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Ethiopia: UN Officials Allege Possible War Crimes in Tigray
DW, 5 March 2021
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 »
UN Officials Allege Possible War Crimes in Ethiopia's Tigray
The UN rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has urged Ethiopia to let in investigators to conduct a probe in the Tigray region. Bachelet said her office had verified "reports of grave human rights violations and abuses including mass killings in Axum, and in Dengelat in central Tigray by Eritrean armed forces." She said that these were serious violations of international law, possibly amounting to war crimes. Human Rights Watch also reports that Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of civilians, including children as young as 13, in Axum in November 2020. This while Ethiopia and Eritrea deny the prescence of Eritrean forces in the country, and an earlier call by the U.S. for all forces to withdraw from the region.
Ethiopian refugees fleeing clashes in the country's northern Tigray region, rest and cook meals near UNHCR's Hamdayet reception centre after crossing into Sudan.
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Ethiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians - HRW
HRW, 5 March 2021
UN Should Urgently Investigate Atrocities by All Parties Read more »
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Ethiopia: Human Rights Group Claims Eritrean Troops Killed Hundreds in Ethiopia
RFI, 5 March 2021
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 »
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Ethiopia: UN Rights Chief Calls for Probe in Ethiopia's Tigray
UN News, 4 March 2021
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 »
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Africa: Humanitarian Needs Grow in Tigray Region
ICRC, 4 March 2021
The ICRC's head of operations in Ethiopia, Jeremy England, spoke to UK parliamentarians today about the humanitarian situation in northern Ethiopia. In this article he sets out his… Read more »
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OHCHR, 4 March 2021
"Deeply distressing reports of sexual and gender-based violence, extrajudicial killings, widespread destruction and looting of public and private property by all parties continue… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Journalists Detained in Tigray Set Free
Nation, 4 March 2021
Ethiopian authorities on Wednesday released a BBC reporter and several other media workers detained in the past few days by the military in the war-torn northern Tigray region. Read more »
InFocus
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The U.S. government has issued a statement urging Eritrea and Ethiopia to immediately withdraw their deployed forces from the war-torn Tigray region. This comes days after Amnesty ... Read more »
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Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on November 28 and 29, 2020, opening fire in ... Read more »
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Tens of thousands of people are fleeing to Sudan, and Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto warns of a "new refugee drama" in the EU after visiting the Um Rakuba refugee camp in ... Read more »
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Ethiopia is set to hold its sixth general election for members of the federal parliament and regional councils on June 5, 2021. Despite the upbeat expectations, the June elections ... Read more »
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A war of words has broken out over Eritrea's role in the Ethiopian federal government's assault on its northern Tigray province, in particular on the reported massacre last ... Read more »
