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Left to die: the fate of thousands of people living with HIV in Tigray

People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on regular treatment are now experiencing similar life expectancy to people without the virus. This is thanks to the innovation of antiretroviral therapy which can prevent the progression to AIDS. This is the late stage of HIV infection that occurs when the body’s immune…

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Ethiopia government declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray

(This Mar.24 story corrects to change reference to Ahmed Harif in paragraph 17 to Ahmed, to conform with Ethiopian naming style)

Reuters

Ethiopia declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray

Ethiopia said it was declaring ‘an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately’.

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U.S. focused on delivery of humanitarian aid to Ethiopia's Tigray

U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield told Reuters on Wednesday the top U.S. priority in the region is the delivery of humanitarian aid to Ethiopia's conflict-ravaged Tigray region, where millions are dependent on it.

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Egypt Seeks Greater Int’l Coordination to Overcome Water Challenges

Egypt has called on all countries to cooperate on water challenges to achieve the sustainable development plan. Egypt suffers from a scarcity of water resources and needs about 114 billion cubic meters annually, while the available water resources amount to 74 billion cubic meters. The Nile water accounts for more…

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China to Sponsor First Peace Conference in Horn of Africa

China’s newly appointed envoy to the Horn of Africa Xue Bing said his country will sponsor the first peace conference in the first half of 2022, in an attempt to resolve regional conflicts. China is seeking to play a more active role in the key strategic conflict-hit region. Earlier this…

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine poses a threat to the control of drug-resistant TB in Europe and the world

In recent years, conflicts in Ethiopia, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen have caused huge suffering. They have devastated the health and wellbeing of local populations and led to countless unnecessary deaths. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is showing the world, yet again, the abhorrent consequences of war.

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China Eastern crash adds to Boeing’s woes in Chinese market

The aircraft maker is trying to rebuild confidence in China after fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian court extends 3-month detention of AP journalist

An Ethiopian court has extended the three-month detention without charges of journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro to give police 11 more days to interview witnesses, saying after that the state must formally charge him or release him

The Independent UK

UN warns Russian blockade of Ukraine’s grain exports may trigger global famine

Special rapporteur on right to food sees risk of deepening hunger crisis in countries such as Yemen and Ethiopia

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopia arrests former government officials from Tigray, rights body says

Ethiopian authorities have detained several senior officials from Tigray, including members of the government's last administration in the conflict-ravaged region, the head of the state-appointed human rights commission said on Friday.

Reuters

The Guardian view on forgotten wars: we must not neglect conflict’s other victims

Editorial: In Ethiopia, Myanmar, Yemen and Syria, civilians are suffering. The parallels with Ukraine do not end there

The Guardian - UK

‘Take from the hungry to feed the starving’: UN faces awful dilemma

Agencies forced to cut back aid in Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Ethiopia despite growing need as funds go to Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Cheap but Lethal Turkish Drones Bolster Ukraine’s Defenses

Despite three weeks of Russian bombardment, Ukraine has kept up a stiff defense of its cities by using Turkish-made drones to carry out pop-up attacks on the invaders with a lethal effectiveness that has surprised Western military experts. The Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles, which carry lightweight, laser-guided bombs, normally…

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‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara

Amhara residents say Tigrayan fighters unleashed a campaign of horror during a five-month occupation of the area.

The Guardian - UK

‘Nowhere on earth are people more at risk than Tigray,’ says WHO chief

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says even with war in Ukraine, the world must not forget the crisis unfolding ‘out of sight’ in Ethiopia’s northern region

France 24

Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré 'proud and happy' at winning Pritzker Prize

In tonight's edition: We speak to Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who is the first African to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize. But first, at least two Cameroonians have died in Ukraine since the war began. Hundreds of others remain trapped in the country. And in Ethiopia, hundreds of…

The Independent UK

WHO Chief: World's worst health crisis is in Ethiopia

As much of the world’s attention is focused on the bloodshed in Ukraine, the head of the World Health Organization saya there is ”nowhere on earth where the health of millions of people is more under threat" than Ethiopia's Tigray region

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Israel to Receive 3,000 Ethiopian Jews after Accusations of Discrimination

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett decided on Tuesday to allow the immigration of 3,000 Jews from war-torn Ethiopia. The decision came following a tumultuous Israeli government session, which saw accusations that the authorities were privileging immigrants from Ukraine over those coming from Ethiopia. A spokesman said this would be a…

The Guardian - UK

Video of armed men burning man alive in western Ethiopia sparks outrage

Eleven people, including nine ethnic Tigrayans were killed on 3 March in the Benishangul-Gumuz region

France 24

At least 53 people killed in attack on civilian convoy in Ethiopia

First we take you to Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has accused security forces of carrying out summary killings of Tigrayan men suspected of involvement in a fatal attack in the region of Benishangul-Gumuz. At least 53 people died after an unidentified armed group attacked a civilian convoy. The…

Reuters

Ambush and reprisals in Ethiopia kill 64 - rights body

At least 53 people died in western Ethiopia after an unidentified armed group attacked a civilian convoy and its military escort in a region plagued by ethnic violence, a rights body appointed by the government said on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia government says it will investigate video of soldiers burning civilians

A video circulating on social media from Ethiopia showing armed men, some in military uniforms, burning civilians to death in the western part of the country will be investigated, and the perpetrators would be brought to justice, Addis Ababa announced on Saturday.

Al Jazeera

750 civilians killed in Amhara in half of 2021: Rights body

Since Nov. 2020, thousands have been killed and millions displaced as Ethiopian federal forces battle Tigrayan fighters.

Reuters

More than 300 killed in air strikes in northern Ethiopia since Nov -UN rights chief

The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that human rights in northern Ethiopia had deteriorated significantly since November, adding that her office has received reports of "severe and wide-scale violations", including lethal air strikes and hundreds of incidents of rape.

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