Ethiopia Crisis
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Update: UN Secretary General joins growing calls for Eritrean forces to leave Tigray
UN Secretary General General António Guterres. Photo: Office of the Spokesperson Addis Abeba, March 4/2021 – The UN Secretary General…
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News: Tigray region interim admin unanimous on the need for Eritrean troops’ withdrawal: bureau head
A picture which circulated on social media yesterday shows an Eritrean soldier (left) at an unidentified local branch of state…
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News: Jimma Uni graduate, two others who remain in police custody against court order face new charges
From Left: Jimma university graduates Mohammed Deksiso, Mulugeta Shitee and University staffer Wondimu Legesse Abba Dafar (PhD) By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne …
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Just In: In a phone call with PM Abiy Sec. Blinken “pressed for the immediate end to hostilities and the withdrawal of outside forces from Tigray, including Amhara regional security forces and Eritrean troops”
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Readout March 02/2021 – Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today…
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Breaking: Immediate withdrawal of Eritrean, Amhara region forces from Tigray, unilateral cessation of hostilities by all & unhindered delivery of assistance: Antony J. Blinken
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on…
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News Alert: EU calls for immediate cessation of hostilities, says civilian sufferings in Tigray “appalling”
Living conditions for the displaced families in this school are very crowded. Nevertheless, the buildings provide shelter, there is access…
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News: Amnesty documents potential crime against humanity, war crime committed by Eritrean forces in the sacred city of Axum
Axum city. Photo: Axumite Heritage Foundation By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – Amnesty International has compiled evidence…
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News: National Defense Force says Tigrayan UN peacekeepers who refuse to come home “traitors”, demands apology form UNHCR
Major General Mohammed Tessema, the director of indoctrination at the ENDF said that the military officers were ‘ethnic Tigrayans who represent…
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News: Ethiopia says conflict trumpeted by Sudanese army could only serve “a third party”; Sudan summons its envoy from Addis Abeba
Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen. Picture: MoFA/Archive By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 19/2021 – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign…
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News: Ethiopia accuses Sudanese army of demolishing local administrative institutions; West Gonder residents decry continued incursion, urge solution
Sudanese forces patrolling farmland in the contested al-Fashqa corridor. Picture: Screengrab By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 17/2021 –…
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