Brookings: Internal and external conflicts compound in Ethiopia
Source: Brookings | Chris Heitzig
In recent weeks, tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan over the disputed Al-Fashqa region have flared up, including an attack on Tuesday that left 80 civilians dead, according to Sudan’s Foreign Ministry.…
Ethiopia’s Oromia conflict: Why a teacher was killed ‘execution-style’
Source: BBC
The shooting dead of Kitilaa Guddata has left his family in shock.
The 32-year-old high school teacher was among the latest casualties in the conflict between government forces and rebels in Ethiopia's Oromia region.
The violence…
Menneskene som flykter fra Tigray i Etiopia
Flyktninghjelpen | De er mødre, fedre og barn – studenter, lærere, jordbrukere og skreddere. Alle flykter de for å redde livet.
Tigray ligger i det nordlige Etiopia. I november 2020 brøt det ut kamper her, og volden vedvarer. Minst 55.000…
Canada Should Support Ethiopia
The conflict between Tigray and Ethiopia could cause rifts with other African regions. Canada’s truth and reconciliation experience could help.
Source: Policy Options Politiques | Ann Fitz-Gerald, Hugh Segal
The conflict between the Ethiopian…
Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 57 – 16 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…
EU – We need humanitarian access to Tigray as urgent first step towards peace in Ethiopia
Statement: EU | Josep Borrell, EU foreign affairs chief
"For more than two months, conflict has been raging in the Ethiopian Tigray region. The authorities must allow humanitarian access as first step towards peace."
For more than two months,…
Etiopia: Pressefrihet førte til mer etniske motsetninger
Bistandsaktuelt | Hatefulle ytringer og etniske motsetninger blusset opp da president Abiy Ahmed liberaliserte media. Den væpnede konflikten i Tigray-provinsen har forverret «dem» og «oss»-polariseringen i Etiopia. Men forsker Terje Skjerdal…
Will Somalia Be Collateral Damage of Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict?
Source: World Politics Review | Peter Kirechu
In November, as the Ethiopian government escalated its military campaign against the northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed quietly ordered a drawdown of Ethiopian peacekeepers from…
Massacre ‘of 750’ reported in Aksum church complex, Tigray, Ethiopia
Source: Church Times | Rebecca Paveley
Reports of a massacre of 750 people in the cathedral complex that reputedly houses the Ark of the Covenant have emerged from the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Accounts have come from those who fled the town…
EU suspends Ethiopian budget support over Tigray crisis
Source: Reuters
The European Union has suspended budget support for Ethiopia worth 88 million euros ($107 million) until humanitarian agencies are granted access to people in need of aid in the northern Tigray region.
In a blog post published…