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East Africa: Eritrea Launches Full-Scale Offensive On Tigray
Scrolla, 21 September 2022
The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in northern Ethiopia says that Eritrea has launched a full-scale offensive across the length of the shared border. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Counter-Insurgency in Ethiopia - Civil War, Drought and Internal Displacement
African Arguments, 23 September 2022
In 2021, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ethiopia was estimated at more than 5.1 million according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Peace Process Dealt a Setback
DW, 22 September 2022
Only negotiations will bring an end to the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, mediators and security experts agree. But the latest escalation and involvement of… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Civilians Again Mired in Intractable and Deadly War, Human Rights Council Hears
UN News, 22 September 2022
Ethiopia's people are once again "mired... in the intractable and deadly consequences" of conflict between Government troops and forces loyal to Tigrayan separatist fighters, who… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Oral Statement to the International Commission of Human Rights Experts
HRW, 22 September 2022
The report of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia highlights the severity of the human rights crisis in Ethiopia and leaves no doubt of the need for… Read more »
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East Africa: Ukraine Donates 50,000 Tons of Wheat to Ethiopia, Somalia
Addis Standard, 22 September 2022
Ukraine's Cabinet Ministry announced that Ukraine will reimburse Ethiopia and Somalia for $11.4 million worth of wheat. Read more »
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East Africa: Eritrea Launches 'Full-Scale Offensive,' Say Tigrayan Forces in Ethiopia
DW, 20 September 2022
Eritrea is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, where Tigrayan forces have been locked in conflict with government forces since 2020. Read more »
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East Africa: Eritrea Urged Not to Meddle Ethiopia's Internal Affairs
VOA, 20 September 2022
Reports that Eritrea is mass-mobilizing reserve troops has raised international concerns that the reignited war in Ethiopia's Tigray region could quickly escalate. Read more »
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East Africa: U.S. 'Tracking Eritrean Troop Movements Across the Border' With Ethiopia - Special Envoy
Addis Standard, 20 September 2022
The U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer, told media this afternoon that the U.S. was "tracking" recent Eritrean troop movements along the Ethiopian border. The… Read more »
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Addis Standard, 20 September 2022
In a report highlighting its initial findings and presented to the UN Human Rights Council, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) concluded that… Read more »
Tigray Forces Say Eritrea Has Launched 'Full-Scale Offensive'
The Tigrayan presidency has said that Eritrea has launched a "full-scale offensive" along its border with northern Ethiopia. Eritrea is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, where Tigrayan forces have been locked in conflict with government forces since 2020.
The U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer told media that the U.S. was "tracking" recent Eritrean troop movements along the Ethiopian border. The envoy's remarks came shortly after Tigrayan authorities' reports of an offensive.
Eritrea's invasion of Ethiopia's Tigray regional state and its role in the war has been marked with reports of extreme atrocities, which both Ethiopia and Eritrea initially denied. However, in May 2021, Ethiopia admitted the involvement of Eritrean troops in atrocities against civilians, confirming several reports by media and human rights organisations, including the state-backed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which reported "grave human rights violations and an attack against civilians in Axum city, Tigray region."
InFocus
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Possible ceasefire talks are in doubt after airstrikes have reportedly killed ten people in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region. Earlier, Tigray's leadership Read more »
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After being blocked by security forces from meeting the media, a group of 35 local civil society organizations issued a joint statement calling for peace in Ethiopia, where the ... Read more »
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On August 25, 2022, rebels in the Tigray region of Ethiopia have accused the central government in Addis Ababa, and militias aligned with them, of launching what they call a 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 »
