Between 19 and 29 November 2020, Eritrean troops operating in the Ethiopian city of Axum, Tigray, committed a series of human rights and humanitarian law... ዜና - BBC News ትግርኛ Nearly six months after fighting broke out between the country’s government forces and Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the ruling party in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray… Every day, more and more reports of starvation trickle out of the Tigray region of Ethiopia that has been hit by conflict. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that the US was "gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation," and called for Eritrean and Amhara regional forces to withdraw immediately. The Ethiopian foreign ministry's statement Monday did not mention the presence of forces from neighboring Eritrea during the recent offensive. እቲ ትማሊ 'ቴብል ማውንቴይን' ተባሂሉ ኣብ ዝጽዋዕ እምባ ዘጋጠመ ባርዕ ጫካ ታሪኻዊ ህንጻ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ኬፕታውን ከምዘዕነወ ይፍለጥ።, ካብታ ኣብ 2012 ዝጠሓለት ዓባይ መርከብ ታይታኒክ ሽዱሽተ ቻይናውያን ብህይወት ድሒኖም፤ እቲ ጸበባኦም ግና ኣብኡ ኣየብቅዐን።, ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ዓርቢ ጀሚሩ ክሳብ ቀዳመ ሰናብቲ ኣብ ክልል ኣምሓራ ዞባ ሰሜን ሸዋ ኣብ ዝርከባ ወረዳታት ብዝተፈጸሙ መጥቃዕታት፡ ህይወት ብዙሓት ሰባት ከም ዝጠፍአን ንብረት ከም ዝዓነወን ነበርቲ ንቢቢሲ ተዛሪቦም።, እዚ ውልቀሰብ፡ እቲ ኣብ ኣመሪካ "ዝነውሐ ማእሰርቲ ዕድመ ልክዕ" ዝተፈርዶ'ዩ። ናጽነቱ ንክረክብ ግን እዚ ኹሉ ዓመት ስለ ምንታይ ተጸብዩ? Witnesses say they have split much of Tigray between them, with the Amhara in the west and Eritrean forces in the east. Debretsion said he was making an urgent call to the Biden administration to keep the pressure on the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments. All Rights Reserved. Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray risks dragging on for years: Report. The Weeknd donates $1m in food aid to Ethiopia amid 'senseless' conflict April 5, 2021; Ethiopia is fighting 'difficult and tiresome' guerrilla war in Tigray, says PM April 4, 2021; Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified April 2, 2021 "All sorts of acts of genocide have been committed in Tigray. DW Radio, Education / Featured / Politics / Travel Ethiopia, Best of Tigray / Featured / Historic Route / Tourism / Travel / Travel Guide & Info / Travel Tigray, Tigray Open Air Museum: A documentary on History of Tigray, Travel review: Ethiopia – land of lost Ark. SBS Amharic "We want to have peace in this region, in this country so we want [the US] to continue to push [for the withdrawal] of invader forces from Tigray to stop the atrocities, genocide and destruction," he told CNN. "We strongly condemn the killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual assaults, and other extremely serious human rights violations and abuses by several parties that multiple organizations have reported in Tigray," he said. The conflict erupted on 4 November 2020 when Ethiopia's government launched an offensive to oust the TPLF after its fighters captured federal military bases in Tigray. Pregnant women are amongst the tens of thousands of people in need of assistance in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where fighting between the Government and regional forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have been ongoing since November 2020. Ethiopian refugees fleeing Tigray line up to receive supplies at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020. Blinken also acknowledged Abiy's stated commitment to allow humanitarian aid to the region, and said that the US Agency for International Development would send a disaster assistance response team to Ethiopia. [ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will officially inaugurate its Regional Cancer Centre of Excellence on Monday at a ceremony in Addis Ababa. Tigray News The latest news on Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia, which borders Eritrea and Sudan. The whole Tigray is in social and economic crisis. Ethiopia's leader said in an address before lawmakers Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that atrocities have occurred in Tigray, the country's northern region where fighting persists as … Tigrai Online provides Ethiopian daily news, current news on investment, business, and political analysis. [ENA] Addis Ababa -- Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Sileshi Bekele disclosed today that the construction two bottom outlets (BO) of the GERD that provides release of water into the downstream has been completed, tested and become operational. The north face presents: Towers of Tigray, Top sights in Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray, In the Mountains of Tigray – Rock-hewn Churches of Ethiopia, የትግራይ ጊዚያዊ አስተዳደር ጉድ |የተባረሩት የመቀሌ ከንቲባ እውነቱን አፍረጠረጡት |የግድያ ሙከራ የተደረገባቸው ምስጢር, Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says, Ethiopia: Eritrean troops’ massacre of hundreds of Axum civilians may amount to crime against humanity, ከዚህ በኋላ ፍ/ ቤት ላለመቅረብ ወስኛለሁ – (ኤርሚያስ አመልጋ – ከቂሊንጦ), [Addis Standard] Despite previous eye witnesses and families