Ethiopia: Status of western Tigray to be settled 'by law'
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the future status of disputed territory in the western part of the countryโs Tigray region will be settled according to the Ethiopian constitution, following the signing of a truce earlier this month
washingtonpost.comThe Conflict Testing Ethiopiaโs Nobel-Winning Leader
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been at loggerheads with leaders of the northern Tigray region since 2020. Their forces fought each other for more than 16 months before a truce was declared in March. It unraveled in August when the two sides accused each other of staging fresh attacks. Fighting persisted until African Union brokered another truce in November. The conflict has pushed millions of people into hunger and tarnished Abiyโs once-illustrious reputation as a Nobel laureate.
washingtonpost.comThe Conflict Testing Ethiopiaโs Nobel-Winning Leader
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been at loggerheads with leaders of the northern Tigray region since 2020. Their forces fought each other for more than 16 months before a truce was declared in March, then in August the two sides accused each other of staging fresh attacks. A United Nations human rights panel has reported evidence of widespread abuses. The conflict has pushed millions of people into hunger and tarnished Abiyโs once-illustrious reputation as a Nobel laureate. The nationโs
washingtonpost.comThe Conflict Testing Ethiopiaโs Nobel-Winning Leader
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been at loggerheads with leaders of the northern Tigray region since 2020. Their forces fought each other for more than 16 months before a truce was declared in March, but tensions lingered and in August the two sides accused each other of staging fresh attacks. The conflict has pushed millions of people into hunger and soured Abiyโs once-illustrious reputation. The nationโs misery has been compounded by the worst drought in four decades and soaring prices
washingtonpost.comWhy the Truce in Ethiopiaโs Civil War is at Risk of Unraveling
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been at loggerhead with leaders of the northern Tigray region since 2020. Their forces fought each other for more than 16 months before a truce was declared in March, but tensions lingered and in August the two sides accused each other of staging fresh attacks. The conflict has pushed millions of people into hunger and soured Abiyโs once-illustrious reputation. The nationโs misery has been compounded by the worst drought in four decades and soaring prices
washingtonpost.comThe Conflict Testing Ethiopiaโs Nobel-Winning Leader
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been at loggerhead with leaders of the northern Tigray region since 2020. Their forces fought each other for more than 16 months before a truce was declared in March, but tensions lingered and in August the two sides accused each other of staging fresh attacks. The conflict has pushed millions of people into hunger and soured Abiyโs once-illustrious reputation. The nationโs misery has been compounded by the worst drought in four decades and soaring prices
washingtonpost.comWhy the Truce in Ethiopiaโs Civil War is at Risk of Unraveling
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been at loggerhead with leaders of the northern Tigray region since 2020. Their forces fought each other for more than 16 months before a truce was declared in March, but tensions lingered and in August the two sides accused each other of staging fresh attacks. The conflict has pushed millions of people into hunger and soured Abiyโs once-illustrious reputation. The nationโs misery has been compounded by the worst drought in four decades and soaring prices
washingtonpost.comEthiopiaโs War Ended. Now Thereโs Hunger and Strife
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been at loggerhead with leaders of the northern Tigray region since 2020. Their forces fought each other for more than 16 months before a truce was declared in March, but tensions lingered and in August the two sides accused each other of staging fresh attacks. The conflict has pushed millions of people into hunger and soured Abiyโs once-illustrious reputation. The nationโs misery has been compounded by the worst drought in four decades and soaring prices
washingtonpost.com'Large-scale' fighting shatters lull in Ethiopia's Tigray
Ethiopiaโs military has launched a โlarge-scaleโ offensive for the first time in a year in the country's northern Tigray region, Tigray authorities alleged Wednesday, while the government countered that Tigray forces attacked first. The renewed conflict is a significant setback to mediation efforts and the work to reach millions of people starved of food and other needs. The claims followed months of regrouping by one of Africa's largest militaries.
news.yahoo.comEthiopiaโs War Ended. Now Thereโs Hunger and Strife
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed battled rebels for more than 16 months before declaring a truce in March 2022, staving off a challenge to his authority. But the conflict has pushed millions of people into hunger in the northern Tigray region and soured his once-illustrious reputation. The nationโs misery has been compounded by the worst drought in four decades and soaring prices of grain and fuel. Abiy is also having to contend with fresh political violence in the center of the country, a te
washingtonpost.comEthiopia names negotiators for looming Tigray peace process
Ethiopian authorities have named a team of seven negotiators for possible peace talks with Tigray forces. The announcement comes after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced earlier in June the formation of a committee to handle negotiations with Tigray's ruling party, which the government declared a terrorist group last year. โThe ruling Prosperity Party has laid out plans to settle the war in northern Ethiopia peacefully,โ Justice Minister Gedion Timothewos told state media late Monday.
news.yahoo.comUN rejects Ethiopian attempt to deny funds for Tigray probe
The U.N.โs powerful budget committee has rejected an attempt by Ethiopia to deny funding for an investigation of violations of human rights abuses in the war between Ethiopian government forces and fighters from the countryโs northern Tigray region
washingtonpost.comEthiopian court extends 3-month detention of AP journalist
An Ethiopian court has extended the three-month detention without charges of journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro to give police 11 more days to interview witnesses, saying after that the state must formally charge him or release him
washingtonpost.comEthiopia starts partial power generation from Blue Nile dam
Ethiopia has started generating electricity from the controversial mega-dam that is being built on the Blue Nile. The milestone was reached on Sunday morning when one of the 13 turbines of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam started power generation in an event officiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. โFrom now on, there will be nothing that will stop Ethiopia,โ Abiy said.
news.yahoo.comUN chief: World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict
As he starts his second term as U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres says the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions that have sparked conflicts everywhere.
