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Air strike on playground kills 7 in Ethiopia's Tigray region - hospital

An air strike on a children's play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a four-month old ceasefire collapsed this week.

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UN chief urges Ethiopia and Tigray leaders to halt fighting

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging Ethiopia’s prime minister and the leader of its restive Tigray region leader to immediately halt the latest hostilities

The Independent UK

Fighting flares for second day in northern Ethiopia

Fighting flared for a second day in northern Ethiopia, residents said on Thursday, an outbreak of violence that has shattered hopes for fledgling peace talks between the government and forces from the Tigray region.

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WHO chief laments fate of 'starving' relatives in Tigray

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has made a passionate appeal for his embattled home region of Tigray in Ethiopia

The Independent UK

Fighting Flares Up in Northern Ethiopia after Five-month Lull

Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on Wednesday, shattering a five-month truce and dealing a blow to peace efforts.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN calls for ceasefire amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for a ceasefire after renewed fighting erupted around the Tigray region.

Al Jazeera

Key events in the war in northern Ethiopia

A nearly two-year-long war in northern Ethiopia has killed thousands of civilians, left millions of people needing food aid and displaced millions more. Here are some of the main events in the conflict.

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Tigray forces allege 'large-scale' Ethiopia offensive

Authorities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are alleging that Ethiopia’s military has launched a “large-scale” offensive for the first time in a year

The Independent UK

Fighting erupts along border of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region

Fighting between forces from Ethiopia's rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces has erupted around the town of Kobo, residents and both sides said on Wednesday, ending a months-long ceasefire.

Reuters

Tigray: almost one in three children under five malnourished, UN says

Urgent action needed to avert further disaster in war-torn country as funding ‘fast running out’

The Guardian - UK

Hunger in Tigray pushing women and girls into sex work

People turn to desperate measures after authorities stop 6 million people accessing their own money

The Guardian - UK

Nearly half the people in Ethiopia's Tigray in 'severe' need of food aid- WFP

The nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia has left almost half the population of Tigray region in "severe" need of food, as aid groups struggle to reach the population because of insufficient fuel supplies, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Reuters

Ethiopia calls WHO chief's comments on Tigray "unethical"

Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as “unethical” the statement by the World Health Organization’s director-general that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is “the worst disaster on Earth” and his assertion that the lack of global attention is due to Tigrayans’ “color of the skin.”

The Independent UK

Ethiopia government proposes plan for peace in war-torn Tigray

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front dismisses the move and says the gov’t is engaged in ‘obfuscation’.

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Nowhere to run: the plight of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has hosted large numbers of Eritrean refugees for years. Before the recent conflict, about 100,000 Eritrean refugees lived in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

France 24

Ethiopia's Afar region pleads for aid as food trucks head to Tigray

In tonight's edition: Displaced people in Ethiopia's Afar region plead for food assistance as aid heads to the neighbouring Tigray region. Also, as worldwide investment in startups stagnates or drops off, African innovation continues to excite. Funding for African startups has doubled in the first half of this year. Finally,…

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t know if they are alive’: anguish of Tigrayan families cut off by telecom shutdown

The ‘partial blockade’ of the war-torn Ethiopian region has added to Tigrayans’ fears and distress

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'Ethiopia's other conflict': what's driving the violence in Oromia?

In November 2020 an outbreak of violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region captured worldwide attention. The conflict was between Tigrayan forces and the forces of the Ethiopian government and its allies.

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Why factory jobs for Ethiopian women haven't translated into greater participation in politics

Until the war in Tigray started in November 2020, Ethiopia was a favoured investment destination. It had experienced strong economic growth for the previous decade.

The Independent UK

Ethiopia names negotiators for looming Tigray peace process

Ethiopian authorities have named a team of seven negotiators for possible peace talks with Tigray forces

Reuters

African Union should lead Tigray peace talks, Ethiopia's ruling party says

The African Union should facilitate peace talks between Ethiopia's government and rebellious forces from the Tigray region in the north, the country's ruling party told state media on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Accuses Ethiopia of Executing 7 Soldiers, a Civilian

Sudan's military accused Ethiopia's army of executing seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian who were captives, the Sudanese armed forces said in a statement on Sunday. The Sudanese army also accused Ethiopia of displaying the bodies of the executed people to the public and vowed that there would be "an…

The Independent UK

EU calls on Ethiopia to reconnect Tigray region to the world

The European Union says Ethiopia’s government must reconnect its northern Tigray region to the world as a yearlong partial blockade has left food aid for almost 1 million hungry people stuck in warehouses without the fuel to deliver it

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Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic, but today it's a war crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere

A hideous contradiction is playing out in war-torn Ukraine. Thousands of Ukrainians are starving in cities besieged by Russian forces. Meanwhile, the country’s grain stores are bursting with food, and the government is begging for international assistance to export Ukrainian grain to world markets.

The Independent UK

China's 1st Horn of Africa envoy offers to mediate in region

China’s first special envoy to the Horn of Africa has offered to mediate in disputes in the region as Beijing seeks to strengthen its influence and protect its investments from conflict and other troubles

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