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…
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UN OCHA – Ethiopia – Daily Noon Briefing Highlights – January 2021
15 January 2021 OCHA reports that hundreds of thousands of people in Tigray, Ethiopia, are facing food and water shortages and lacking health services. There has also been a reported…
Mysterious Wheat Deals Complicate Hunger Fight in Ethiopia
Source: Bloomberg | Samuel Gebre, Agnieszka de Sousa and Simon Marks Nation scrapped import tenders for grain after no progress Ethiopia is seeking outside assistance to help feed its people Back…
Regjeringsstyrker drepte tidligere utenriksminister
VG: Etiopias tidligere utenriksminister Seyoum Mesfin er drept i et sammenstøt med regjeringsstyrker, ifølge myndighetene i landet. Sammenstøtet fant sted i Tigray-regionen, der regjeringsstyrkene gjennomførte en omfattende offensiv mot Tigray-folkets…
In Memoriam: Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopian Peacemaker and Patriot
Source: World Peace Foundations | Alex de Waal Seyoum Mesfin, who was killed in Tigray this week at the age of 71, was Ethiopia’s longest-serving foreign minister. His untimely death…
Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 56 – 15 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…
Trump’s Withdrawal From Somalia Is a Security Threat. Biden Should Reverse It
Source: Foreign Policy | Abdi Yusuf U.S. troops are scheduled to leave the country on Jan. 15, opening the door for al-Shabab terrorists to step up their attacks. The new…
Over 80 sivile skal være drept i nytt angrep i Etiopia
Minst 80 mennesker er drept et angrep i en landsby vest i Etiopia, ifølge landets nasjonale menneskerettighetskommisjon. Lille julaften ble 200 sivile ifølge lokale myndigheter drept i Metekel-området i Benishangul-Gumuz-regionen.…
Sudan sends delegation to neighboring countries, bans aviation over state bordering Ethiopia
Sudan sends delegation to neighboring countries to talk over the country’s border dispute with Ethiopia. Sudan’s Transitional Council and the Joint Council of Ministers have decided to visit neighboring countries…
Dozens Die in Ethnic Massacre in Troubled Ethiopian Region
Source: The New York Times | Simon Marks and Declan Walsh It was the latest of several bloody outbursts over the past year in the western region of Benishangul-Gumuz, along…