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☆ WHO says it still does not have full access to Ethiopia's Tigray
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Bhanvi Satija | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Tiksa NegeriBENGALARU, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it still does not have the unfettered access to Ethiopia's northern Tigray region stipulated in a truce signed a month ago. Troops from Eritrea, to the north, and forces from the neighbouring Ethiopian region of Amhara, to the south, fought alongside Ethiopia's military in Tigray but were not party to the ceasefire. "That peace process has not yet resulted in the kinds of full access, unfettered access and in the massive scale of medical and health assistance that the people of Tigray need," WHO's emergencies director Mike Ryan said. Ethiopia's Minister of Health Lia Tadesse, State Minister Redwan Hussien, and government spokesperson Legesse Tulu did not respond to requests for comment. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in October accused Ethiopia's government of using the denial of food and healthcare as weapons of war in Tigray.

☆ First international aid arrives in Ethiopia's Tigray since ceasefire
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Tommy Wilkes | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and Tigrayan forces signed a ceasefire on Nov. 2 to end two years of fighting that have killed thousands, shattered infrastructure and uprooted millions from their homes. The ICRC described the delivery into the regional capital Mekelle as the first international aid into Tigray since a previous ceasefire broke in August. We have discussed, agreed and signed," Abiy told Ethiopia's national parliament in his first comments on the ceasefire since it came into force. Abiy said on Tuesday that a territorial dispute between forces in Tigray and the neighbouring Amhara region should be resolved legally and through discussion. Authorities in Amhara last week welcomed the ceasefire agreement but made no mention of the disputed territory.

☆ For survivors of Ethiopia's Tigray war, truce brings cautious hope
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"I'm very happy - because this will put a hold on the suffering," said a Tigrayan man in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa who declined to be named out of fear of repercussions at his place of work. All sides fighting in the Tigray war committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights commission. We haven't even gotten any voice messages from him," the Tigrayan man in Addis Ababa told Reuters. Human Rights Watch, citing witnesses, said 23 civilians were killed by Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters in Kobo at that time. Just, literally everything," said Andom Gebreyesus, who ran a tour company in Tigray before the war.

☆ Ethiopia: Warring parties agree to a truce in two-year civil war. Here's what to know
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Eliza Mackintosh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, he was lauded as a regional peacemaker. A year later, he launched a conflict that spiraled into a brutal civil war, spawning one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. In November 2020, Abiy ordered a military offensive in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and promised that the clash would be resolved quickly. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Tigray conflict has its roots in tensions that go back generations in Ethiopia. For months at the start of the conflict, Abiy denied that civilians were being harmed or that soldiers from Eritrea had joined the fight.

☆ Ethiopian government and Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Eritrea, which has fought alongside neighboring Ethiopia, was notably not part of the peace talks. Eritrean forces have been blamed for some of the conflict’s worst abuses, including gang-rapes, and witnesses have described killings and lootings by Eritrean forces even during the peace talks. Forces from Ethiopia’s neighboring Amhara region also have been fighting Tigray ones, but Amhara representatives are also not part of the peace talks. The conflict began in November 2020, less than a year after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for making peace with Eritrea, which borders the Tigray region. In a speech Wednesday before the peace talks’ announcement, Ethiopia’s prime minster said that “we need to replicate the victory we got on the battlefield in peace efforts, too.

☆ Ethiopia, Tigray: Warring parties agree on 'permanent cessation of hostilities'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Bethlehem Feleke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels will eventually be disarmed and demobilized, according to the statement. “This is not the end of the peace process but the beginning of it,” Obasanjo said. ‘Horrific’ tollThe peace process has been fitful until now. Renewed peace talks began on October 24, marking the first time the two warring parties had met publicly since the conflict erupted. In a separate statement, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed also celebrated the conclusion of the talks saying, “our commitment to peace remains steadfast.

