We need this push from the [US] President.". [ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that Ethiopia, in developing Abbay River for its needs, has no intention of causing harm to lower riparian countries. Ethiopian refugees fleeing Tigray line up to receive supplies at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020. News G7 warns of human rights abuses in Ethiopia's Tigray. Eritrea's government denied involvement in the atrocities reported by Amnesty, but has yet to respond to CNN's request for comment in relation to the Dengelat massacre. Thus, the Tigray war has the potential to spill over into the Sudan-Ethiopia border controversy. Every day, more and more reports of starvation trickle out of the Tigray region of Ethiopia that has been hit by conflict. Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray risks dragging on for years: Report. Blinken had called for a "full, independent international investigation into all reports of human rights violations, abuses and atrocities.". … [ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will officially inaugurate its Regional Cancer Centre of Excellence on Monday at a ceremony in Addis Ababa. Nearly six months after fighting broke out between the country’s government forces and Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the ruling party in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray… It added that it was "fully committed" to investigating any human rights violations. ነፍሲ ወከፍ ዕለትን መዓልትን እዚ ኹሉ ዓመትከ እንታይ ይመስል ነይሩ።, Amid Renewed Violence and Conflicting Accounts Army Places Oromo Special, South Wollo & North Shewa Zones of Amhara Region Under Command Post, EU Following the Situation in Ethiopia Before Confirming Election Observation Mission, IGAD to Inaugurate Regional Cancer Centre of Excellence Addis Ababa, PM Abiy Says Ethiopia Has No Intention of Causing Harm to Lower Riparian Countries, Two Bottom Outlets of GERD Completed, Operationalized - Water, Irrigation & Energy Minister, ኣብ ኣመሪካ "ዝነውሐ ማእሰርቲ ዕድመ ልክዕ" ዘሕለፈ ጆ ሊጎን ድሕሪ 68 ዓመት ወጺኡ, ‘Out of Trump playbook’: UK accused of ‘abandoning’ women with cuts to aid, ‘Kill the bill’ and trans visibility: human rights this fortnight in pictures, The Weeknd donates $1m in food aid to Ethiopia amid 'senseless' conflict, Ethiopia is fighting 'difficult and tiresome' guerrilla war in Tigray, says PM, Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified. CNN's Angela Dewan, Emmet Lyons, Bethlehem Feleke, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase contributed to this report. The Weeknd donates $1m in food aid to Ethiopia amid 'senseless' conflict April 5, 2021; Ethiopia is fighting 'difficult and tiresome' guerrilla war in Tigray, says PM April 4, 2021; Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified April 2, 2021 Abiy was appointed prime minister in 2018 and won a Nobel prize last year for his peace deal with Eritrea. "We strongly condemn the killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual assaults, and other extremely serious human rights violations and abuses by several parties that multiple organizations have reported in Tigray," he said. SBS Amharic
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Since the 1980s, Ethiopia has … After seizing control of Tigray's main cities in late November, Abiy declared victory and maintained that no civilians were harmed in the offensive. Ethiopia's leader said in an address before lawmakers Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that atrocities have occurred in Tigray, the country's northern region where fighting persists as … The accusations are aimed at soldiers on all sides of the conflict. Debretsion became deputy prime minister after Zenawi's death in 2012. Tigray crises: Ethiopia summons its ambassador to Ireland What you need to know: According to sources, Ethiopia has... [Kichuu] 13/03/2021 POLITICS News Wire 4h ago Ethiopia Calls U.S. Claims of Tigray Ethnic Cleansing ‘Spurious’ CNN has previously reported that soldiers from neighboring Eritrea have perpetrated many of the extrajudicial killings, assaults and human rights abuses in the Tigray region. Ousted Tigray leader Debretsion Gebremichael in Mekelle, Ethiopia, on June 8, 2019. The situation in Ethiopia, East Africa’s most populous country, is getting desperate by the day. The TPLF ruled until 2018, when members of the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups united against the party. tigray.net © 2000-2018. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday that Eritrean forces agreed to withdraw troops from the Ethiopian border after five months of conflict in the Tigray region. The Ethiopian government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed is accused of teaming up with his ethnic group — his mother was Amhara — and soldiers from neighboring Eritrea to punish around 6 million people. