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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/6/2021 8:28:06 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly keeps up with the latest developments in Tigray
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Africa
4/5/2021 8:45:46 PM
'We are, of course, looking into these reports. We have taken close note of them and we'll continue to pay close attention,' Price said
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Africa
4/4/2021 9:40:20 AM
The Eritreans ‘have now started to evacuate’ Tigray and Ethiopian forces have ‘taken over guarding the national border,’ Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement
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World
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4/2/2021 4:37:55 PM
The government says most fighting has ceased but there are still isolated incidents of shooting
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3/29/2021 7:28:45 PM
This time, it is due not to the fighting, but to regional forces and militiamen from neighbouring Amhara seeking to settle a decades-old land dispute
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3/27/2021 11:34:33 AM
Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed, who has faced mounting international pressure to address reports of human rights abuses during the conflict in Tigray, said on Friday that Eritrea had agreed to withdraw troops from the region
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Africa
3/26/2021 12:16:59 PM
Thousands of people have been killed in fighting between Ethiopian government troops and the Tigray region’s former ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), that began in November
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3/26/2021 12:06:06 PM
UN refugee agency spokesman Boris Cheshirkov told reporters in Geneva that a team 'found both camps completely destroyed, and all the humanitarian facilities looted and vandalised'
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Africa
3/25/2021 9:11:51 PM
Women told stories of gang rape, rape in front of family members and men being forced to rape their own family members under the threat of violence, deputy UN aid coordinator in Ethiopia said
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Africa
3/25/2021 8:14:07 PM
Thursday's demonstration is the second in South Africa in recent months, as Ethiopian authorities face growing pressure to end the war in Tigray, home to 6 million of Ethiopia's 110 million people
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3/25/2021 10:12:03 AM
'The soldiers then forced the passengers to leave the minibuses. The men were separated from the women, who were allowed to walk away. Shortly afterward, the men were shot'
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3/24/2021 4:12:58 PM
In a press statement, the WFP said it urgently needs 170 million dollars to meet 'critical food and nutrition needs' in Tigray over the next six months and to be able to cover any sudden increase there
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World
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Africa
3/24/2021 2:38:59 PM
The findings by the government-affiliated but independent body corroborate separate investigations by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) into bloodshed in the historic town of Axum
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Africa
3/23/2021 2:42:15 PM
Abiy said Eritrean troops had crossed the border because they were concerned they would be attacked by TPLF forces, he also acknowledged for the first time that atrocities like rape had been committed during the fighting
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Africa
3/22/2021 10:20:19 PM
Eritrea was one of three African nations subject to EU sanctions announced Monday for alleged human rights violations, including killings and enforced disappearances. The others are Libya and South Sudan
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Africa
3/20/2021 12:29:11 PM
The new warning came as people described seeing a larger presence of Ethiopian forces on the way to the place that Tigrayans have used to flee the region
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World
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3/18/2021 6:10:56 PM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken this month described acts carried out in the region as ethnic cleansing
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Africa
3/18/2021 5:12:48 PM
The United Nations has raised concerns about atrocities being committed in Tigray, while US top diplomat Blinken has described acts carried out in the region as ethnic cleansing
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World
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Africa
3/16/2021 3:40:30 PM
A communications blackout made it difficult to verify conditions on the ground for weeks for weeks, though access has improved recently for humanitarian organisations and the media
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World
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Africa
3/16/2021 10:46:46 AM
Ahead of federal forces' arrival in late November, heavy shelling levelled homes and businesses and sent plumes of dust and smoke rising above near-deserted streets
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