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World - Africa
6/1/2023 3:32:29 PM
Local authorities and regional forces continued a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in western Tigray despite a peace deal ending the war in northern Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday.

World - Africa
11/15/2022 3:59:12 PM
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed on Tuesday to fulfil commitments made in a landmark peace deal with Tigrayan rebels and make "our promise a reality", nearly two weeks after the agreement was signed.

World - Africa
11/12/2022 1:19:22 PM
A U.N. body devoted to promoting broader and better access to the internet is about to hold its annual meeting in Ethiopia, whose government has cut off internet access in its northern Tigray region during a two-year war there.

World - Africa
11/11/2022 1:57:04 PM
Ethiopia's lead negotiator in ongoing peace talks asserted Friday that 70% of the country's northern Tigray region is now under military control and aid deliveries have resumed to the area, but there is no immediate confirmation from aid workers or Tigray spokesmen.

World - Africa
11/4/2022 12:56:57 PM
The breakthrough deal signed by Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels has been hailed as a crucial step to ending two years of war, but much remains unclear, observers say, raising questions about whether it will lead to a durable peace.

World - Africa
10/24/2022 10:30:29 AM
Tigrayan rebels said their negotiators have arrived in South Africa for African Union-led peace talks with Ethiopia's government aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the country's brutal two-year war.

World - Africa
10/21/2022 1:22:30 PM
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed war in Tigray "will end and peace will prevail" ahead of expected talks next week aimed at ending nearly two years of bloodshed.

World - Africa
10/20/2022 11:40:54 AM
Ethiopia's government said Thursday that peace talks had been announced by the African Union for October 24 in South Africa to try to resolve the nearly two-year war in Tigray.

World - Africa
9/8/2022 4:15:55 PM
Renewed clashes in northern Ethiopia have forced desperately needed aid deliveries to a halt in Tigray, the United Nations said, exacerbating a humanitarian crisis triggered by the nearly two-year war between pro-government forces and Tigrayan rebels.

World - Africa
9/3/2022 2:05:50 PM
Militia members from Ethiopia's second largest ethnic group killed dozens of people and torched and looted homes in an attack on a town in the country's restless Oromia region, survivors told AFP.

World - Africa
4/8/2022 8:10:43 PM
The United States on Friday expressed alarm over a report that found security forces in northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

World - Africa
4/1/2022 5:40:25 PM
Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray erupted in violence 17 months ago when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent in troops to topple the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

World - Africa
11/24/2021 8:17:10 PM
The United Nations on Wednesday expressed worry over reports of large-scale displacement from western Tigray, part of the war-hit Ethiopian region where the US has previously warned of ethnic cleansing.

World - Region
11/18/2021 12:10:18 PM
The United States is warning pilots that planes operating at one of Africa's busiest airports could be ``directly or indirectly exposed to ground weapons fire and/or surface-to-air fire'' as Ethiopia's war nears the capital, Addis Ababa.

World - International
9/24/2021 12:13:01 AM
The case was lodged at the International Court of Justice a week after Armenia filed suit against Azerbaijan at the same Hague-based world court, accusing Baku of a `state-sponsored policy of Armenian hatred'

World - Region
9/2/2021 6:31:16 PM
In press statements, Abu Ali condemned the bill, which comes within the context of Israeli plots to control the occupied East Jerusalem, through seizing further lands and private property under a false legal cover

World - Africa
8/26/2021 10:46:53 AM
Advancing and capturing a farming village, Tigray rebel forces had searched for men suspected of being affiliated with government forces, before executing three an eyewitness says

World - International
7/12/2021 10:45:17 PM
`This administration will defend and protect human rights around the world, and recognizes the prevention of atrocities is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility,` Biden administration said

World - Africa
6/16/2021 1:23:20 PM
The conflict has been characterized by human rights atrocities and alleged ethnic cleansing

World - Africa
5/27/2021 4:02:18 PM
An estimated 40,000 displaced Tigrayans are in Sheraro, most of whom came from farther west, where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said 'ethnic cleansing' is unfolding

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