of victims accounts and statements by the Oromia Regional state chapter of the ruling Prosperity Party, Oromia Prosperity Party (OPP) disputing the presence of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) often referred by the government as 'OLF/Shene', the Amhara regional state and its chapter of the ruling party, […], [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Barely a month and half before Ethiopia's 6th national election scheduled on June 05 took place, the European Union's High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell said the EU will "continue following closely the situation [in Ethiopia] in order to confirm our will to send an electoral observation mission in the country.". Tigray tinderbox Spring is the traditional Ethiopian warring season. … In a rare and exclusive interview with CNN, President of the Tigray People's Liberation Front Debretsion Gebremichael called for an independent probe into alleged killings, rape and violence, including those revealed in a. Eyewitnesses told CNN that a group of Eritrean soldiers opened fire in November on Maryam Dengelat church in Dengelat village, in Tigray's east, while hundreds of congregants were celebrating mass. Hiwot* is one of them. Dozens of people died over three days of mayhem, with soldiers slaughtering local residents, displaced people and pilgrims, they said. The Ethiopian government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed is accused of teaming up with his ethnic group — his mother was Amhara — and soldiers from neighboring Eritrea to punish around 6 million people. CNN has previously reported that soldiers from neighboring Eritrea have perpetrated many of the extrajudicial killings, assaults and human rights abuses in the Tigray region. CNN's Angela Dewan, Emmet Lyons, Bethlehem Feleke, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase contributed to this report. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front dominated politics in Ethiopia for nearly three decades before Abiy came to power in 2018 after anti-government protests. "We are calling for an investigation into the CNN findings on the ground in Tigray.". Sexual Violence Being Used as Weapon of War in Ethiopia's Tigray, U.N. Says NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia's Tigray… ዜና - BBC News አማርኛ News G7 warns of human rights abuses in Ethiopia's Tigray. TPLF troops seized power in Ethiopia in 1991 with the backing of Eritrea, and the TPLF's Meles Zenawi became the nation's leader. The breadth and depth of human suffering in the Ethiopian region of Tigray is perfectly clear to humanitarian workers, human rights groups and the international diplomatic community. Last weekend saw a dramatic turn in the war between the Federal government and the forces of the Northern Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). News Ethiopian PM: Eritrean troops to leave Tigray. An internal U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, an American ally — posing President Biden’s first major test in Africa. Eritrea's government denied involvement in the atrocities reported by Amnesty, but has yet to respond to CNN's request for comment in relation to the Dengelat massacre. [ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that Ethiopia, in developing Abbay River for its needs, has no intention of causing harm to lower riparian countries. Ethiopian Breaking News, Latest News and Videos. The TPLF ruled until 2018, when members of the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups united against the party. tigray.net © 2000-2018. Debretsion became deputy prime minister after Zenawi's death in 2012. A member of the Tigray special forces casts his vote in a local election in the regional capital Mekelle, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, on Sept. 9. ሪፖርተር Amharic Since the 1980s, Ethiopia has … Ethiopia's foreign ministry on Monday rejected a call from the United States for the Ethiopian federal government to pull forces out of Tigray, saying it was "regrettable" that the US had attempted "to make pronouncements on Ethiopia's internal affairs and specifically, the reference to the Amhara regional forces redeployment.". So, it's an urgent call. We need this push from the [US] President.". The Amnesty International report charged that Eritrean forces killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the city of Axum, also in Tigray region, in November through indiscriminate shelling and shooting and extrajudicial killings, in what the human rights organization said could amount to a crime against humanity. Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto warned Tuesday that the crisis in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region appears "out of control", after visiting the country on behalf of the EU. Blinken had called for a "full, independent international investigation into all reports of human rights violations, abuses and atrocities.". Ousted Tigray leader Debretsion Gebremichael in Mekelle, Ethiopia, on June 8, 2019. After seizing control of Tigray's main cities in late November, Abiy declared victory and maintained that no civilians were harmed in the offensive. The accusations are aimed at soldiers on all sides of the conflict. Blinken's statement came one day after CNN's investigation, as well as another by Amnesty International, both detailing eyewitness accounts of civilian massacres in two separate assaults in late 2020. Violence flared in the region last year after Tigray went ahead with local elections that the Abiy government had banned because of the pandemic. Tigray Opposes the Decision to Postpone Census. VOA Tigrigna Ethiopia's prime minister has acknowledged for the first time that troops from Eritrea have been in the Tigray region following the outbreak of conflict in November. Our people need assistance, they need humanitarian support. Old scores need to be settled or new terrain gained before the main rainy season starts in June preventing the large-scale movement of armies and supplies. G7 foreign ministers have expressed concern about human rights violations in Ethiopia's conflict-ridden Tigray. "It should be clear that such matters are the sole responsibility of the Ethiopian government, which as a sovereign nation, is responsible to deploy the necessary security structures and means available in ensuring the rule of law within all corners of its borders," the ministry said in a statement. 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So, the most important thing is that an investigation must be conducted," he added. How a religious festival turned into a massacre, US calls for withdrawal of Eritrean forces in Ethiopia following investigation into massacre. Top Ethiopia health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray. Thousands of civilians are believed to have been killed since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military operation against leaders in the Tigray region, sending in troops from the neighboring Amhara region. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday that Eritrean forces agreed to withdraw troops from the Ethiopian border after five months of conflict in the Tigray region. "They are killing our people in this country, they are killing children, all ages of the population and they are conducting rape," Debretsion told CNN in a phone interview from an undisclosed location. Ethiopian army soldiers patrol the streets of Mekelle, in the Tigray region, March 7, 2021, after the city was captured with an operation against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). ... Ethiopia's Tigray region: Images of a humanitarian crisis Ethiopia's oldest mosque damaged. Tigray regional state opposed the decision made by the federal government postpone the general census, Ethiopia News Agency reports today. The violence unleashed in Tigray has cast grave doubt over the future of what had been widely regarded as an African success story. Eleven women tell Reuters they had been raped by soldiers as a top Ethiopian official has made a sexual slavery accusation. Addis Fortune, VOA Amharic On Monday, Ethiopia's foreign ministry said it was working to ensure unfettered access to Tigray for the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The United Nations warned that sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Prime Minister Abiy has also denied that soldiers from Eritrea crossed into Tigray to support Ethiopian forces. Thus, the Tigray war has the potential to spill over into the Sudan-Ethiopia border controversy. Tigray crises: Ethiopia summons its ambassador to Ireland What you need to know: According to sources, Ethiopia has... [Kichuu] 13/03/2021 POLITICS News Wire 4h ago Ethiopia Calls U.S. Claims of Tigray Ethnic Cleansing ‘Spurious’ It added that it was "fully committed" to investigating any human rights violations. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared … Tigray remains largely sealed off from the world five weeks after fighting erupted between Ethiopia’s government and the Tigray one following a months-long power struggle. Tigray counts Mekelle, Adigrat, Aksum and Shire among its major cities, and is a significant region in Ethiopia, not least politically. The ousted leader of Ethiopia's Tigray region has accused the federal government and its Eritrean allies of genocide and other crimes against humanity, … By Barbara Arvanitidis, Nima Elbagir and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, (CNN)The ousted leader of Ethiopia's Tigray region has accused the federal government and its Eritrean allies of genocide and other crimes against humanity, calling on US President Joe Biden to dial up the pressure against "invader forces.". The situation in Ethiopia, East Africa’s most populous country, is getting desperate by the day. Abiy was appointed prime minister in 2018 and won a Nobel prize last year for his peace deal with Eritrea.