Tag: Eritrea
US blacklists Eritrea military, warns of more action on Ethiopia
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the Eritrean military and other Eritrea-based individuals and entities, as Washington warned it was prepared to...
Eritrean trafficker on Dutch most wanted list
Dutch prosecutors put Eritrean trafficker Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam on their most wanted list to try him for crimes related to alleged human smuggling.
Kidane was...
Eritrean and Tigrayan forces killed and raped refugees – Human Rights...
Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias raped, detained and killed Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, an international rights watchdog said on Thursday.
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US blacklists Eritrean official over human rights abuse in Ethiopia’s Tigray
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on an Eritrean official it accused of being engaged in serious human rights abuse in the conflict...
Fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar forces 54 000 people to flee, official...
Attacks by Tigrayan fighters in Ethiopia’s Afar region have forced over 54 000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday, and refugees...
UN wants Eritrean troops out of Tigray
The UN human rights council approved a resolution expressing concern about abuses in Ethiopia’s northern region Tigray calling for the swift withdrawal of Eritrean...
UN expert says Eritrea has ‘effective control’ in parts of Tigray
Eritrea now has “effective control” of parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a UN human rights expert said on Tuesday, calling for troops to withdraw...
Ethiopia UN envoy says Eritrea troops to leave Tigray ‘soon’
Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region are expected to "definitely leave soon," Ethiopia's UN envoy said after a top UN official told the Security...
US sees no sign of Eritrean withdrawal from Tigray, urges pullout
The US government has seen no evidence of a withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia's Tigray region despite Eritrea's assurances that they would pull...
Eritrea admits presence in Ethiopia’s Tigray, tells UN withdrawing
Eritrea told the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it has agreed to start withdrawing its troops from Ethiopia's Tigray region, acknowledging publicly...
‘Don’t shoot,’ Ethiopian father begged Eritrean soldiers, daughter says
Fourteen-year-old Mibrak Esayus recalls the day last November when she says Eritrean soldiers burst into her home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and killed her...
Ethiopia’s PM says Eritrea agrees to withdraw troops from border area
Eritrea has agreed to withdraw troops from Ethiopian territory along their common border, Ethiopia’s prime minister said on Friday, days after acknowledging that Eritrean...
Ethiopia rejects US allegations of ethnic cleansing in Tigray
Ethiopia on Saturday rejected US allegations there has been ethnic cleansing in Tigray, pushing back against the latest criticism of its military operation in...
Amnesty says Eritrean troops killed hundreds of Ethiopian civilians in Axum
Eritrean soldiers killed hundreds of civilians in Ethiopia’s ancient town of Axum between 28-29 November, rights group Amnesty International said on Friday, one of...
Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea...
li Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year’s soccer World Cup. Then one...
Ethiopian general says Eritrean troops entered Tigray: video clip
A senior Ethiopian general said in a video clip posted on social media this week that Eritrean troops had entered the country uninvited while...
Nobel body urges peace in Ethiopia where laureate engaged in conflict
The committee that awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned about the conflict...
Ethiopia says Tigray town seized, war embroils Eritrea
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said on Monday it had captured another town in the northern Tigray region after nearly two weeks of...
Eritrea student kidnapping sparks Ethiopian protest
Thousand pf protesters took to the streets in Ethiopian cities, demanding Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed do more to tackle simmering ethnic violence following the...
Eritrea blasts US visa ban
Eritrea denounced a US ban on immigrant visas citizens as “unacceptable” while Nigeria’s government established a committee to address issues prompting President Donald Trump...