Egypt: Countries must reach binding deal on Nile dam
MEMO | Amid regional tension over the project, countries along the Nile must reach a legally binding agreement on the filling and operations of the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD),…
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Foreign meddling as a source of state fragility in Ethiopia
MEMO Opinion | State fragility is a multidimensional concept that is often characterized by deficiencies in one or more areas of the core functions of the state: legitimacy, authority (competing…
Ethiopia accuses Sudan of occupying its lands, fighting by proxy for third party
MEMO | The border area has witnessed tension between Ethiopia and Sudan that is still escalating-Getty Ethiopia has accused its neighbour Sudan on Friday of occupying part of its territory and…
Ethiopia says Tigray back to ‘normalcy;’ witnesses disagree.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP | Cara Anna) — Ethiopia’s government has privately told Biden administration staffers its embattled Tigray region has “returned to normalcy,” but new witness accounts describe terrified Tigray…
The horrors of the Tigray war: Eyewitness accounts
Eritrea Hub | This is a slightly shortened article by Alem Berhe When the war broke out, I was in the beautiful capital of Tigray – Mekelle, visiting immediate family.…
“They Have Destroyed Tigray, Literally”: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot speaks from the mountains of Tigray
Transcript Call between Mulugeta Gebrehiwot and Alex de Waal 27 January 2021 Additional background information and audio are available on the WPF blog, “Reinventing Peace.” For more information: worldpeacefoundation.org Listen…
Somali men ‘forced into Eritrean army’ under impression they were signing up for security jobs in Qatar
The Telegraph | The men are thought to be being sent to Tigray to fight in Ethiopia’s civil war. Anger is mounting in Somalia over allegations young men are being…
Etiopiere i Norge forteller: Fedrene våre ble drept av eritreiske soldater
©Bistandsaktuelt | I over en måned levde Sahle Semere og Hailay Berhe i uvisshet om hva som skjedde med familiemedlemmer i Tigray. Begge er etiopiere og bosatt i Norge. Familiene…
Chinese ambassador, Ethiopia capital mayor agree to enhance economic partnership
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia Zhao Zhiyuan and Mayor of Ethiopia’s capital city Adanech Abiebie agreed on Friday to enhance the economic partnership between the…
Were Orthodox Christians massacred in Ethiopia?
American Magazine | The Jesuit Review | Kevin Clarke With journalists, aid workers and U.N. officials largely cut off and local internet and mobile services blocked, much remains unknown about what…