Tag: Tigray People’s Liberation Front
Ethiopian forces have recaptured two strategic towns, government says
Ethiopian forces have recaptured the strategic towns of Dessie and Kombolcha from rebellious Tigrayan forces, the government said on Monday, the latest sign of...
Ethiopia’s army captures northern Afar town of Chifra – state media
Ethiopia’s army has retaken the town of Chifra in Afar region, the state-run broadcaster said on Sunday, its first major seizure from rebellious Tigrayan...
Military moves in Ethiopia risk undermining progress toward peace talks -US...
The US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa said on Tuesday that "nascent progress" toward getting all parties to Ethiopia's conflict into negotiations...
New alliance wants to oust Ethiopia’s PM by talks or force
A newly-formed alliance of Ethiopian opposition factions set a goal on Friday of bringing down Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed by force or negotiation to...
Ethiopia says Tigrayan forces beaten in Afar, Tigrayans say they redeployed
Ethiopia said on Thursday that rebellious forces from the Tigray region had been defeated in the adjacent Afar region and had withdrawn, but the...
Ethiopia conflict heats up as Amhara region vows to attack Tigray...
Ethiopia’s war in the northern region of Tigray looked set to intensify on Wednesday as the prime minister signalled the end of a government...
Ethiopia denies blocking aid to Tigray where WFP trucks waited days...
Ethiopia on Friday denied blocking humanitarian aid to its northern Tigray region where hundreds of thousands face starvation, and said it was rebuilding infrastructure...
Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray, aid agency says
Three employees working for the Spanish branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were killed by unknown assailants in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the medical charity...
Aid group says staff saw Ethiopian soldiers kill civilians in Tigray
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) staff travelling in Ethiopia’s Tigray region saw Ethiopian soldiers shoot dead four civilians, the medical aid agency said on Thursday,...
UN rights chief agrees to Ethiopia request for joint Tigray inquiry
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has agreed to an Ethiopian request for a joint investigation in the country’s northern Tigray region, where...
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...
UN seeks access to Ethiopia’s Tigray for war crimes probe
The United Nations’ human rights chief asked Ethiopia on Thursday to allow monitors into Tigray to investigate reports of killings and sexual violence that...
Ethiopia confirms widespread rape in conflict-hit north
Scores of women have been raped in Ethiopia’s northerly Tigray region, authorities have confirmed, in the chaotic aftermath of an armed conflict last year...
Ethiopians dying, hungry and fearful in war-hit Tigray: agencies
Ethiopians in the war-scarred north are dying from lack of healthcare services, are suffering food and water shortages, and remain “terrified”, according to aid...
Ethiopian military says it killed 15 members of rebellious Tigray forces,...
Ethiopia’s military said on Sunday it had killed 15 members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party and captured eight others, according to state-run...
Over 2 million people displaced by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region...
About 2.2 million people have been displaced within Ethiopia’s Tigray region since fighting erupted there in November with about half fleeing after their homes...
Fighting flares in Ethiopia’s Tigray as army says closing in on...
Bombing, looting and skirmishes persisted in parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray on Saturday, a rebellious force in the northern region said after government troops declared...
Aid coming to north Ethiopia, refugees recount war suffering
Relief agencies in Ethiopia prepared convoys on Thursday to truck aid into Tigray region, where a month of war is feared to have killed...
Ethiopia to launch ‘final phase’ of offensive in Tigray region, says...
The Ethiopian military will begin the “final phase” of an offensive in the northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday, after...
Ethiopia faces ‘hell’ in battle for Tigray, say rebels
The rulers of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region refused on Wednesday to surrender to federal troops and instead claimed they were winning a war that...
Thousands flee Ethiopia conflict, anti-Tigray protests planned
Ethiopian refugees were flooding into Sudan on Wednesday as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal troops battled well-armed local forces in Tigray and protests against...
Ethiopia bars journalists from flying to Tigray regional vote, passengers say
At least 12 people, including four journalists and a senior think tank analyst, were barred on Monday from flying to Tigray, four of the...
Ethiopia extends PM and lawmakers’ terms, to hold polls within a...
Ethiopia’s parliament approved on Wednesday an extra year in office for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after August elections were postponed, two days after a...
Speaker of Ethiopia’s upper House resigns after polls postponed
Ethiopia’s upper house speaker resigned on Monday in apparent protest at the postponement of planned elections in the Horn of Africa country over the...
