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Addis Standard, 30 September 2021
Voters in Somali regional state are casting their ballots today as part of the general elections in the regional state which was delayed from original schedule on June 21. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Second Round of Elections Goes Ahead Amid Boycotts and Tigray Crisis
DW, 28 September 2021
Ethiopia is holding the second round of its belated elections this week. However, the embattled Tigray region remains excluded from the polls which has already handed a majority to… Read more »
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Ethiopia: If There Must Be War, Let It Be War for Peace - Eskinder Nega
African Arguments, 28 September 2021
A prisoner of conscience for many of the past 15 years, Eskinder Nega smuggled out the following plea from his detention in Addis Ababa. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Minister Calls for Peace Amid Fears of Tigray Reinvasion
Nation, 25 September 2021
Ethiopia's Finance Minister Eyob Tekalign has called for an end to the ongoing conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Read more »
War, Peace Collide As Ethiopians Vote in Second Round of Polls
The Tigray conflict has raged since November 2020, when long-standing tensions between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) came to a head with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launching a military operation he described as a "law and order operation". He accused the TPLF of targeting government military units and holding illegal elections in Tigray.
The conflict has since triggered U.S. sanctions against Ethiopia, denying visas as well as freezing the assets of individuals and entities it says is responsible for, or complicit in, serious abuses and the obstruction of the delivery of humanitarian aid to displaced civilians.
The African Union has been criticised for its slow response to the Tigray crisis.
Ethiopians return to the polls on September 30, 2021, for the second round of voting in the presidential elections, which was postponed last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first round PM Ahmed's Prosperity Party secured a new five-year term, but the second round will see 6 million Tigrayans excluded from the polls, writes Maria Gerth-Niculescu for Deutsche Welle.
Eritrea has also been accused of assisting the Ethiopian army - a claim that Ahmed admitted to - after atrocities were brought to light by various humanitarian organisations, including allegations of rape and torture of villagers in Tigray.
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U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that allows the U.S. government to impose sanctions against those responsible for a range of serious human rights abuses in ... Read more »
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The Tigray Peoples Liberation Front has said that it is willing to cooperate with the U.S. on reaching a resolution to the ongoing conflict. This comes after U.S. President, ... Read more »
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The Tigray conflict has raged since November 2020, when long-standing tensions between the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front came to a head, with Prime ... Read more »
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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 »
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, displaced people in Tigray, Ethiopian soldiers, destroyed army tanker, Ethiopian flag, injured being transported to Mekele
