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Africa
12/1/2020 7:25:04 PM
Claims by all sides are difficult to verify because phone and internet communication to the region is down and access tightly controlled
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World
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Africa
11/30/2020 10:27:27 PM
The nearly month-long war has killed hundreds and probably thousands of people, sent refugees into Sudan, enmeshed Eritrea, and stirred rivalries among Ethiopia's myriad ethnic groups.
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Africa
11/30/2020 4:39:47 PM
Ethiopian authorities said on Saturday that the military operation in Tigray was over, they controlled the regional capital Mekelle, and a hunt for the rebel leaders was under way
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World
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Africa
11/30/2020 3:08:52 PM
More than three weeks of fighting between federal forces and northern Tigrayan units has left thousands dead and prompted tens of thousands of refugees to flee across the border into Sudan
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World
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Africa
11/30/2020 10:21:35 AM
In a text message to Reuters, Debretsion Gebremichael, who heads the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), denied reports that he had fled to South Sudan and said he was still resisting in Tigray
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World
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Africa
11/29/2020 9:49:00 PM
There was no immediate comment from the Ethiopian government or military. The government has previously said it only bombs military targets
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World
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Africa
11/29/2020 9:46:25 PM
The news reader did not say who might have killed the people buried in the graves
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Africa
11/29/2020 6:51:44 PM
The government has not said if there were casualties in its offensive to take the city on Saturday
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Africa
11/29/2020 6:09:44 PM
Details about the situation in the conflict zone have been difficult to obtain as phone and internet links to Tigray have been down and access tightly controlled since fighting began
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World
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Region
11/29/2020 3:06:04 PM
Hundreds of former residents have already requested permission to go back to the settlement, home to 160,000 Palestinian refugees and some Syrian families before the conflict broke out in 2011
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International
11/29/2020 9:35:54 AM
A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks targeting Afghan forces in recent months
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Africa
11/29/2020 9:26:14 AM
"At 10:13 p.m. on Nov 28 there were six explosions in Asmara," the State Department said in the post on Sunday. The post did not mention the cause or location of the explosions
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Africa
11/28/2020 11:23:58 AM
Ethiopian forces will take control of the Tigray region’s capital Mekelle in coming days, the military said late on Friday, a day after the Prime Minister announced the “final phase” of an offensive in the region
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Africa
11/27/2020 7:24:49 PM
The TPLF frames the conflict as a battle for the rights of Ethiopia's 10 regions against a premier bent on centralising power
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Africa
11/27/2020 12:57:04 PM
Thousands of people are already believed to have died amid air strikes and ground fighting since the war began on 4 November. The UN estimates 1.1 million Ethiopians will need aid as a result of the conflict
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Africa
11/26/2020 6:07:37 PM
Tigray is the northernmost of Ethiopia's ten regions that is administered under the system of "ethnic federalism" which divides the country according to language and ethnicity
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World
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Africa
11/26/2020 5:38:15 PM
The fighting has its roots in street protests that toppled the previous Tigray-dominated government in 2018
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World
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Africa
11/25/2020 12:33:31 PM
Phone and internet connections to Tigray are down and access to the area is strictly controlled, meaning all sides' statements are hard to verify
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/25/2020 11:59:55 AM
Sudan’s withdrawal from negotiations adds yet another hurdle in the way of reaching an agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/25/2020 11:42:14 AM
The Ethiopian government’s war with the Tigray may worsen Sudan’s fragile economic and political conditions
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