Sudan army pushes to control disputed area with Ethiopia
Adolu Agency | Al-Fashqa is claimed by both Sudan and Ethiopia KHARTOUM, Sudan | The Sudanese army is carrying out a military push to take control of Barkhat, the last location…
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy
READOUT | OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON | MARCH 2, 2021 The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ethiopian Prime Minister…
Signing a bilateral military cooperation agreement, Egypt and Sudan warn Ethiopia not to fill the Renaissance Dam
Cairo – Sputnik | The Foreign Ministers of Egypt and Sudan considered that Ethiopia’s implementation of the second phase of filling the Renaissance Dam is a direct threat to the…
House Foreign Affairs Press Release: McCaul Responds to Reports of Ethnic Cleansing and Massacres of Civilians in Tigray Region
Press Release House Foreign Affairs Committee 02.27.21 | Media Contact: 202-225-5021 Washington, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to reports of ethnic…
US SECRETARY OF STATE: Atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
PRESS STATEMENT | ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE | FEBRUARY 27, 2021 The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray…
VICE: Razed In Ethnic Cleansing Campaign
VICE | Survivor testimony and satellite imagery in Ethiopia’s Tigray region provide evidence of wide-ranging destruction by Eritrean soldiers. By Zecharias Zelalem | Feb 27 2021 “They set our crops…
Amnesty: Eritrean troops’ massacre of hundreds of Axum civilians may amount to crime against humanity
Amnesty International | 26 February 2021 | Amnesty International interviewed 41 survivors and witnesses to mass killings in November Troops carried out extrajudicial executions, indiscriminate shelling and widespread looting Satellite…
CNN: Massacre in the mountains
CNN | They thought they’d be safe at a church. Then the soldiers arrived By Bethlehem Feleke, Eliza Mackintosh, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase | February 27, 2021 All of…
NYT: Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says
An internal U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, an American ally — posing President Biden’s first…
EU: Tigray conflict – Joint Statement by HR/VP Borrell and Commissioner Lenarčič on massacres in Axum
EU | Brussels, 26/02/2021 – 14:10, UNIQUE ID: 210226_7 Amnesty International issued a report today on atrocities that took place in Axum, Ethiopia, in November 2020. The report concludes that…