WHO chief warns time running out to ‘prevent genocide’ in Tigray Tedros says food and health care being used as weapons in his home region in northern Ethiopia. Al Jazeera · Oct 19, 2022
Tigray war: two years on, the AU has failed to broker peace and silence the guns The African Union pledged in 2016 to “silence the guns” by the end of 2020, an ambitious agenda of ending armed conflicts on the continent. Just two months before that deadline, the deadliest war in years erupted in Ethiopia. On 3 November 2020, the armies of the Federal Government of… The Conversation · Oct 18, 2022
Ethiopia vows to seize airports, facilities in Tigray as AU calls for truce Ethiopia's government has vowed to seize control of airports and other federal facilities in the country's Tigray region, a day after the African Union appealed for a ceasefire. Radio France Internationale · Oct 17, 2022
Sudan Welcomes ‘Economic Integration’ with Ethiopia Head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan held talks on Saturday with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the sidelines of the Tana High- Level Forum on Security in Africa, which kicked off on Oct 14 in Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar city. Discussions touched on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 16, 2022
Tigray has resisted Ethiopia's far greater military might for two years -- here's why neither side is giving in The Ethio-Tigray war started on 4 November 2020. For almost two years, the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea – along with Amhara regional forces and militia – have waged war against Tigray’s regional government and society. The Conversation · Oct 16, 2022
Postponement of Tigray peace talks latest blow in Ethiopia’s hidden war Airstrikes, malnutrition and disease have claimed thousands of lives in one of the most deadly but least reported conflicts in the world The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022
Why does the Nobel Peace Prize often stir controversy? With winner from 343 candidates set to be announced on Friday, a look at an award won by Obama, Gorbachev and Kissinger. Al Jazeera · Oct 6, 2022
Nobel Prize Season Arrives amid War, Nuclear Fears, Hunger This year's Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster. The secretive Nobel committees never hint who will win the prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics or peace. It's anyone's guess… Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022
Nobel Prize season arrives amid war, nuclear fears, hunger This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
Amid the chaos, the WHO’s Tedros plans for the next pandemic While Tedros has yet to catch the virus, his life, at the centre of the pandemic, has been infected by the chaos and conspiracy Covid-19 has created, writes Adam Taylor The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022
U.N. food agency: debris from drone strike hit truck in northern Ethiopia Debris from a drone strike in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region hit a World Food Programme truck carrying humanitarian aid and injured the driver, a WFP spokesperson said on Monday. Reuters · Sep 26, 2022
One killed in air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray, hospital says An air strike in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region killed one person on Friday, a hospital chief executive said, the latest in a series of strikes since fighting resumed late last month. Reuters · Sep 23, 2022
What stagnated the Ethiopia peace process? The Ethiopian forces and Tigrayan rebels failed to progress in peace talks during a five-month truce period. Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2022
Eritrea issues army mobilisation call as Ethiopia fighting resumes - Canadian government Eritrea is mobilising armed forces due to the re-eruption of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the Canadian government said on Saturday, raising fears that the fighting may intensify in a war that has already displaced millions and triggered a humanitarian disaster across northern Ethiopia. Reuters · Sep 17, 2022
Al Jazeera · Sep 13, 2022 Ten dead in second day of air raids in Ethiopia’s Tigray region Twin drone attacks hit residential neighbourhood of Midre Genet in regional Tigray capital of Mekelle.
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2022 Ethiopia's economy struggles as war reignites in Tigray Once home to one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, Ethiopia is struggling as the war in its Tigray region has reignited and weary citizens far from the front are pleading for peace
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 13, 2022 Air Strike Hits Ethiopia’s Northern Tigray Region Capital An air strike hit the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Tuesday, an official at a hospital said. The air strike happened days after Tigray's regional government said it was ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process in its war with the central government…
Radio France Internationale · Sep 12, 2022 Ethiopia's Tigray rebels ready to accept ceasefire and AU-led peace process Ethiopia's Tigray rebels said on Sunday they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union, removing an obstacle to negotiations with the Addis Ababa government to end almost two years of fighting.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 12, 2022 Ethiopia's Tigray Rebels Say Ready for AU-led Peace Talks Ethiopia's Tigray rebels said Sunday they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union, removing an obstacle to negotiations with the government to end almost two years of brutal warfare. The announcement was made amid a flurry of international diplomacy after fighting…
Reuters · Sep 11, 2022 Tigrayan forces say ready to accept an AU-led peace process in Ethiopia Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for nearly two years said on Sunday they are ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 3, 2022 US Says Sending Envoy to Ethiopia, Condemns Eritrea Return to War The United States on Friday dispatched an envoy to Ethiopia to seek an end to renewed fighting, and condemned neighboring Eritrea for re-entering the conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Mike Hammer, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, will head this weekend to Ethiopia and "convey…
Al Jazeera · Sep 2, 2022 Gunmen kill dozens in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Report Witnesses say at least 42 people have been killed as clashes between the Oromo and Amhara groups escalate.
Reuters · Sep 2, 2022 Explainer-Why has fighting restarted in north Ethiopia? Fighting has erupted again around the borders of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, shattering a ceasefire declared in March. Both sides blame each other for restarting the war, which originally ignited in November 2020 when Tigrayan forces seized military bases across their region.
The Conversation · Aug 30, 2022 Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters I speak to myself whispering Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries…
Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2022 Ethiopia forces accused of deadly attack as Tigray war escalates Witnesses say a school in Mekelle was attacked and four civilians killed, but the government denies the reports.