Tag: Ethiopia
Ethiopia accuses aid groups of ‘arming’ Tigray fighters
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government has accused humanitarian aid groups working in its war-hit Tigray region of “arming” Tigray fighters and threatened to halt...
‘I came here to fight’: Rare footage of Ethiopia’s Tigray
MEKELE, Ethiopia — The 16-year-old girl hoped to go to war. Inspired by the sight of resurgent local forces marching in to retake the...
‘Purely ethnic profiling’: New wave of Tigrayans detained
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Witnesses say thousands of Tigrayans are being detained and their businesses closed in cities across Ethiopia in a new wave...
US cites China, Myanmar, Ethiopia in genocide report
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday renewed genocide allegations against China for repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in its northwest Xinjiang...
Ethiopia says all aid flights to Tigray must be searched
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Friday said all flights carrying aid to its embattled Tigray region must go through its capital for inspection...
Egypt urges UN to back call for binding deal on Ethiopia dam
UNITED NATIONS — Egypt’s foreign minister said Wednesday he will urge the U.N. Security Council to require Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to negotiate a...
Ethiopia denies it’s trying to ‘suffocate’ Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Friday rejected accusations that it’s trying to “suffocate the Tigray people” by denying them urgently needed food and...
Bridge key to delivering aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray destroyed
NAIROBI, Kenya — A bridge that’s crucial to delivering desperately needed food to much of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has been destroyed, an aid group...
Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, people ‘falling like leaves’
NAIROBI, Kenya — The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents fleeing for their lives. Help...
Ethiopia hints at Tigray military move; cease-fire in doubt
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government says its military could re-enter the capital of its embattled Tigray region within weeks, calling into question the unilateral...
