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Ethiopia: U.S. Gravely Concerned by Ongoing Conflict and Human Rights Abuses
State Department, 10 September 2021
The United States remains gravely concerned by ongoing conflict in multiple regions of Ethiopia. Reports of continued human rights abuses and atrocities by the Ethiopian National… Read more »
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Ethiopia: The Elders Say UNSC 'Must Act to Incentivise' Warring Parties 'To Negotiate a Ceasefire'
Addis Standard, 8 September 2021
Members of the independent group of global leaders, better known as The Elders, told members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that "the Council must take action to… Read more »
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East Africa: Regional Bloc IGAD Asks South Sudan President to Mediate in Ethiopia
East African, 7 September 2021
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) has asked South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir, to mediate the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia. Read more »
Regional Bloc Asks South Sudan President to Mediate in Ethiopia
East African regional body, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has asked South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir, to mediate the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia, the East African reports. South Sudan Information Minister Michael Makuei is quoted as saying: "The chair of IGAD [Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok] requested President Kiir to go to Ethiopia believing that he is the right person to mediate in the Ethiopian conflict." He said President Kiir's office had accepted the offer.
As the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region drags on, the World Food Programme (WFP) says it is facing an unprecedented funding gap of U.S.$426 million, as the UN agency ramps up delivery to meet the needs of up to 12 million people this year. The WFP has started delivering emergency assistance to communities in regions bordering war-torn Tigray. So far, the conflict has forced 300,000 people from their homes and 1.7 million into the neighbouring provinces of Afar and Amhara.
Tigray has been wracked by violence since November 2020, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray to topple the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the regional ruling party. Ethiopia has always maintained that the move was a response to TPLF's attacks on the national army's camps.
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Ethiopia: 'Unprecedented Funding Gap' for 7 Million Facing Hunger - WFP
UN News, 7 September 2021
The World Food Programme (WFP) is facing an unprecedented funding gap of $426 million for its operation in Ethiopia, as the UN agency ramps up delivery to meet the needs of up to… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Shifting Frontlines in the North Push More People to Flee Their Homes
ICRC, 7 September 2021
Tens of thousands of newly displaced people in the Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions live in dire conditions after shifting frontlines forced them to flee their homes in search of… Read more »
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East Africa: South Sudan Can't Allow Territory to Be Used Against Ethiopia - Minister
Ethiopian Herald, 7 September 2021
South Sudan can't allow its territory to be used against Ethiopia, South Sudanese Interior Minister Paul Mayom Akec underlined. Read more »
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Addis Standard, 3 September 2021
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InFocus
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A group of African intellectuals says in an open letter that it is appalled and dismayed by the steadily deteriorating situation in Ethiopia. The letter, signed by 58 people, Read more »
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The United States has imposed sanctions on a senior Eritrean military leader for engaging in "serious human rights abuse" in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The U.S. Treasury Department ... Read more »
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The latest UN report on the humanitarian crisis in Tigray says that "a fraction of the required humanitarian cargo to meet the mounting needs," is reaching Tigray where the ... Read more »
