Tag: Ethiopia

(Ethiopia/UN) UN, Ethiopia rights agency to conduct joint Tigray probe (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, UN say investigation of all parties is part of the ‘much-needed accountability process.’ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/un-ethiopia-rights-agency-to-conduct-joint-tigray-probe

(Ethiopia) ‘Horrific’: MSF says Ethiopian troops executed 4 men in Tigray (Al Jazeera)

Doctors Without Borders says its staff witnessed soldiers drag civilians off public buses and execute them while their driver was beaten. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/horrific-msf-witness-execution-of-at-least-four-men-in-tigray

(Ethiopia) Eritrean troops killed more than 100 civilians in Tigray: Rights group (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says the soldiers killed the civilians in Axum in late November. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/eritrean-troops-killed-over-100-civilians-in-tigray-rights-group

(Sudan/Ethiopia/UAE) Sudan’s cabinet backs UAE mediation in disputes with Ethiopia (Al Jazeera)

Tensions around the control of farmland in the border town of al-Fashqa recently witnessed a deadly escalation, while talks over GERD have reached an...

(Ethiopia) Ethiopia PM admits ‘atrocities committed’ during Tigray conflict (Al Jazeera)

Concern continues to grow over the humanitarian situation in Tigray where the conflict began in November. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/23/ethiopia-pm-abiy-ahmed-says-atrocities-committed-in-tigray

(Egypt/Sudan/Ethiopia) Ethiopia’s Dam over the Nile Risks War with Egypt (JCPA)

Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah For more than ten years, Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have been holding periodic negotiations aimed at reaching a water arrangement...

(Ethiopia) Worsening violence in western Ethiopia forcing civilians to flee (Al Jazeera)

Zecharias Zelalem Members of local communities say they plan to relocate after spate of attacks by armed militia targeting civilians of ethnic Amhara origin. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/20/worsening-violence-western-ethiopia-forcing-civilians-to-flee

(Ethiopia) Ethiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians (HRW)

Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of civilians, including children as young as 13, in the historic town of Axum in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in November 2020,...

(Ethiopia/Sudan) The unintended consequence of Ethiopia’s civil war might be a border war with Sudan (Atlantic Council)

Cameron Hudson Ethiopia is at war with itself—and the international community is struggling to respond. In nearly four months of fighting across Ethiopia’s Tigray region,...

(Ethiopia/USA) US Must Reverse Ethiopia Funding Cuts to Avoid Further Horn of Africa Destabilization (The Defense Post)

 ELIZABETH HUME All eyes are currently on Ethiopia’s Tigray, as they should be given Amnesty International’s recent report documenting Eritrea’s military’s massacre of hundreds of unarmed civilians last November....

(Ethiopia) Can agriculture be Ethiopia’s growth engine? (Brookins)

Heinz Strubenhoff Ethiopia is a net exporter of agriculture commodities. However, the low level of industrialized agriculture means that the country exports very little higher...

(Iran/UAE/Ethiopia) ‘Baseless allegations’: Iran denies plotting to attack UAE embassy in Ethiopia (Middle East Eye)

Tehran rubbishes US and Israeli claims it was behind foiled attack, saying 'neither Ethiopia nor the Emirates said anything about Iranian interference' https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-behind-foiled-attack-uae-embassy-ethiopia-report

(Ethiopia/UN) The UN Must Intervene in Tigray (Project-Syndicate)

MEHARI TADDELE MARU When a state fails to prevent or alleviate atrocities within its territory, or if the state itself is the primary perpetrator of...

(Ethiopia) The Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region: What to Know (CFR)

Michelle Gavin The military campaign has resulted in a humanitarian crisis and fears of regional instability. A path forward will require international cooperation, careful diplomacy, and...

(Ethiopia) Ethiopia: Unlawful Shelling of Tigray Urban Areas (HRW)

Ethiopian federal forces carried out apparently indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region in November 2020 in violation of the laws of war,...

(Ethiopia) Finding a Path to Peace in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region (Crisis Group)

https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/ethiopia/167-finding-path-peace-ethiopias-tigray-region