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Ethiopian PM confirms Eritrean troops entered Tigray during conflict
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that troops from neighbouring Eritrea entered the northern Tigray region during the five-month-old conflict,…
NEWS ALERT: EU IMPOSES TRAVEL BAN, ASSET FREEZE SANCTIONS INCLUDING ON ERITREA OVER SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
Addis Abeba, March 22/2021 – The EU Council today decided to impose restrictive measures on eleven individuals and four entities responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses in various…
MSF denounces widespread attacks on Tigray clinics
The medical charity MSF on Monday condemned a “deliberate and generalised” programme of targeting clinics in the conflict-hit Tigray region of Ethiopia. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign…
EU floats Ethiopia sanctions over humanitarian aid
Ethiopian authorities and others obstructing humanitarian aid into the Tigray region could end up on an EU sanctions list, under a new idea floated by the European Commission. The Brussels…
Blinken: Acts of ‘ethnic cleansing’ committed in Western Tigray
Secretary of State Tony Blinken for the first time Wednesday used the term “ethnic cleansing” to describe human rights abuses he said have been carried out in the Western Tigray…