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Ethiopia

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 08:25:47 GMT
Military Action Fast Outpacing Diplomacy As PM Abiy Joins the Frontline
[East African] Western countries and UN missions have urged their nationals to urgently leave Addis as conflict rages. Is this it for Ethiopia?

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:56:38 GMT
Ethiopians, Friends of Ethiopia Sang 'No More' At the African Peace Walk in Djibouti
[ENA] Ethiopians living in Djibouti have participated today in the 14th edition of the African Peace Walk held in Arta, Djibouti.

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:55:55 GMT
Addis Abeba University Warns to Take Measures Against Academics Supporting TPLF
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Addis Ababa University (AAU) has issued warning against graduate academicians to refrain from acts of supporting the TPLF. The University said the measures may extend up to revoking academic degrees of individuals who ...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:15:39 GMT
Ethiopia Asks Irish Diplomats to Leave the Country
[East African] Ethiopia's government is seemingly exacting revenge on Western countries that ordered its citizens out by demanding that some of their diplomats leave too.

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:01:30 GMT
Ethiopia Bans Media From Reporting On Military Operations
[East African] The Ethiopian government has issued an order banning media from covering military operations as conflict heightens in the Horn of Africa nation.

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 09:00:59 GMT
Security Message - Commercial Air Availability From Addis Ababa
[U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa] The security situation in Ethiopia continues to deteriorate. The U.S. Embassy urges U.S citizens in Ethiopia to depart now using commercially available options. Although the Embassy continues to process emergency passports ...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:53:13 GMT
Addis Ababa Police Fail to Release Journalist Despite Court Order
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Kibrom Worku, the editor and head of the news department of Ahadu Radio and TV who was arrested by Addis Abeba police on October 22, 2021 the media reported that forces loyal to TPLF have taken over Hayik, a small town...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:00:27 GMT
Civil War Fueled By Weapons From Big Powers
[IPS] United Nations -- In Hollywood movies, the legendary Wild West was routinely portrayed with gunslingers, lawmen and villains--resulting in the ultimate showdown between the "good guys and the bad guys".

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 07:31:38 GMT
Speed Schools Give Child Labourers a Second Chance
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] An accelerated schooling programme is helping Ethiopian children resume studies cut short by conflict, child labour and poverty

