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Ethiopia: Sexual Violence Survivors in Tigray Need Urgent Medical, Psychological and Economic Support
IPS, 16 August 2023
The war in Tigray, northern Ethiopian, led to sexual and gender-based violence against women, but when Hilina Berhanu Degefa, researcher, gender policy expert and co-founder of the… Read more »
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Africa: AU Rights Commission Terminates Tigray Probe, No Report After 2 Years
Addis Standard, 11 July 2023
The African Union's Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), had quietly liquidated the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation in the Tigray Region, the… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Report Finds 'Disturbing Gaps' in Tigray Peace Deal, Calls for More Inclusive Peace Process
Addis Standard, 10 July 2023
A new report by a coalition of regional and international civil society organizations has revealed that the peace deal that was signed eight months ago between the Ethiopian… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Grade Eight Examinations Set to Resume in Tigray Region After Three Years
Addis Standard, 4 July 2023
Grade eight examinations in the Tigray region are set to commence tomorrow, 05 July 2023, marking a significant milestone for the students following their long hiatus due to the… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Tigray's Road to Recovery - How a Maternity Waiting Home Restores Hope for Pregnant Women
UNFPA, 3 July 2023
Nine-months pregnant with her first child, Tigist Gebrerefael, 23, did not want to experience the agony other women in her rural enclave had endured during childbirth. "I have seen… Read more »
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Ethiopia: U.S. Suspends Food Aid Over Theft
The New Humanitarian, 8 June 2023
The US Agency for International Development has suspended all its food aid to Ethiopia over the discovery of "widespread and coordinated" theft, throwing the vital relief effort… Read more »
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Ethiopia: How a Lucky Village in Tigray Survived the Devastating War
The Conversation Africa, 30 May 2023
The war waged by the Ethiopian Federal Government and Eritrea against the Tigray regional government, which lasted from November 2020 to November 2022, caused massive devastation.… Read more »
Silence on 2-Year AU Probe of Tigray Human Rights Violations
The African Union's Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has closed the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on the situation in the Tigray region - the first commission to monitor reports of grave human rights violations in the peak of Ethiopia's war in the region, Addis Standard reported.
In many respects, life in Tigray is beginning to get back to some semblance of normalcy, like children returning to school and writing examinations. Also, the cessation of hostilities agreement enabled pregnant women to receive the medical attention they need at a newly established maternity waiting home.
However, Ethiopia Watch's report called for more inclusivity in peace talks and found "disturbing gaps" as well as revealing that it is "dangerous to claim that Ethiopia is now at peace".
InFocus
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Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, has met with Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, chief of general staff of the Ethiopian ... Read more »
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The conflict between Ethiopia and Tigray region escalated into a full-scale war in November 2020. Millions of people were displaced and fled to neighbouring countries such as Sud Read more »
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed the spokesperson of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) Getachew Reda, as head of an interim administration in the Tigray ... Read more »
A beneficiary sorts food rations at a WFP food distribution in Tigray Region’s Southern zone (file photo).
