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Latest in Tag: ethiopia

Sudan says its army not go beyond international border with Ethiopia
Sudan Sovereign Council Chairperson Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan says country keen to address the issue of violations by Ethiopian farmers on Sudanese lands

Egypt says Ethiopian statements on its internal affairs unacceptable
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry Spokersperson Ahmed Hafez said statements made by Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on Egypt were “flagrant transgression.”

Egypt summons Ethiopia’s Chargé d’Affairs in Cairo over external interference
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned, on Wednesday, the Ethiopian Chargé d’Affairs in Cairo, to provide clarifications about recent statements by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson regarding the Egyptian internal affairs.

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry summons Ethiopia chargé d’affaires in Cairo
Egypt Foreign Ministry summons, on Wednesday, Ethiopia chargé d’affaires in Cairo over Addis Ababa’s recent remarks regarding Egyptian internal affairs

Ethiopian Dam negotiations to recommence next Sunday
Year 2020 witnessed GERD negotiations under supervision of US President Donald Trump and with World Bank participation

UNOCHA faces funding gap to meet humanitarian needs in Ethiopia’s TIgray
UNOCHA appealed to humanitarian partners to cover the rest $604m needed to comprehensively meet humanitarian needs in Tigray regional state.

Sudan, Ethiopia conclude border demarcation committee meetings
Border between the two countries has witnessed rising tensions after Sudan army announced last week that Ethiopian forces ambushed its soldiers

UN refugee agency appeals for support to ease Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis
More than 52,000 refugees have fled Tigray into eastern Sudan over the past six weeks, according to the UN refugee agency.

Sudan, Ethiopia to hold talks amid border tension
Talks came days after Sudanese soldiers were ambushed, killed by Ethiopian troops

IOM says Tigray conflict-affected communities in dire need of humanitarian assistance
Fighting in Tigray region between TPLF and ENDF left hundreds of people dead, thousands displaced and millions in urgent need of humanitarian assistance

Sudan says troops killed by Ethiopian forces in cross-border attack
AP reported that military officials from Sudan said the attack left at least four troops, including a major, dead and wounded a dozen others.

More than 63,000 people internally displaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray: UN
“We are also working to scale up humanitarian assistance in the Tigray region once access is re-established,” UN spokesperson said.

Sudan reaffirms adherence to AU’s leadership in Ethiopia’s Nile dam issue
Egypt and Sudan rely on the Nile river for their fresh water and are concerned that the Nile dam might affect their water resources.

Sudanese PM visits Ethiopia to discuss Tigray conflict
Sudan, Ethiopian leaders agree to resume GERD negotiations next week, says Sudanese government

COVID-19 recoveries in Africa surpass 2 million: Africa CDC
The most COVID-19 affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Ethiopia

Ethiopia admits forces shot at UN team in Tigray, Dujarric expresses concern
UN’s OCHA reports that the dire shortage of food, water, fuel and cash in the Tigray region is seriously affecting people, including humanitarian workers

Gaining humanitarian access to needy in Ethiopia’s Tigray challenging: UN
“It’s clear that the situation, at least from our point of view … and the information we’re getting, is not yet stabilized,” UN spokesman said on Monday

UN chief voices concern over situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Since the early hours of Nov. 4, the Ethiopian government has been undertaking military operations against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)

Opinion| Ethiopia and the Civil War
The problem is very complex, and there are no pre-prepared solutions to it, to the extent that experts and specialists stress the need to abolish the federal system followed in Ethiopia, to separate the regions. In other words, there is a need to divide Ethiopia into several countries.

Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed detracts attention from Tigray tragedy to 2021 elections
TPLF leaders say they are still fighting from surrounding mountainous areas

Aid workers pre-deployed in Ethiopia as access talks continue: UN
Chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the UN Refugee Agency has also appealed to Ethiopia for urgent access to Tigray

Eritrean refugees in Tigray need urgent humanitarian assistance: UNHCR
UNHCR says camps will have now run out of food supplies — making hunger a real danger, a warning that have been issued since Tigray conflict began

Ethiopia’s internal conflict heralds civil war threatening regional stability
After Ethiopia disavowal of binding international agreements regarding the Nile Basin, Ethiopian Prime Minister is leading a fierce war on Tigray region

TPLF attacks Asmara for 3rd time, Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed claims victory in Mekelle
Federal police will continue working to arrest TPLF members, says Ethiopian Prime Minister

Ethiopia to begin ‘final phase’ of Tigray offensive: Prime Minister
Human rights groups raise concerns for civilians caught up in military operations

Ethiopian military restores control of more towns in Tigray, urges civilians to ‘save themselves’
Next phases are decisive part of operation, which will encircle Mekelle using tanks, says military spokesperson

Opinion| Ethiopia will not listen to the voice of reason
Reports from Ethiopia show that Addis Ababa aims to use the negotiations as a tactical manoeuvre to avoid signing a legally binding agreement that may restrict its ambitions to build more dams on its transboundary rivers, whether the Blue Nile, the Atbara, or the Sobat.

Hunger looms over Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict rages
Tigrayan peacekeepers in Somalia disarmed by Ethiopian colleagues, Reuters reports. TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael vows to defeat Abiy’s forces

Ethiopia to launch decisive offensive against “rebels” in Tigray: PM
Ahmed said in a series of social media posts, that the deadline for surrender had expired, paving the way for a final push on Mekelle, Tigray’s capital.

Ethiopia denies holding negotiations on Tigray conflict in Uganda
Ethiopian officials had indicated earlier that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni would mediate between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray regional authorities, after the outbreak of military confrontations between the two sides in early November.