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that the US was "gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation," and called for Eritrean and Amhara regional forces to withdraw immediately. How a religious festival turned into a massacre, US calls for withdrawal of Eritrean forces in Ethiopia following investigation into massacre. The Ethiopian foreign ministry's statement Monday did not mention the presence of forces from neighboring Eritrea during the recent offensive. Blinken's statement came one day after CNN's investigation, as well as another by Amnesty International, both detailing eyewitness accounts of civilian massacres in two separate assaults in late 2020. An internal U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, an American ally — posing President Biden’s first major test in Africa. Last weekend saw a dramatic turn in the war between the Federal government and the forces of the Northern Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Between 19 and 29 November 2020, Eritrean troops operating in the Ethiopian city of Axum, Tigray, committed a series of human rights and humanitarian law... ዜና - BBC News ትግርኛ
Top Ethiopia health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray. "We want to have peace in this region, in this country so we want [the US] to continue to push [for the withdrawal] of invader forces from Tigray to stop the atrocities, genocide and destruction," he told CNN. Tigray regional state opposed the decision made by the federal government postpone the general census, Ethiopia News Agency reports today. So, the most important thing is that an investigation must be conducted," he added. Old scores need to be settled or new terrain gained before the main rainy season starts in June preventing the large-scale movement of armies and supplies. Ethiopian Breaking News, Latest News and Videos. "It should be clear that such matters are the sole responsibility of the Ethiopian government, which as a sovereign nation, is responsible to deploy the necessary security structures and means available in ensuring the rule of law within all corners of its borders," the ministry said in a statement. Ethiopian army soldiers patrol the streets of Mekelle, in the Tigray region, March 7, 2021, after the city was captured with an operation against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Debretsion said he was making an urgent call to the Biden administration to keep the pressure on the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments. The violence unleashed in Tigray has cast grave doubt over the future of what had been widely regarded as an African success story. Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto warned Tuesday that the crisis in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region appears "out of control", after visiting the country on behalf of the EU. News Ethiopian PM: Eritrean troops to leave Tigray. All Rights Reserved. TPLF troops seized power in Ethiopia in 1991 with the backing of Eritrea, and the TPLF's Meles Zenawi became the nation's leader. SBS Tigrigna
Witnesses say they have split much of Tigray between them, with the Amhara in the west and Eritrean forces in the east. እቲ ትማሊ 'ቴብል ማውንቴይን' ተባሂሉ ኣብ ዝጽዋዕ እምባ ዘጋጠመ ባርዕ ጫካ ታሪኻዊ ህንጻ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ኬፕታውን ከምዘዕነወ ይፍለጥ።, ካብታ ኣብ 2012 ዝጠሓለት ዓባይ መርከብ ታይታኒክ ሽዱሽተ ቻይናውያን ብህይወት ድሒኖም፤ እቲ ጸበባኦም ግና ኣብኡ ኣየብቅዐን።, ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ዓርቢ ጀሚሩ ክሳብ ቀዳመ ሰናብቲ ኣብ ክልል ኣምሓራ ዞባ ሰሜን ሸዋ ኣብ ዝርከባ ወረዳታት ብዝተፈጸሙ መጥቃዕታት፡ ህይወት ብዙሓት ሰባት ከም ዝጠፍአን ንብረት ከም ዝዓነወን ነበርቲ ንቢቢሲ ተዛሪቦም።, እዚ ውልቀሰብ፡ እቲ ኣብ ኣመሪካ "ዝነውሐ ማእሰርቲ ዕድመ ልክዕ" ዝተፈርዶ'ዩ። ናጽነቱ ንክረክብ ግን እዚ ኹሉ ዓመት ስለ ምንታይ ተጸብዩ? On Monday, Ethiopia's foreign ministry said it was working to ensure unfettered access to Tigray for the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The Amnesty International report charged that Eritrean forces killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the city of Axum, also in Tigray region, in November through indiscriminate shelling and shooting and extrajudicial killings, in what the human rights organization said could amount to a crime against humanity. "We are calling for an investigation into the CNN findings on the ground in Tigray.". Ethiopia's prime minister has acknowledged for the first time that troops from Eritrea have been in the Tigray region following the outbreak of conflict in November. Tigrai Online provides Ethiopian daily news, current news on investment, business, and political analysis. The United Nations warned that sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. ዜና - BBC News አማርኛ