Tag: Ethiopia

UN suspends all flights to Tigray amid Ethiopian air raids (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has suspended all flights to the regional capital of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia after government air raids forced a...

Ethiopia launches fourth air raid this week on Tigray capital (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia has said it had launched another air raid on Mekelle, the capital of war-battered Tigray, the fourth such bombardment this week in a...

Ethiopia launches new air raids on embattled Tigray region (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s military has launched new air raids on Tigray, the second round of bombardments this week against rebel targets in the war-battered region. The air...

Drone sale to Ethiopia could jeopardize Turkey-Egypt dialogue (Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor)

Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones, touted as a game-changer for Ankara’s allies in the Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, appear bound for further showing in African...

UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ at reported air strikes on Tigray capital (UN News)

Speaking to reporters in New York, the UN Spokesperson said the Organization was still trying to verify the details, but it is worried about the potential impact on civilians who reside or work...

Biden to meet Kenyan president as US weighs sanctions on Ethiopia (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden is set to meet Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta as war and a humanitarian crisis roil neighbouring Ethiopia. The meeting on Thursday...

Ethiopia’s crisis on the Blue Nile (Aly Verjee, The Interpreter)

Amid an increasingly bitter war and an impending famine in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, there is still, perhaps, one issue that unites Ethiopians, no matter their political...

Ethiopia army launches major attack on Tigray: Rebels (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s national army launched a ground offensive against forces from the northern region of Tigray on Monday, the war-torn region’s governing Tigray People’s Liberation...

How to Destroy a Country: Does Ethiopia Have a Future? (Mark Lowcock, Center for Global Development)

Here’s an easy five-point plan for the leadership of a country which has emerged from civil war and dire poverty over recent decades and...

Time is running out for Abiy’s ‘new beginning’ in Ethiopia (Cameron Hudson, Atlantic Council)

After being sworn in this week in front of tens of thousands of jubilant supporters, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised “a new beginning” for...

UN chief demands proof from Ethiopia after staff expulsion (Al Jazeera)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded evidence from Ethiopia after seven UN staff were expelled for allegations of misconduct. “It is my duty to defend the...

Guterres criticizes ‘unprecedented expulsion’ of staff from Ethiopia; calls for focus on saving lives (UN News)

Mr. Guterres was addressing the Security Council, where he briefed on the growing needs in the north, stemming from the war in the Tigray region. In...

Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed sworn in as PM for second five-year term (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for a new five-year term as his government faces a host of challenges, including a...

Morocco flirts with Ethiopia amid stalled Nile dam talks (Khalid Hassan, Al Monitor)

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is pictured during a press briefing in Rabat on Aug. 11, 2021. - FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images Speaking at the United...

Ethiopia: Decision to expel UN staff could put aid operations at risk (UN News)

© UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene. A one-year-old boy is treated for malnutrition at a health centre in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Engagement between the UN and...

Condemning Ethiopia’s Plans to Expel UN Officials (US Department of State)

The United States strongly condemns the Government of Ethiopia’s stated plans to expel seven United Nations officials and calls for an immediate reversal of...