Month: September 2021
- Middle East
Analysis: Amhara State President says region foils attack by “radical Kimant rebels” and “T.P.L.F.-trained Samri group” through border with Sudan; claim adds new dynamic to the conflict
Agegnehu Teshager speaking to state broadcaster about the attack. Photo: AS/Screengrab Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, September 03/2021 – The Amhara regional state President Agegnehu Teshager told state broadcaster ETV last night that the regional state forces have repelled new attacks through “a third frontier” from areas where the region is bordering with Sudan. The President said that attacks were…
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News: Amid closure of Embassy in Algiers, Reports of closure of general consulate in Jeddah, Defections of diplomats, Ethiopia says it is ‘right sizing’ its diplomatic outposts
Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. at yesterday’s bi-weekly briefing. Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 03/2021 – Ambassador Dina Mufti, the Spokesperson of of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), gave the Ministry’s biweekly press briefing yesterday to local and international media discussing top political, economic and citizen-centered diplomacy agendas. “Ethiopia believes that Olusegun Obasanjo,…
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News: Ethiopian Catholic church says it was ‘misquoted’ as saying its aid activities are suspended in Tigray
Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church. Photo: Vatican News Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 02/2021 – The Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat issued a statement today asking for corrections of erroneous communication surrounding widely reported news of the church suspending aid in the Tigray region following the escalation of fighting and tensions in the region. On August…
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News Alert: Number of aid workers killed in Tigray climbs to 23
Members of the ICRC distributing humanitarian supplies in Tigray state. Picture: ICRC Addis Abeba, September 02/2021 – The total number of humanitarians killed in Tigray since the outset of the conflict has climbed from 12 to 23 as reports of the murder of an additional 11 aid workers from the Relief Society of Tigray (REST, an NGO based in Tigray)…
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News: US accuses Fed. Gov’t of stalling aid access into Tigray; OCHA says access hindered due to ‘bureaucratic and logistical’ reasons, calls for unfettered humanitarian access
Ned Price, Spokesperson for the State Department. Photo: Screengrab By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, September 02/2021 – In corresponding statements, the United States States department and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) complained of the worsening humanitarian situation in Tigray, blamed the delay in delivery of assistance on the Federal government and called for…
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News: USAID accuses TPLF of hindering humanitarian operations in Amhara state, looting food aid; blames all warring parties for food aid theft
Sean Johnes, the USAID mission Director to Ethiopia. Photo: Screengrab By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, September 01/2021 – In an interview with Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) that was aired yesterday, Sean Jones, the USAID mission Director to Ethiopia, accused forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of looting food aid and causing intentional damage to its warehouses…
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