19/01/2021 News and Commentaries
‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns. UN News Starvation crisis looms as aid groups seek urgent Tigray access. Al Jazeera Can Ethiopia heal after…
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EU to dispatch humanitarian negotiator to Ethiopia after aid suspension
Source: Devex | Vince Chadwick The European Union is preparing to send Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto to negotiate with the Ethiopian government as it pushes for unfettered access for…
Kapuściński and the Autocrats
Source: Book and Film Globe | Neal Pollack The late Polish journalist, like no other writer, understood societies in crisis Everyone’s busy checking Orwell out of the library and pretending…
750 reportedly dead after attack on Ethiopia church
Source: Christian Today A Belgium-based peacebuilding non-profit is reporting 750 people killed in an attack on Ethiopia church. The attack was detailed in the January 9 ‘Situation Report’ of the…
750 killed at Ethiopian Orthodox church said to contain Ark of the Covenant
Report: Church Post Around 750 people were killed in an attack on an Orthodox church, which is said to contain the Ark of the Covenant described in the Book of…
Tensions escalate between Ethiopia and Sudan
DW | The already-uneasy relationship between the two countries is showing signs of simmering over into protracted conflict. But how did it reach this point? Tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan…
Grim picture emerges from glimpses of Ethiopia’s Tigray war
Addis Ababa (AFP) | Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared victory in his military operation in the northern region of Tigray, but there are clear signs that fighting persists…
Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 60 – 19 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…
Hundreds of Somali soldiers killed in Tigray war
Suna Times – Former deputy head of Somalia’s Intelligence Agency Abdisalan Guled said hundreds of Somali recruits deployed by Eritrea to Tigray region were killed in the initial offensive in…
Sudan demands Ethiopia withdraw its forces from ‘occupied territories’ and halt military buildup
AMN NEWS | On Sunday evening, the Sudanese Security and Defense Council appealed to Ethiopia to “withdraw its forces from the remaining positions it still occupies in Maraghad, Khor Hamar…