Ethiopian diaspora torn by ethnic tensions in Tigray war
Thousands of miles away from the war in Ethiopia, the ethnic cracks have started to show in an Ethiopian church in Ohio, in a lawsuit between trustees and clergy. The original trustees of the Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Columbus have accused its clergy of switching the language of services from Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, to Tigrinya, the language of the Tigray region. Church leaders say the changes werenโt political in nature.
news.yahoo.comBiden raises concerns to Ethiopian PM about Tigray conflict
President Joe Biden expressed concerns on Monday to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about detentions and civilian killings in the conflict in the country's Tigray region, while commending Abiy for the recent release of several political prisoners.
Biden raises concerns to Ethiopian PM about Tigray conflict
President Joe Biden expressed concerns on Monday in a phone call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about detentions and civilian killings in the conflict in the Tigray region, while commending Abiy for the recent release of several political prisoners. The White House said that Biden raised to Abiy recent airstrikes that continue to cause civilian casualties and suffering in Africa's second most populous nation. The statement added that the leaders โdiscussed ways to accelerate dialogue toward a negotiated ceasefire, the urgency of improving humanitarian access across Ethiopia, and the need to address the human rights concerns of all affected Ethiopians, including concerns about detentions of Ethiopians under the state of emergency.โ
news.yahoo.comEthiopia grants amnesty to high-profile political detainees
Ethiopiaโs government has announced an amnesty for some of the countryโs most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party officials, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spoke of reconciliation for Orthodox Christmas.
Ethiopia grants amnesty to high-profile political detainees
Ethiopiaโs government on Friday announced an amnesty for some of the countryโs most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party officials, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spoke of reconciliation for Orthodox Christmas. โThe key to lasting unity is dialogue,โ the government said in a statement on the amnesty. โEthiopia will make any sacrifices to this end.โ
news.yahoo.comAustria's ex-chancellor Kurz announces departure from politics
Austria's former chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces he is leaving politics after a decade. The former leader said he will be leaving in order to spend more time with his young child and his wife but teased "new professional projects in the new year", just weeks after he stepped down after being implicated in a corruption scandal.
news.yahoo.comEthiopia to US: Stop spreading 'false information' about war
Ethiopiaโs government has warned the United States against โspreading false informationโ as fighting in the countryโs yearlong war draws closer to the capital, Addis Ababa, while thousands protested outside the U.S. and British embassies.
Ethiopian leader called war 'epitome of hell.' Now he's back
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is already a veteran at surprising the world in just three years in power. Abiyโs rule has been short in the vast sweep of Ethiopian history, but he has spent almost all his life preparing for it. Told as a child by his mother that she believed he would lead Ethiopia, he now speaks of martyrdom, if needed, to hold the nation together.
news.yahoo.comUS: 'Massive' progress in Ethiopia talks could be outpaced
A United States envoy says he sees โmassive progressโ in talks with Ethiopiaโs warring sides toward a cease-fire, but he fears it will be outpaced by โalarmingโ military developments in the yearlong war in Africaโs second-most populous country.
Ethiopia PM says he will lead army 'from the battlefront'
Ethiopiaโs Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister says he will lead his countryโs army โfrom the battlefrontโ beginning Tuesday, a dramatic new step in a devastating yearlong war. โThis is a time when leading a country with martyrdom is needed,โ Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement posted on social media Monday night. With rival Tigray forces moving closer to the capital of Addis Ababa, his government declared a state of emergency earlier this month.
news.yahoo.comEthiopia's economy hit as major clothing maker closes shop
Ethiopiaโs once rapidly growing economy is taking another hit tied to its yearlong war, with global clothing manufacturer PVH Corp_ saying it's closing its facility there because of the โspeed and volatility of the escalating situation.โ.
US warns pilots of weapon fire as war nears Ethiopia capital
The United States is warning pilots that planes operating at one of Africaโs busiest airports could be โdirectly or indirectly exposed to ground weapons fire and/or surface-to-air fireโ as Ethiopiaโs war nears the capital, Addis Ababa.
'You can't even cry loudly': Counting Ethiopia's war dead
Tigrayans, a minority of some 6 million, were encircled as a falling-out with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner, turned deadly. It became an ethnic clash when Amhara fighters from a neighboring region allied with Ethiopiaโs government poured in. Almost all communication with Tigray has been cut off, and foreign media is banned.
news.yahoo.comPeople fleeing Ethiopia allege attacks, forced conscription
People fleeing Ethiopia say a new round of deadly attacks and forced conscription has begun against ethnic Tigrayans who remain in an area now controlled by Amhara regional authorities in collaboration with soldiers from neighboring Eritrea.
People fleeing Ethiopia allege attacks, forced conscription
A new round of deadly attacks and forced conscription has begun against ethnic Tigrayans in an area of Ethiopia now controlled by Amhara regional authorities in collaboration with soldiers from neighboring Eritrea, people fleeing over the border to Sudan tell The Associated Press as the yearlong war intensifies. Three men who fled the western Tigray communities of Adebay and Humera in the past week described warnings from Amhara authorities against supporting the rival Tigray forces who are approaching Ethiopiaโs capital, Addis Ababa, to press Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to step aside.
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