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Ethiopia: Tigray Fighters Vow to End Abiy's 'Final Offensive'
Nation, 17 October 2021
A rebel group from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Saturday claimed to have made major advances in a week of renewed heavy fighting that began on Sunday last week. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Govt Launches Fresh Offensive Against Rebel Forces From Tigray
The New Humanitarian, 11 October 2021
'We're going to see more civilian suffering; more troops being killed.' Read more »
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Ethiopia: Govt Intensifies Airstrikes Against Tigray Forces in Amhara
East African, 11 October 2021
The Ethiopian national army has reportedly launched heavy air and ground offensives against positions of Tigray forces in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia. Read more »
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Ethiopia: EU Parliament Demands Immediate End to Hostilities
Addis Standard, 8 October 2021
The resolution also "calls on the UN Security Council to consider deploying UN peacekeepers to the [Tigray] region" Read more »
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Ethiopia: Crisis in Ethiopia Focus of Intense Debate at Refugee Conference
VOA, 8 October 2021
Refugee and humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and Ethiopia were the focus of intense debate during this week's annual U.N. refugee conference. Read more »
Tigray Fighters Respond to Ethiopian Govt's New Offensive
Tigray forces say they have captured "many more soldiers and destroyed Ethiopia army divisions after reports of the national army launching heavy air and ground offensives against the positions of Tigray forces in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, the East African reports. Reuters is quoting Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) spokesman Getachew Reda and a diplomatic source as saying that the rebels have been under airstrikes and heavy artillery fire.
The New Humanitarian is also reporting an offensive by the Ethiopian government. "We're going to see more civilian suffering; more troops being killed; another round of military bloodshed," Mengistu Assefa, an Ethiopian analyst and political commentator, told the publication.
The reported offensive comes after seven senior UN officials were thrown out of Ethiopia for allegedly "meddling" in the country's affairs. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the decision - announced late last month - was "unprecedented" and violated international law.
Since the Tigray conflict broke out in November 2020, tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced.
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