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US ‘directly’ presses Eritrea to withdraw forces from Tigray

By Cara Anna | AP Jan. 28, 2021 at 9:21 a.m. PST NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States says it has directly “pressed senior levels” of Eritrea’s government to immediately withdraw its…

UK says killers in Ethiopia “must be held to account, whoever they may be” and responds to call that eye witness statements are taken from refugees from Tigray about reports of war crimes and crimes against humanity in that region.

Lord Alton of Liverpool – To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that three senior members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, including the former…

Journalist shot dead in Ethiopia’s Tigray – aid worker, residents

NAIROBI (Reuters) – An Ethiopian journalist and his friend have been shot dead by an unidentified person in the northern Tigray region’s capital Mekelle, an aid worker and a resident…

Ethiopia’s government appears to be wielding hunger as a weapon

A rebel region is being starved into submission Ethiopia has suffered famines in the past. Many foreigners know this; in 1985 about one-third of the world’s population watched a pop…

Over 2 million people displaced by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – local official

NAIROBI (Reuters) – About 2.2 million people have been displaced within Ethiopia’s Tigray region since fighting erupted there in November with about half fleeing after their homes were burned down,…

Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis: Violations of Int’l Humanitarian & Human Rights Law (22 December 2020)