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Ethiopia: Fed Attorney General File Charges Against Members of 'Tigray's Central Military Command'
Addis Standard, 28 July 2021
The federal Attorney General charged Lieutenant General Tadesse Worede, General Gebre Tsadkan Gebre Tensae and 73 other people of attempting to overthrow the federal government via… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Fed. Police Says Arrested Staff of Awlo Media, Ethio Forum News Outlet Detained in Afar Region
Addis Standard, 27 July 2021
Federal High Court, Lideta Branch, 9th instant bench ordered the federal police to bring the 14 detainees including journalists at Ethio-Forum, a Youtube based news outlet and Awlo… Read more »
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Addis Standard, 27 July 2021
Students stranded in Tigray universities have started returning back to their respective homes in different regions around the country. A Semera University staff confirmed to Addis… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Somali Regional Govt Blames Afar for Violence, Demands Swift Response From Federal Govt
Addis Standard, 27 July 2021
Violence once again hit the border area between Afar and Somali regional states. Similar to previous incidents, contradicting narratives about the nature of clashes dominated the… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Amhara State Mobilises Armed Civilians Against Tigrayan Forces
Addis Standard, 26 July 2021
Agegnehu Teshager, the president of Amhara Regional State, called on all eligible youth in the region to respond to the "Campaign for Survival" beginning from today. This new call… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Amid Lack of Transparency, Families of Strained Students in Tigray Demand Swift Actions
Addis Standard, 24 July 2021
Parents of Universities students in Tigray echo concerns over the safety of their loved ones attending schools in the war torn region. Parents gathered in front of UN headquarters… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Government Accuses TPLF of Disrupting Aid Delivery to Tigray
VOA, 23 July 2021
The Ethiopian government accuses Tigray forces of expanding the conflict into the neighboring Afar region, the third regional state to be drawn into the conflict. Authorities say… Read more »
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Ethiopia: 50,000 Displaced in Fighting Between Afar and Tigrayan Forces - NGO
Addis Standard, 22 July 2021
In a report that was last updated on July 20, 2021, the Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) said that well over 50,000 people have been displaced as a result of ongoing… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Risks Grow As Tigray Conflict Enters New Phase
CFR, 22 July 2021
The conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, far from over following the federal government's declaration of a ceasefire and Tigrayan fighters' capture of Mekelle, is entering an… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Govt Reinstates Addis Standard Licence After Addressing 'Areas of Concern'
East African, 22 July 2021
The Ethiopia government on Wednesday reinstated the licence of private news website Addis Standard after what the Media Authority said was addressing "areas of concern" in their… Read more »
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Ethiopia: As Ethiopia and Tigray Face Tough Options, the West Needs to Be Even-Handed
The Conversation Africa, 20 July 2021
War broke out in Tigray in November 2020, pitting the Ethiopian National Defence Force alongside Eritrea against the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front. Read more »
Risks Grow As Conflict in Ethiopia Enters New Phase
The conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, far from over following the federal government's declaration of a ceasefire and Tigrayan fighters' capture of Mekelle, is entering an anxious new phase, writes Michelle Gavin for the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Ethiopian government has accused Tigray forces of expanding the conflict into the neighboring Afar region, the third regional state to be drawn into the conflict. Authorities say this has endangered food aid to some of the 54,000 people who have fled their homes due to the fighting, reports VOA.
According to Addis Standard, parents of university students in Tigray echo concerns over the safety of their loved ones attending schools in the war-torn region. Parents gathered in front of UN headquarters in Addis Ababa and used slogans such as "Universities are closed; where are our children?"
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Ethiopia's media regulator is warning foreign news outlets that publishing specific references that it says mischaracterise the country's war-torn northern Tigray region will be ... Read more »
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed to repel fresh offensives by Tigrayan forces as they recapture major cities in Southern Tigray and made advances toward Amhara ... Read more »
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Despite Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed withdrawing federal troops from Mekelle and declaring a unilateral ceasefire on 28 June, Tigray has remained under siege on all sides. ... Read more »
Eritrean refugees arrive in Adi Harush camp, after being relocated from other camps in the north of Ethiopia’s Tigray region that were destroyed in the early months of the conflict.