☆ Ethiopian government accused of deadly air strikes on Oromiya region
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Summary Oromo groups say hundreds killed in air strikesNo comment from government and army spokespersonsAlleged strikes come as Tigray peace talks startNAIROBI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Two organisations from Ethiopia's Oromiya region have accused the army of conducting air strikes there in recent days which they said had killed hundreds of civilians, just as peace talks on the separate Tigray conflict were about to start. read moreIn statements sent to Reuters by text message and email and in posts on Twitter, the OLF and the OLA listed locations in Oromiya where they said a series of deadly air strikes had taken place between Thursday of last week and Tuesday this week. We've been going to funerals this whole time," he said, adding that another air strike had hit a nearby school on Monday, but no one had been killed as it was empty at the time. On Thursday morning, Reuters asked Ethiopian government spokesman Legesse Tulu, military spokesman Colonet Getnet Adane, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's spokeswoman Billene Seyoum and Oromiya regional government spokesman Hailu Adugna for comment on the alleged air strikes. OLA spokesman Odaa Tarbii posted a video on Twitter on Tuesday that purported to show the aftermath of an air strike in West Shewa.

☆ Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia say Eritrea launches 'full-scale offensive'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"Eritrea is deploying its entire army as well as reservists. Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Gizachew Muluneh, spokesperson for the Amhara regional government, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Saturday the Canadian government warned that Eritrea was mobilising armed forces due to the resumption of fighting in Tigray. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nairobi Newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens, Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Etiopia: Cel puţin 600 de civili au fost ucişi în masacrul din Tigray
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Cel puţin 600 de persoane au fost ucise în cursul unui "masacru atroce" comis de membri ai miliţiilor din regiunea Tigray pe 9 noiembrie în localitatea Mai Kadra, la începutul conflictului din această regiune disidentă din nordul Etiopiei, a anunţat marţi o instituţie publică etiopiană, relatează AFP.Comisia etiopiană a drepturilor omului (EHRC), independentă din punct de vedere administrativ dar al cărui director, Daniel Bekele, a fost numit de prim-ministrul Abiy Ahmed, acuză într-un raport preliminar o miliţie informală a tinerilor din Tigray şi forţele de securitate loiale autorităţilor locale că sunt autoarele unui "masacru" care i-a vizat pe sezonierii din afara regiunii.Amnesty International a informat deja că "probabil sute" de civili au fost înjunghiaţi sau ucişi cu topoare pe 9 noiembrie la Mai Kadra, atrocitatea cea mai sângeroasă de la începutul - pe 4 noiembrie - operaţiunii militare lansate de guvernul federal împotriva autorităţilor regionale ale Frontului de eliberare a poporului din Tigray (TPLF).În raportul său, EHRC acuză o miliţie informală a tinerilor din Tigray, numită "Samri", sprijinită de forţele de securitate locale loiale TPLF, că, "înainte de a se retrage din faţa armatei federale", a atacat ţărani sezonieri "identificaţi că ar fi de etnie amhara şi wolkait", care lucrau în exploatări de susan sau de sorg. "De-a lungul întregii nopţi", autorii au ucis cu lovituri de bâte, cuţite, macete şi topoare sau "strangulând cu corzi", dedându-se la jafuri şi distrugere, menţionează EHRC, care estimează că aceste fapte "sunt susceptibile să constituie crime împotriva umanităţii şi crime de război".Bazându-se pe martori şi pe membri ai comitetului înfiinţat pentru îngroparea victimelor, "EHRC estimează că cel puţin 600 de civili au fost ucişi", dar "bilanţul ar putea fi mai ridicat, unele persoane fiind în continuare date dispărute la momentul vizitei EHRC", în timp ce unele cadavre ar fi fost ascunse pe câmpurile din jurul Mai Kadra. "Îngroparea victimelor a durat trei zile din cauza disparităţii între numărul ridicat de corpuri şi capacitatea de înhumare", potrivit raportului.ONU a făcut apel la o anchetă independentă pentru a stabili ce s-a întâmplat la Mai Kadra, în condiţiile în care Tigray este supusă unei întreruperi a alimentării cu electricitate iar deplasările jurnaliştilor sunt sever limitate.Fără a se pronunţa asupra autorilor "masacrului", Amnesty a citat mărturii care atribuie astfel de acte forţelor pro-TPLF.Totuşi, locuitorii din Mai Kadra care au fugit din calea luptelor alături de alţi 40.000 de etiopieni spre Sudan au acuzat forţele guvernamentale că au comis atrocităţi în localitate, teatrul unor lupte intense la începutul conflictului şi ajunsă ulterior în mâinile forţelor guvernamentale, scrie agerpres.ro.

Persons: Daniel Bekele, Ahmed Organizations: International, Frontului, Amnesty Locations: Tigray, Etiopiei, etiopieni, Sudan

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