The Latest Breaking News from Tigray

Exclusive-Ethiopia seeks to end U.N.-ordered probe into Tigray war abuses

Ethiopia is courting support for a motion to cut short a U.N.-mandated inquiry into atrocities in the Tigray war, five diplomats said, in a move that could divide African and Western nations.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2023

Eritrean leader dismisses as 'fantasy' alleged Tigray abuses

Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried out rape, looting and other abuses in the war in neighboring Ethiopia’s Tigray region

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Eritrean president sidesteps questions about troops in Ethiopia

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on Thursday sidestepped questions about whether his country's troops remain in neighbouring Ethiopia's Tigray region three months after the signing of a peace agreement that called for their withdrawal.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2023

Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region

The Ethiopian army says Amhara forces have left war-torn Tigray in compliance with a truce agreed on November 2.

Al Jazeera · Jan 13, 2023

Amhara forces leave northern Ethiopia's Tigray region, army says

Forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region, who fought in support of federal troops during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn in line with an Africa Union-backed ceasefire, the army said.

Reuters · Jan 13, 2023

French, German ministers in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace process

The French and German foreign ministers arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Thursday on a mission to support the peace agreement signed last year to end two years of war in the Tigray region.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 12, 2023

French, German foreign ministers hail Tigray peace progress in Ethiopia

The French and German foreign ministers on Thursday hailed the success of the Ethiopian peace agreement signed last year, ending two years of brutal war, on a joint visit to Addis Ababa.

France 24 · Jan 12, 2023

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels start disarming under terms of Pretoria peace deal

Tigrayan rebels began handing in their heavy weapons on Wednesday, a crucial element in the peace deal signed with the federal government last November, ending the two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 11, 2023

Ethiopia's Tigray forces say they hand over heavy weapons

The spokesman for Tigray forces in Ethiopia says they have handed over heavy weapons as a key part of the agreement signed with Ethiopia’s government late last year to end a two-year conflict

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's federal government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led peace process on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jan 10, 2023