Tigray regional state
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News: Mekelle city interim mayor admits presence and participation of Eritrean forces in Tigray conflict
A screenshot of Ataklti Haileselassie, Interim Mayor of Mekelle city, as he spoke about the presence and participation of Eritrean…
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News: Tigray region interim health bureau head admits civilian deaths in battle to capture Mekelle, looting of hospitals and university
On November 29, ICRC released a report saying “Hospitals in Mekelle struggling to care for wounded as medical supplies run…
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News Alert: UN Rights Commissioner speaks of “artillery strikes on populated areas, deliberate targeting of civilians & extrajudicial killings” in Tigray; urges Ethiopia to provide “unhindered access to whole of Tigray to protect civilians”
Addis Abeba, December 22/2020 – Please see the original link to the UN statement here Seven weeks after the conflict…
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News: IOM, partners provide relief to people affected by the crisis in northern Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, December 18/2020 – Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and conflict-affected communities are in dire need of humanitarian and recovery…
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Op-Ed: Ending Ethiopia’s armed conflicts: a modest proposal
Ethiopian refugees, fleeing the armed conflict Tigray region, cross the Tekeze river into Hamdayet, Sudan. © UNHCR/Olivier Jobard By Mehari Taddele…
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News: Tigray interim admin CEO says Mekelle gets new mayor, urges civil servants to resume work and cautions door-to-door search for unlawful firearms begins today
Mulu Nega (PhD), CEO of Tigray regional state interim administration. Picture: ENA Addis Abeba, Decemebr 15/2020 – Mulu Nega (PhD),…
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Statement: “Exceedingly worrying and volatile situation in Ethiopia” Michelle Bachelet, UN Rights Commissioner
Picture: UNFPA The following is a transcript of remarks UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet made at a…
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News: Ethiopia Rights Commission calls on gov’t to restore communications, basic services in Tigray; calls on independent, transparent investigation into grave rights violations
More than 43, 000 Ethiopian refugees who fled the conflict in Tigray region have crosssed into neighboring Sudan. Picture: UNFPA…
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News: Tigray Maikadra massacre of civilians is a crime of atrocity: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
“It is now an urgent priority that victims are provided redress and rehabilitation, and that perpetrators involved directly or indirectly…
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News Alert: Ethiopia says PM Abiy will receive AU Chair envoy “one on one”; news circulating on media quoting Ramaphosa’s statement on mediation “fake”
Addis Abeba, November 21/2020 – In statement released this morning, Ethiopia’s State of Emergency Fact Check office said PM Abiy…
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