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Could a National Dialogue Solve Ethiopia’s Political Crisis?

USIP | It is time to talk about the common challenges that every Ethiopian faces. While the recent conflict in Tigray renewed international focus on Ethiopia, more challenges lie ahead, including elections now scheduled for June 5. The state…
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‘Disturbing’ allegations of rape in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, UN

AFP | Yahoo News The UN says it has received "disturbing" reports of sexual violence and abuse in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region, including of individuals forced to rape members of their own family. Pramila Patten, the UN's special…
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After two months of war, Tigray faces starvation

The Economist | Ethiopia’s government appears to be blocking food deliveries to the region No image better symbolises the fall from power of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (tplf), the party that had called the shots in Ethiopia…
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Is Egypt behind Sudanese escalation on border with Ethiopia

Source: Al-Monitor | Khalid Hassan With the intensifying border conflict between Sudan and Ethiopia and the success of the Sudanese army in controlling the border areas where Ethiopian farmers have been living for decades, Ethiopia has been…
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UK backs Sudan economic reforms with over $50 million

Source: AP | Noha Elhennawy  Britain's foreign secretary announced Thursday that his government would offer more than $50 million to help poor Sudanese families as their government embarks upon major austerity measures to revive its battered…
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Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 63 – 22 January 2021

Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published…
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Ethiopia’s government appears to be wielding hunger as a weapon – Famine crimes

The Economist | 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 concert to raise money for starving Ethiopians.…
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Ethiopia Denies Somalia Forces Involved in Fighting in Tigray

Bloomberg | By Simon Marks and Mohammed Omar Ahmed Somali lawmaker has asked president to investigate issue Claim follows reports that Eritrea forces deployed in Ethiopia Ethiopia’s government denied that Somali soldiers fought alongside…
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Ethiopia operating Chinese mobile bridges

Source: Defence Web Ethiopia’s military appears to have acquired a number of mobile bridges from China. Photos posted on Twitter last month show at least three truck-mounted mobile bridges being transported along a road in Ethiopia. They…
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Western concern mounts over Ethiopian crisis

©FT | UK, US and EU push for humanitarian relief to get to the war-ravaged Tigray region Ethiopia’s reputation is “being tarnished” by the military conflict, UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said, ahead of his visit to the east…