The conflict, now lasting 17 months, has left thousands dead, millions displaced and hindered aid from reaching those going hungry in the country’s northern region.
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Ethiopia Declares ‘Humanitarian Truce’ in War-Ravaged Tigray Region
The conflict, now lasting 17 months, has left thousands dead, millions displaced and has hindered aid from reaching those going hungry in the country’s northern region.
Myanmar’s Military Committed Genocide Against Rohingya, U.S. Says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the official designation. More than 9,000 people were killed in the violence.
Who Killed Three Aid Workers for Doctors Without Borders in Ethiopia?
Three employees of Doctors Without Borders set out to rescue the wounded in a war zone in northern Ethiopia. Their fate shows the treacherous path for many aid workers in conflict zones.
Tigray Rebels Executed Dozens of Civilians, Report Says
The report from Human Rights Watch adds to the mounting violations committed by the warring parties since the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region began over a year ago.
Ethiopia Says It Recaptured 2 Strategic Towns From Tigray Rebels
The government said it took back the towns of Dessie and Kombolcha, the latest in a string of wins Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has claimed in recent days.
Mass Detentions of Civilians Fan ‘Climate of Fear’ in Ethiopia
An ethnically motivated detention campaign largely targeting Ethiopians of Tigrayan descent threatens to further unravel Africa’s second-most populous country a year into a civil war.
Ethiopia Seizes 16 UN Workers Amid Efforts to Halt Tigray War
The detentions aggravated the already tense relations between the United Nations and the Ethiopian government over war and hunger in the country’s rebel-held Tigray region.
Why Is Ethiopia at War in the Tigray Region?
More than a year after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed began a military campaign in the Tigray region, Ethiopians are bitterly divided and their country is wracked by famine and suffering.
Ethiopia’s Leader Vows to ‘Bury This Enemy,’ Even as Rebels Advance
A United Nations report, released as Tigrayan rebels near the capital, documents atrocities on all sides in a year-old civil war.