by Contributed | Oct 19, 2022 | Blog
Human Rights Watch called Wednesday for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against Ethiopia to help protect civilians as the country’s brutal war in Tigray intensifies. Addis Ababa on Tuesday said it had captured three towns in the northern region, where...
by Contributed | Oct 19, 2022 | Blog
Mulugeta G Berhe (PhD), Tufts University The African Union pledged in 2016 to “silence the guns” by the end of 2020, an ambitious agenda of ending armed conflicts on the continent. Just two months before that deadline, the deadliest war in years erupted in Ethiopia....
by Contributed | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog
By Aymeric VINCENOT The capital of northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region was hit by an air strike around midnight Tuesday, Tigray rebels and hospital officials said, the latest such attack reported in just a few days. The bombing came after fighting on the ground...
by Contributed | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog
A UN-chartered ship loaded with Ukrainian wheat destined for millions at risk of starvation in Ethiopia arrived in Djibouti on Tuesday. The bulk carrier MV Brave Commander, which is carrying 23,000 tonnes of grain, docked in the Horn of Africa port city, the...
by Contributed | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog
By Aymeric VINCENOT Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on Wednesday, shattering a five-month truce between the warring sides. The renewed warfare follows both sides repeatedly blaming the other for a lack of progress...
