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Witnesses allege Eritrean abuses during Ethiopia peace talks

Witnesses in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region tell The Associated Press that forces from neighboring Eritrea are killing some civilians and looting as they and allied Ethiopian forces head for the regional capital

The Independent UK

Commentary: The world’s worst war you aren’t watching is in Ethiopia

While the world’s eyes are trained on the war in Ukraine and whether Vladimir Putin is unhinged enough to use nuclear weapons, another war rages mostly unseen some 3,000 miles away in Ethiopia.

Chicago Tribune

Tigray war: two years on, the AU has failed to broker peace and silence the guns

The African Union pledged in 2016 to “silence the guns” by the end of 2020, an ambitious agenda of ending armed conflicts on the continent. Just two months before that deadline, the deadliest war in years erupted in Ethiopia. On 3 November 2020, the armies of the Federal Government of…

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Ethiopian army captures several towns in war-torn Tigray

Rebel forces concede the loss of Shire as the UN warns over air attacks’ ‘devastating impact’ on civilians.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopian and Eritrean forces seize key Tigrayan city, say rebels

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Tigrayan rebels said Tuesday that Ethiopian and Eritrean forces had seized a key Tigrayan city, a move coinciding with UN warnings of a spiralling conflict and an "utterly staggering" toll on civilians.

AFP

Tigray forces concede loss of large town to Ethiopian army

Forces from Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray conceded on Tuesday that they had lost control of the populous town of Shire to the Ethiopian military and their allies, urging Tigrayans to fight back.

Reuters

UN chief warns Ethiopia war 'spiralling out of control'

Addis Ababa (AFP) - UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the situation in Ethiopia was "spiralling out of control" as fighting raged in the north of the country and the government vowed to seize control of airports and other sites in Tigray.

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Authorities in Ethiopia's rebel-held Tigray say would respect ceasefire

Nairobi (AFP) - Authorities in Ethiopia's rebel-held Tigray region announced Sunday they would respect a ceasefire as fighting intensified in the country's war-torn north, and the African Union called for an immediate truce.

AFP

Tigray has resisted Ethiopia's far greater military might for two years -- here's why neither side is giving in

The Ethio-Tigray war started on 4 November 2020. For almost two years, the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea – along with Amhara regional forces and militia – have waged war against Tigray’s regional government and society.

The Conversation

Home Office threatens to send heavily pregnant rape survivor to Rwanda

Eritrean woman, 28, in acute distress having spent most of her life in search of safety

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopia's Tigray forces say Eritreans widen war offensive

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say Eritrea has extended its offensive into their region, as diplomats scramble to convene peace talks to resolve the almost two-year-long conflict

The Independent UK

Postponement of Tigray peace talks latest blow in Ethiopia’s hidden war

Airstrikes, malnutrition and disease have claimed thousands of lives in one of the most deadly but least reported conflicts in the world

The Guardian - UK

Weynay Ghebresilasie hoping to represent Great Britain at Paris Olympics

A flag bearer for Eritrea at London 2012 he became eligible to run for Britain last year and finished ninth in the London Marathon.

The Independent UK

Satellite images show Eritrea military buildup near Tigray

New satellite imagery of one of the world’s most reclusive nations shows a military buildup inside Eritrea near the border with Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, backing up witness accounts of a new, large-scale offensive

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Reuters

Satellite images show military build-ups in Ethiopia, Eritrea - Maxar

Satellite images show the mobilisation this month of military forces in towns on either side of Ethiopia's northern border with Eritrea, a private U.S. company said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

U.N.-backed investigators say they have turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military — including rape, murder and pillage — over the nearly two-year war on Ethiopia’s Tigray region

France 24

UN General Assembly: A world 'in peril' as pressures of war and climate hit Africa

In tonight's edition: Senegal's Macky Sall takes to the stage at the UN General Assembly in New York and tells the world there are other crises to address besides the war in Ukraine. Also, authorities in Uganda declare an Ebola outbreak after a 24-year-old man dies of the disease, the…

The Independent UK

Eritrea accused of starting offensive on Ethiopia's Tigray

A spokesman for Tigrayan authorities says Eritrea has launched a full-scale offensive along the country’s border with northern Ethiopia in what appears to be an escalation of last month’s renewal of fighting

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Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia say Eritrea launches 'full-scale offensive'

Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region said troops from neighbouring Eritrea launched a "full-scale offensive" on Tuesday and that heavy fighting was ongoing in several areas along the border.

The Guardian - UK

‘I miss my hometown, my friend – and my mum’s delicious food’: the cookbook made by refugees

Far from their families in Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Chad, the young authors of Cooked with Love have found a way to recreate their favourite meals – and share them with the world

Reuters

Eritrea issues army mobilisation call as Ethiopia fighting resumes - Canadian government

Eritrea is mobilising armed forces due to the re-eruption of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the Canadian government said on Saturday, raising fears that the fighting may intensify in a war that has already displaced millions and triggered a humanitarian disaster across northern Ethiopia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Says Sending Envoy to Ethiopia, Condemns Eritrea Return to War

The United States on Friday dispatched an envoy to Ethiopia to seek an end to renewed fighting, and condemned neighboring Eritrea for re-entering the conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Mike Hammer, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, will head this weekend to Ethiopia and "convey…

The Conversation

Nowhere to run: the plight of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has hosted large numbers of Eritrean refugees for years. Before the recent conflict, about 100,000 Eritrean refugees lived in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

Reuters

Somalia says 5,000 missing soldiers to come home soon from Eritrea

Somalia will soon bring home 5,000 men it sent to train in Eritrea as soldiers, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday, after months of protests by the men's parents claiming they had been recruited under false pretences and held captive.

Daily Mirror

We stand with brave Mo - readers share their refugee stories in new People Move project

Sporting legend Sir Mo Farah reveals he was illegally trafficked to the UK in a documentary last night with readers now sharing their own stories for our #PeopleMove project

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