Anger and Collective Trauma Scar Tigray Region

DW

The conflict in Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia, has mostly been unfolding under a media blackout since early November. Thousands of civilians have likely died as a result… Read more »

Alex De Waal - Herculean Task to Resuscitate the TPLF [opinion]

Shabait

This week, Foreign Policy (FP) featured an article entitled, "From Pariah to Kingmaker", authored by Alex de Waal (3 March, 2021). Read more »

TPLF - Demise of a Kleptocratic Clique [opinion]

Shabait

On 4 November 2020, the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command headquarters in Mekelle and throughout Tigray Region came under a meticulously planned, massive,… Read more »

UN Officials Allege Possible War Crimes in Tigray

DW

Senior figures have urged Eritrea to leave the region, saying mass atrocities were being committed and millions of people could go hungry without assistance. Read more »

Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians - HRW

HRW

UN Should Urgently Investigate Atrocities by All Parties Read more »

Announcement From the Ministry of Health

Shabait

Nine patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Central and Northern Red Sea Regions. Read more »

Eritrea At the UN - Rebuilding Towards a Fresh Narrative

Africa Renewal

Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam from Eritrea is one of only a handful of African female Permanent Representatives of their countries to the UN in New York. In Africa Renewal's series… Read more »

Announcement From the Ministry of Health [press release]

Shabait

Twenty one patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka and Central Regions. Read more »

Highlights of Interview With President Isaias Afwerki

Shabait

In an exclusive, two-hour, interview that was broadcast live on Eri-TV and Radio Dimtis Hafash at 8;00 pm this evening, President Isaias Afwerki elaborated at length the genesis… Read more »

Human Rights Group Claims Eritrean Troops Killed Hundreds in Ethiopia

RFI

Eritrean forces shot dead hundreds of children and civilians in a November massacre in neighbouring Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region, according to the international organisation… Read more »

Eritrean Troops Massacred Hundreds of Tigray Civilians - Amnesty

AI London

Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on 28-29 November last year, opening fire in… Read more »

Govt Human Rights Body Blames Eritrea for Axum Massacre [document]

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission

Responding to Amnesty International report on allegations of killings of civilians in Axum, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Chief Commissioner Daniel Bekele said, "Amnesty… Read more »

UN Rights Chief Calls for Probe in Ethiopia's Tigray

UN News

Given the persistent reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the UN rights chief on Thursday stressed the urgent need for an… Read more »

UN Human Rights Council 46 - Interactive Dialogue With the Special Rapporteur On Eritrea [press release]

PR Newswire

The UK's International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea Read more »

Reflections On Eritrea's Distant Past [analysis]

Shabait

In the Press Department of the Ministry of Information, there is a picture of the Stele of Metera, just outside Senafe, in the South of Eritrea. It is in the middle of the open… Read more »