the Ethiopian state. Earlier this month, a simmering political and ideological conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and the northern region of Tigray escalated into a deadly civil war that is threatening to destabilise an already fragile and volatile region. On November 4, […]

(BBC News) Ethiopia has urged the international community to refrain from “unwelcome and unlawful acts of interference” in its affairs following calls to end the conflict in the northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called the military offensive a “law-enforcement operation”. His deadline to Tigray fighters to surrender will lapse on Wednesday. Hundreds […]