Tag: Ethiopia

Daily news – February 10, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Brookings, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Global Times, Reuters, The Jamestown Foundation AFRICA Africa needs smarter investment in digital infrastructure:...

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

Daily news – February 3, 2022 a.m.

AFRICA Artificial intelligence creeps on to the African Battlefield. Nathaniel Allen, Marian “Ify” Okpali, Brookings: Even as the world’s leading militaries race to adopt artificial...

UN boss cites ‘demonstrable effort’ for Ethiopia peace after call (Al Jazeera)

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said there is a “real opportunity” for an end to more than 14 months of fighting between government and Tigrayan...

Nobel panel: Abiy has ‘special responsibility’ to end Tigray war (Al Jazeera)

The panel that awards the Nobel Peace Prize said Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who won the honour in 2019, bears a “special...

Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official on Ethiopia (The White House)

Via Teleconference 3:12 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Thank you very much. And good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for joining the NSC press call on Ethiopia. As a...

Biden raises concerns about Ethiopia conflict in call with Abiy (Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden has spoken with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about the continuing conflict in the country and raised concerns about...

Release of detainees a ‘significant confidence-building step’ in Ethiopia: UN chief (UN News)

The Ethiopian Government on Friday freed several high-profile political detainees, a move UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a “significant confidence-building step”. Release of detainees...

Two children among 3 Eritrean refugees killed in Tigray air raid (Al Jazeera)

An air raid has struck a refugee camp in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, killing three Eritreans, including two children, the United Nations said. Wednesday’s attack...

Ethiopia detaining Tigrayans deported from Saudi Arabia, rights group says (Al Monitor)

Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans deported from Saudi Arabia have been detained, mistreated and forcibly disappeared in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said in a new report Wednesday. Ethiopia...

US removes Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from AGOA trade programme (Al Jazeera)

The United States has cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea out of a duty-free trade programme over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. In a statement...

Is the international community failing Ethiopia? (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised the conflict in Tigray would be resolved quickly. However, 13 months later, the fighting has intensified...

Ethiopia forces claim recapturing of towns from Tigray rebels (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia announced its forces have recaptured several towns, including Kobo and Waldia in the north, from Tigrayan rebels. The conflict between forces loyal to Prime...

Ethiopia slams new probe proposal at UN rights body session (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations’ Human Rights Council is due to consider a draft resolution that, if adopted, will set up an international commission of rights...

Ethiopia crisis: Human Rights Council sets up international rights probe (UN News)

In a special session held at the request of the European Union, to discuss the impact of conflict that began in Tigray in the...

Ethiopia arrests Associated Press freelance journalist (Al Jazeera)

Police in conflict-hit Ethiopia have arrested a freelance video journalist working for The Associated Press (AP), the United States news agency and state media...