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:51:10 GMT
Ethiopia Warns U.S. Embassy to Refrain From Spreading False Information
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Minister of Government Communication Service Kebede Desisaa said the government has warned the US embassy and organizations against their continued practice of spreading false information.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:52:58 GMT
40 Trucks of Humanitarian Supplies Allowed Entry, Humanitarian Flights Resume to Mekelle
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) yestserday announced that almost 40 trucks with humanitarian supplies, including food, departed Semera yesterday for Tigray. "This is the fi...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:26:13 GMT
Ethiopian Leader At Frontlines of Tigray Conflict As World Powers Call for Truce
[RFI] Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has arrived at the frontlines where government forces are battling rebels from the Tigray region, according to state media. The sudden military escalation has prompted US-led international calls for a diplom...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:54:31 GMT
Catholic Diocese of Adigrat Warns of Impact of War in Tigray
[Agenzia Fides] Adigrat -- "Like all Tigrayans, the Catholic Church has been seriously affected by this genocidal war waged against us by the local army and by foreign armies. Physical, psychological and spiritual attacks on our laity, priests, nuns ...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 05:28:42 GMT
UN and US Make Renewed Calls for Tigray Ceasefire
[DW] The US and UN made renewed appeals to the combatants in Ethiopia to de-escalate and work towards negotiating a truce. This comes as PM Abiy Ahmed goes to the front.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:54:20 GMT
OFC Calls for Establishment of Interim Govt - Negotiation Towards All-Inclusive Transitional Govt
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) issued a statement yesterday reiterating calls for peaceful resolution to what it called an avoidable war raging all over the country. In its statement the OFC listed steps to immediatel...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:21:48 GMT
Humanitarian Aid Needed As Situation Deteriorates in Tigray - United Nations
[UN News] With the dire humanitarian situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, continuing to deteriorate, it is critical to establish a regular flow of humanitarian aid into the region, the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:16:27 GMT
Prime Minister 'Providing Leadership From Battlefield' - Govt Spokesperson
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Government Communication Service Minister Dr. Legesse Tulu said in the office's daily briefing to state media today that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was providing leadership to the armed forces from the front-line as of ...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:13:32 GMT
Civilians in Amhara Region Caught in Crossfire, Face Looming Humanitarian Crisis
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The conflict between the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) and Tigrayan forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) expanded to Amhara and Afar region and reached Amhara region's Oromo Special zo...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 06:48:30 GMT
Debre Birhan City Prohibits Movement Without Resident IDs
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The administration of Debre Birhan city prohibited the movement of individuals without the city's resident ID as of today. In a statement released yesterday evening the biggest city in the North Shewa zone announced it...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 05:21:31 GMT
Peace Increasingly Elusive As Violence Escalates
[DW] Growing pressure from the international community to end the violence is falling on deaf ears. As the conflict escalates, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed himself is now on the front lines to personally conduct war operations.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:18:16 GMT
Ethiopia Tells Four Irish Diplomats in Addis Ababa to Leave
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A statement by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said "earlier this week, the Ethiopian government informed Ireland's Embassy in Addis Abeba that four of the six Irish diplomats serving at the Embassy must leave ...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:25:05 GMT
U.S. Neutral in Ethiopia Conflict, But Will Push for Peaceful Solution - Envoy
[East African] The US says it is neutral to the conflict in Ethiopia, even as Washington and a number of Western countries ordered their nationals out of the Horn of Africa country over rising possibility of violence.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 06:46:08 GMT
Humanitarian, Human Rights Organizations Press for Aid Access in Ethiopia
[VOA] Bahir Dar, Ethiopia -- With a yearlong conflict taking an increasing toll in northern Ethiopia, the U.N. World Food Program, Human Rights Watch and other organizations are intensifying their appeals for combatants to halt abuses and permit the ...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:23:18 GMT
Ethiopia Fighting Against Domestic Terrorists, Foreign Enemies - Govt Communication Service
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia is battling against domestic terrorist forces and foreign powers allied to them, according to Government Communication Service.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:19:18 GMT
Foreigners Urged to Leave Ethiopia As Security Worsens
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- The U.S., France and Germany have joined other countries in urging their citizens to leave Ethiopia as fighting between federal forces and rebel groups moves closer to the capital, Addis Ababa. The U.N. has also announced evac...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:14:47 GMT
Alarming Military Confrontation May Outpace 'Nascent Progress' of a Negotiated Process: U.S. Envoy
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a statement he gave upon his return to the US following his latest visit to Ethiopia, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman said there was "some nascent progress in trying to get the ...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:10:15 GMT
Operational Update - Responding to Growing Humanitarian Needs Amid Increasingly Difficult Security Conditions
[ICRC] Hundreds of thousands of displaced people throughout northern Ethiopia face increasing hardship, as fighting intensifies. At the same time, shifting frontlines and deteriorating security make access for vital humanitarian aid even more challen...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:29:51 GMT
South West Ethiopia Peoples State Officially Established
[Ethiopian Herald] South West Ethiopia Peoples State officially formed yesterday in the presence of senior federal and state government officials.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:44:22 GMT
U.S. Envoy Concerned Military Developments in Ethiopia May Outpace Diplomacy
[VOA] A top U.S. diplomat said Tuesday he was worried that military developments in Ethiopia were overtaking efforts to stop escalation of the country's bloody yearlong conflict.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:30:20 GMT
South Africa, Kenya Call for Ethiopian Ceasefire as Tigray Rebels Advance On Addis Ababa
[RFI] France has advised its citizens to leave Ethiopia, as Tigrayan rebels advance on the capital. South Africa and Kenya have called on the rebels and the government, who have been fighting since last year, to commit to an immediate ceasefire.



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