At least one rocket fired from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region targeted neighbouring Eritrea Friday night, four regional diplomats told AFP, the second such attack since Ethiopia’s internal conflict broke out earlier this month. “There was one rocket coming from Tigray that seems to have landed south of Asmara” (the Eritrean capital), one diplomat said, noting […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday ordered Ethiopia’ s army to launch a final offensive against Tigray’ s leaders in their regional capital Mekele, saying the window for their surrender had expired . “ The Ethiopian National Defence Forces have now been directed to conclude the third and final phase of our rule of law […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday said he rejected international “interference” in Ethiopia’s affairs, hours before a deadline for Tigray’s rebellious leaders to surrender or face an assault on their capital. Abiy, the winner of last year’s Nobel Prize, late Sunday gave the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours to surrender — an ultimatum […]
The UN Security Council was due to hold its first meeting on the conflict in Ethiopia’ s dissident Tigray region Tuesday, amid division between European and African members over whether the closed- door discussion should take place . France , Britain , Belgium , Germany and Estonia, backed by the United States , announced the […]
International pressure mounted Tuesday on the warring parties in northern Ethiopia to cease fighting and protect civilians in Tigray, whose leaders Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given a deadline to surrender. The UN Security Council will convene its first meeting Tuesday on Tigray, where forces loyal to the region’s ruling party have been battling Ethiopian […]
Over 40,000 Ethiopians have fled to neighbouring Sudan as government forces pursue an offensive in the Tigray region, the UN’s refugee agency said Monday. UNHCR said that as of Sunday, it and the Sudanese government had registered 40,277 people fleeing into Sudan, which is struggling to cope with its own severe economic crisis. “Refugees arrive […]
The leader of Ethiopia’s dissident Tigray region said Monday that his people were “ready to die” defending their homeland, rejecting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ultimatum that they surrender within 72 hours. Abiy launched a military campaign against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on November 4, accusing it of attacking two federal military camps in […]
At least thirty – seven people died in violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and supporters of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine this week , marking a particularly violent start to the country’ s election season. Two days of protests were sparked by Wine ’ s arrest ahead of a political rally in the run […]
Ethiopia’s Tigray forces fired rockets into the city of Bahir Dar in the Amhara region on Friday but caused no damage, the regional government said. The Tigray fighters similarly hit Eritrea a few days ago. The conflict in northern Ethiopia has killed hundreds over the past two weeks and sent 33,000 refugees into Sudan. It […]
Sixteen people have been killed in two days of violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and supporters of detained opposition leader Bobi Wine, police said Thursday, as tensions flared two months before a presidential election. Ugandan security forces fired teargas and rubber bullets at angry protesters who set fires, barricaded roads and looted stores in […]
