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Ethiopia: 'Many of the Refugees Left Behind Children And Parents'
UN News, 19 November 2020
In a briefing to journalists on Thursday, a senior UN humanitarian official in Sudan recounted moving testimony from refugees who are crossing the border from Ethiopia in their… Read more »
Sudan Needs Help Dealing with Refugees of Ethiopian Conflict
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has tasked his envoys to push against possible regional intervention in the Tigray conflict, reports The Nation. This as the UN refugee agency says a "full-scale humanitarian crisis" is unfolding as thousands of people flee ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region each day to seek safety in eastern Sudan. The conflict was sparked by regional elections held in Tigray despite the federal government's decision that polls should be postponed due the Covid-19 pandemic. President Abiy Ahmed has ordered a military intervention against the region's powerful ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The conflict has also reached Eritrea with reports of attacks on an airport in Asmara.
Ethiopian refugees fleeing clashes in the Tigray region cross the border into Sudan.
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East Africa: Tigray Refugees Recount the Horrors of New Conflict
The New Humanitarian, 19 November 2020
'I can't go back... because the killing is ongoing and I have to protect the only child that is in my hands.' Read more »
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East Africa: UN Officials Assess Needs At Camps for Refugees From Ethiopia's Tigray Region
UN News, 18 November 2020
Senior UN officials have conducted a two-day mission to southeastern Sudan, where some 30,000 Ethiopians have found refuge after fleeing ongoing fighting between national and… Read more »
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East Africa: Ethiopia Expands Shuttle Diplomacy On Tigray As Leaders Call for Peace
Nation, 19 November 2020
Ethiopian officials on Wednesday continued to insist they were in control of the Tigray situation. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Army Marches On Tigray Capital
DW, 18 November 2020
Ethiopian troops are pushing toward the regional capital of Mekelle. The army has been fighting a two-week conflict with Tigrayan forces that has forced tens of thousands of people… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Tigray Region Has Seen Famine Before - Why It Could Happen Again
The Conversation Africa, 17 November 2020
A new military conflict is sadly unfolding in the Horn of Africa. On November 4th, 2020, a military conflict erupted between the forces of the federal government of Ethiopia and… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Tigray Crackdown - Govt Denies Targeting Civilians
Nation, 17 November 2020
The Ethiopian government has refuted claims it is targeting civilians in the ongoing crackdown on fighters of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Read more »
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Ethiopia: 'Full Scale' Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding in Tigray Region - UNHCR
UN News, 17 November 2020
A "full-scale humanitarian crisis" is unfolding as thousands of refugees flee ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region each day to seek safety in eastern Sudan, the UN refugee… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Hard to Justify Armed Conflict, Dangerous to Rationalise Civilian Profiling
Addis Fortune, 14 November 2020
The American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was known for his powerful speeches that immortalised his name. One that may echo for posterity, across… Read more »
InFocus
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Human Rights Watch says there are credible reports of increasing casualties and has called on the authorities on both sides to facilitate access for humanitarian groups, stop ... Read more »
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Ethiopia's transition to multi-party democracy has been in danger for months, but the eruption of conflict in the northern region of Tigray threatens a humanitarian disaster that ... Read more »
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Human rights organisation Amnesty International is reporting that scores - possibly hundreds - of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) in ... Read more »
