November 2020

ADDIS ABEBA – The Ethiopian government has issued on Thursday arrest warrants on 64 top officials of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Dr Debretsion Gebremichael, president of Tigray regional state, and 62 others face “terrorism, grand corruption, human rights violation and treason charges”, Federal Police said in a statement on Thursday. The arrest warrant issued […]

BBC November11,2020 The Ethiopian prime minister, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, has rejected a request for peace talks as the conflict in Tigray deepens. Tigray’s leader, Debretsion Gebremichael, wrote to the African Union (AU) last week to request talks. But PM Abiy Ahmed said in a tweet that there would be

Robbie Corey-Boulet November 11, 2020 Members of the Amhara militia are fighting alongside federal and regional forces in Tigray Ethiopia’s air force said Wednesday it had bombed arms and fuel depots in the northern region of Tigray, as an escalation in fighting led more than 8,000 to flee to neighbouring Sudan. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

By Peter Mwai BBC Reality Check November 10, 2020 Warning: This story contains images some people may find distressing With the Ethiopian government conducting a military offensive in the northern Tigray region, some people have taken the opportunity to spread misinformation online. This includes material either not directly related to the conflict or, sometimes, altered

Addis Getachew Tadesse November 10, 2020 Government accuses TPLF ‘terrorist gangs’ of deploying ‘teenagers’ to fight army The Ethiopian government on Monday ruled out dialogue with “rebel forces” in Tigray region until its “objectives” are achieved. “Dialogue will take place when firearms in the hands of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are recaptured or

Local authorities in Sudan prepare refugee camp for fleeing Ethiopians, while aid groups warn of humanitarian crisis. 10 Nov 2020 At least 30 armed Ethiopian soldiers and “large numbers” of refugees fleeing the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have crossed the border into Sudan, state-run SUNA news agency reported. Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime

By Michael Atit/VOA November 09, 2020 KHARTOUM – Officials in Sudan’s Kassala state have closed the border with neighboring Ethiopia because of stepped-up tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region over the past few days. Fathal-Rahman Al-Amin, the acting governor for Kassala state, said the border will remain closed until hostilities have subsided in Ethiopia’s Tigray region,

BBC November 9, 2020 With Joe Biden projected to win the US presidential elections on Saturday, many world leaders hastened to congratulate him on his victory. But not everyone has been so keen – in fact some have been conspicuous in their absence. Here are some key international figures who have not sent messages of

By Giulia Paravicini November 9, 2020 DANSHA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – An escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region has killed hundreds of people, sources on the government side said, even as the prime minister sought on Monday to reassure the world his nation was not sliding into civil war. The flare-up in the northern area