According to a CNN investigation, Ethiopia’s government has used the country’s commercial airline to shuttle weapons in and out of Eritrea during the civil war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Arms …
Ethiopia to expel UN officials amid fears of Tigray famine
Ethiopia is expelling seven senior UN officials from the country just days after the organization's aid chief warned that the Tigray region was nearing a famine. The aid chief stated that the …
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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Millions at risk under aid blockade – UN
Aid supplies are not reaching the conflict-area in the north of Ethiopia. An aid blockade is in effect on the Tigray region while a spokesperson for the government denies that supplies are being …
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Ethiopia’s Tigray forces enter neighboring Afar region, Afar says
A spokesman for Afar, a region neighboring Tigray in northern Ethiopia, has claimed that Tigray forces have mounted attacks in his territory. The announcement marks an expansion to the eight-month …
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Rebels in Tigray reject calls for ceasefire after Ethiopian government forces withdraw from regional capital
The rebel forces in Tigray have rejected a ceasefire offer from the central government. The rebel fighters retook the regional capital Mekelle on Tuesday and Ethiopian troops retreated on Monday, …
Street celebrations as rebels seize Ethiopian Tigray capital
In the nothern Ethiopia Tigray region, rebel forces have retaken its capital, Mekelle, sparking street celebrations and forcing officials to flee the city. Residents reported scenes of joy, including …
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Schools in Ethiopia’s Tigray region pillaged, occupied: HRW
The months-long conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has damaged a quarter of all schools. All fighting sides have been implicated for participating in looting and occupying of education buildings. …
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Eritrean troops disguised as Ethiopian military are blocking critical aid in Tigray
Eritrean troops are killing, raping and blocking humanitarian aid to populations in the northern Tigray region. This is occuring over a month after the country’s leader pledged to the international …
Abiy Ahmed: Eritrea ‘will withdraw’ troops from Ethiopia in Tigray conflict
Almost five months after a conflict started in the Tigray region, Ethiopia’s prime minister has said Eritrea will remove its troops from the border with Ethiopia. The soldiers at the border are …
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UN upset that aid still blocked to Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Humanitarian officials working in the United Nations have claimed they still don't have access to the Tigray region of Ethiopia, more than a week after Ethiopia and the UN signed a deal to allow aid …
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