Etiket: Ethiopia
Blinken visits Ethiopia to renew ties and support Tigray peace deal
(Addis Ababa) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Tuesday evening in Ethiopia, Washington’s historic ally with which ties have been strained by two years of deadly conflict in the…
Ethiopia | The African Union at the summit to develop African free trade
(Addis Ababa) African heads of state are gathering this weekend in Addis Ababa for an African Union (AU) summit to discuss deadly violence in the Sahel and the Democratic Republic…
Peace agreement in Ethiopia | First meeting between the Prime Minister and Tigrayan leaders
(Nairobi) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abyi Ahmed met on Friday for the first time with Tigrayan leaders since a peace agreement signed in November, after a bloody conflict between the federal…
Armed conflict in Ethiopia | Washington welcomes the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the Tigray region
(Washington) The United States on Saturday welcomed the “ongoing withdrawal” of Eritrean troops from northern Ethiopia, whose presence is considered a major obstacle to a peace agreement with the Tigray…
Ethiopia | First government visit to rebel Tigray region in two years
(Nairobi) An Ethiopian government delegation traveled to the capital of the rebel region of Tigray on Monday for its first official visit in more than two years, marking a major…
Ethiopia: a government delegation on its way to the rebel region of Tigray
An Ethiopian government delegation was on its way to the Tigray capital on Monday morning for the first official visit by senior federal officials more than two years after the…
Ethiopia | The capital of Tigray reconnected to the electricity network after a year of cuts
(Nairobi) The capital of Tigray, Mekele, has been reconnected to the national electricity grid, after more than a year of interruption due to the war in this region of northern…
Ethiopia | Tigray rebels say they have ‘disengaged’ 65% of their fighters
(Nairobi) Rebels in the Tigray region said they were proceeding with the “disengagement” of their fighters, in accordance with a peace agreement signed in early November with the Ethiopian federal…
Conflict in Ethiopia | Tigray government and rebels sign cessation of hostilities agreement
(Pretoria) The Ethiopian federal government and the rebel authorities of Tigray reached a “cessation of hostilities” agreement in Pretoria on Wednesday, less than 48 hours from 2e anniversary of the…
Ethiopia | Tigrayan rebels and central government in talks
(Johannesburg) Rebels from the Tigray region and the Ethiopian government began talks on Tuesday in the South African capital Pretoria aimed at “finding a peaceful and lasting solution” to the…
A fragile hope for peace in Ethiopia
It is a note of hope in a forgotten conflict, almost neglected by the international community, especially since the start of the war in Ukraine. Negotiations, after a false start…
A fragile hope for peace in Ethiopia
It is a note of hope in a forgotten conflict, almost neglected by the international community, especially since the start of the war in Ukraine. Negotiations, after a false start…
Emmanuelle Béart with her son Surafel (13): rare photo for their return to Ethiopia, where she adopted him
It is a very beautiful journey that Emmanuelle Béart and her son Surafel seem to have started. Sunday October 23, 2022, the 59-year-old French actress took to her Instagram account…
War crimes and crimes against humanity likely committed in Ethiopia
War crimes and crimes against humanity have probably been committed during the conflict that has torn Ethiopia apart since the end of 2020, underlines a report intended for the UN…
War crimes and crimes against humanity likely committed in Ethiopia
War crimes and crimes against humanity have probably been committed during the conflict that has torn Ethiopia apart since the end of 2020, underlines a report intended for the UN…
Five things to know about the forgotten war in Tigray, northern Ethiopia
Ethiopian rebels in Tigray and the federal government, who clash in northern Ethiopia, have recently shown their willingness to participate in talks under the aegis of the African Union (AU).…
Ethiopia | Tigray rebels open to African Union peace process
(Nairobi) Ethiopian rebels in Tigray announced on Sunday that they were ready to participate in peace talks under the aegis of the African Union (AU), aimed at ending nearly two…
Fighting rages again in Ethiopia
After a fragile truce lasting several months, fighting has resumed in northern Ethiopia between the rebels of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and federal troops of Prime Minister Abiy…
Armed conflict in Ethiopia | An airstrike on the capital of Tigray raises tensions
(Addis Ababa) An air raid targeted Mekele, capital of Tigray, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, several hours after the rebel authorities in this Ethiopian region announced that they…
Ethiopia | UN condemns Tigray airstrike that ‘hit kindergarten’
(Addis Ababa) The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday condemned the airstrike which the day before “hit a kindergarten” in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, the EU and London calling…