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Ethiopia: UN Chief, in an Unprecedented War of Words, Battles It Out With a Member State
IPS, 11 October 2021
A growing diplomatic battle is being played out at the United Nations between Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and one of the world body's member states: the politically-troubled… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Guterres Criticizes 'Unprecedented Expulsion' of Staff From Ethiopia
UN News, 6 October 2021
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged authorities in Ethiopia to allow vital humanitarian work there to continue, following the recent decision to declare… Read more »
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Addis Standard, 7 October 2021
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres said that U.N. "colleagues on the ground are sharing increasingly alarming eye-witness testimony of the suffering… Read more »
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Ethiopia: UN Chief to Ethiopian Government - Show Me Evidence of Misconduct
VOA, 6 October 2021
The U.N. Secretary-General told Ethiopia's government Wednesday that it should show him any documents or evidence the country has to substantiate accusations related to the… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Abiy Forms New Govt, Makes 20 Institutions Accountable to His Office
Addis Standard, 6 October 2021
The House of People's Representatives held the 6th round, 1st year, 1st Special Session, which has seen the formation of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's new government. Read more »
UN Demands Proof of Expelled Officials' Misconduct From Ethiopia
On September 30, 2021 the Ethiopian government gave seven senior humanitarian officials 72 hours to leave the country, accusing them of meddling in its internal affairs and diverting aid and telecommunications equipment to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The government has been fighting the TPLF in the north of the country for since November 2020.
Ethiopian Ambassador Taye Atske-Selassie in his address to the UN Security Council, levelled accusations against UN staffers, stating that the number of people in need of food aid was inflated by 1 million and that there were reports of deaths that never happened.
In a rare and unusual public exchange, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres took the floor at the council, telling the Ethiopian government that it should show him any documents or evidence it has to substantiate accusations related to the expulsion.
Guterres emphasised that he seeks cooperation with the government so that humanitarians can do the necessary work to ease the suffering of millions of Ethiopians.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for a new five-year term on October 4, 2021 amid the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region, where thousands have either fled or been killed.
The UN has repeatedly said that the Tigray region is entering a famine phase, as the Ethipian government continues to block humanitarian aid into the area.
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Ethiopia is expelling seven high-level United Nations officials, Voice of America reports. The country's foreign ministry said on September 30, 2021 that the officials were i Read more »
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, has strongly criticised the UN Security Council for lack of action on the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray ... Read more »
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As the conflict in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region enters its sixth month, the United Nations Security Council has broken its silence and called for scaled-up humanitarian access ... Read more »
Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Security Council meeting on peace and security in Africa, which included a discussion on Ethiopia, on October 6, 2021.
