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Eritrea: Eritrea Announces Withdrawal of Troops From Ethiopia's Tigray Region
RFI, 17 April 2021
Eritrea's government has said it will start pulling out its soldiers from Ethiopia's Tigray region, recognising for the first time the presence of its troops in the war torn… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Tigray Crisis Worsening With No Withdrawal of Eritrean Troops in Sight - UN
DW, 16 April 2021
The UN humanitarian chief has said that sexual violence and starvation were being used as weapons of war in Ethiopia's Tigray. He urged Eritrea to make good on its pledge and… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Humanitarian Agencies Warn Over High Gender-Based Violence Cases in Tigray
Nation, 15 April 2021
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other humanitarian agencies have raised a red flag over the high cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in Tigray region of Ethiopia. Read more »
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Ethiopia: The Tale of Eritrean Withdrawal From Tigray - but Where Is the Border?
African Arguments, 15 April 2021
During a session in parliament on March 23, 2021 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia publicly acknowledged Eritrean involvement in his country's ongoing civil war in Tigray but… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Three Killed, 19 Injured in Tigray As Eritrean Troops Open Fire On Civilians
AI London, 14 April 2021
Amnesty International can confirm that Eritrean troops killed three people and injured at least 19 in an unprovoked attack on civilians in the centre of Adwa town on 12 April. Read more »
Eritrea Announces Withdrawal from Ethiopia's Tigray Region
Eritrea's government says it will start pulling its soldiers out of Ethiopia's Tigray region, recognising for the first time the presence of its troops in the war-torn region, Radio France Internationale reports. A letter from Eritrea's ambassador to the United Nations said: "Eritrea and Ethiopia have agreed - at the highest levels - to embark on the withdrawal of Eritrean forces and the simultaneous redeployment of Ethiopian contingents along the international boundary".
The humanitarian crisis in the Tigray is deteriorating, the UN aid chief says. International bodies and NGOs have repeatedly called out atrocities by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces that could amount to war crimes. The United Nations Population Fund and other humanitarian agencies have also raised a red flag over the high number of cases of gender-based violence. The war broke out in November 2020 after the region refused to postpone elections.
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The Tigray region is the scene of conflict that broke out in November 2020, after the regional government at the time defied central government orders to postpone elections. "While ... Read more »
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Video footage purporting to show the massacre of captives dressed in civilian clothing in Tigray has been investigated by international media groups, which report that the eviden Read more »
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Alleged serious abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region are to be investigated by the United Nations, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says. ... Read more »
As reports of atrocities by fighters emerge in Tigray, women are struggling to feed their families. The World Food Programme provided urgently needed supplies to more than 28,000 more people on March 29.
