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May
01
2024
By MAYA MISIKIR
Weighed down by war and drought, Tigray struggles to get back on its feet 

Weighed down by war and drought, Tigray struggles to get back on its feet 

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SEVENTEEN months since the fighting stopped in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, people are still trying to rebuild what was deliberately destroyed – a mammoth task for a population and local government left destitute by the two-year conflict. Every facet of life in the region – from jobs to social services to security – has been impacted by the scorched-earth war, in which as many as 600,000 people may have been killed. It ended with an African Union-brokered peace agreement in November 2022, but the bill for reconstruction has been calculated at $20 billion. The climate has also taken its toll in Tigray. A drought…
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May
24
2023
By The African Mirror
Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand withdrawal of outside forces

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand withdrawal of outside forces

NEWS
THOUSANDS of people demonstrated in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region to demand the return home of people displaced by a two-year war there and the withdrawal of outside forces that have remained since the conflict ended. The war between government troops and their allies from neighbouring Eritrea and the Amhara region on one side and Tigrayan forces on the other concluded with a truce last November after claiming tens of thousands of lives. Millions were forced from their homes, including hundreds of thousands from land disputed by Tigray and Amhara, whose security forces and militiamen continue to occupy the area. Eritrean troops also…
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Mar
25
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia scraps bid to end UN-ordered Tigray abuses probe early

Ethiopia scraps bid to end UN-ordered Tigray abuses probe early

NEWS
EMMA FARGE ETHIOPIA has dropped a draft motion that sought to bring an early end to a U.N.-mandated investigative probe into the Tigray war, diplomats and observers told Reuters, after pressure from Western countries. The International Commission on Ethiopia, the only independent probe into the two-year conflict which pitted Ethiopia's army against forces in the northern Tigray region, has already found reasonable grounds to believe that all parties have committed war crimes. It is now also investigating "serious violations" committed since a November peace deal. The U.S. also determined this week that all sides including the Ethiopian and Eritrean armies…
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Feb
02
2023
By The African Mirror
Red Cross: Hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray region struggle to deliver care

Red Cross: Hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray region struggle to deliver care

NEWS
IMPROVED security in Ethiopia's Tigray region since a November ceasefire has allowed aid to reach some previously inaccessible areas, but humanitarian needs remain urgent, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. A two-year war that broke out in November 2020 between the federal government and forces led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that dominates the region, killed tens of thousands of people, created famine-like conditions for hundreds of thousands, and displaced millions. The government and Tigray forces agreed to end the hostilities in November, which has allowed additional aid to reach the region and for some…
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Jan
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Amhara forces withdraw from parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, army says

Amhara forces withdraw from parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, army says

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW ETHIOPIA'S army said forces from the Amhara region, who fought in support of the federal government during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn from a major Tigray city in line with an African Union-backed ceasefire. However, a humanitarian worker in the city of Shire said Amhara forces were still there in "significant numbers." It was not immediately possible to verify the situation on the ground. Ethiopia's government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a guerrilla force-turned-political party that dominates the region, agreed on November 2 to stop fighting following talks. The withdrawal of Amhara forces…
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Apr
02
2022
By The African Mirror
Part of aid convoy arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray region’s capital

Part of aid convoy arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray region’s capital

NEWS
TWENTY trucks carrying food aid entered territory controlled by Ethiopia's rebellious Tigrayan forces the United Nations said, the first small but concrete demonstration that a unilateral truce the government declared last week has improved aid access. It is unclear how much more aid might follow or how quickly. More than 90% of the 5.5 million people in the northern province of Tigray need food aid, according to the United Nations. World Food Programme Ethiopia, a U.N. agency, said on Twitter that 13 of these trucks had arrived safely in Tigray's capital Mekelle and that more of them and fuel were…
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Apr
01
2022
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia fails at U.N. to block funding for independent abuse inquiry

Ethiopia fails at U.N. to block funding for independent abuse inquiry

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS ETHIOPIA failed at the United Nations in its bid to block funding for an independent investigation into abuses in the country's conflict, garnering just 27 yes votes, while 66 countries opposed the move and 39 countries abstained. The vote was in the 193-member U.N. General Assembly's budget committee. The budget committee then voted to approve funding for the inquiry established by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva in December to collect evidence and identify those responsible for abuses, with a view to future prosecutions. Ethiopia has vowed not to cooperate. Ethiopian diplomat Lemlem Fiseha Minale told the…
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Jan
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Dutch charity says employee killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Dutch charity says employee killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

NEWS
DUTCH charity ZOA said one of its employees had been killed at a refugee camp in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia where the military has been fighting rebel forces. The charity said in a statement that the 52-year-old worker was killed in Hitsats refugee camp. He had worked for the charity for 10 years and leaves a wife and seven children. It did not name him or give any details of the killing. "We confirm with great sadness that our colleague was murdered during the recent conflict while on duty for ZOA," Edwin Visser, ZOA's Chief Programme Officer, said…
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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Over 2 million people displaced by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – local official

Over 2 million people displaced by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – local official

NEWS
ABOUT 2.2 million people have been displaced within Ethiopia's Tigray region since fighting erupted there in November with about half fleeing after their homes were burned down, a local government official said. Gebremeskel Kassa, a senior official in the interim administration in Tigray appointed by the federal government, made the comments in an interview broadcast by state-run ETV's Tigriniya language channel late on Tuesday. The figure given by the official was more than double a previous estimate for the number of people displaced of 950,000, which included 50,000 who had fled to neighbouring countries. Ethiopia's federal government restricted access to…
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Jan
09
2021
By The African Mirror
2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray

2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray

NEWS
FIGHTING is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people, or nearly half of the population, need aid, a U.N. report said. The report, the most comprehensive public assessment of the humanitarian situation in Tigray since conflict erupted there on November 4, has been posted online. It said food supplies were very limited, looting was widespread and insecurity remained high. Federal government troops are fighting the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a political party that was governing the province. The government declared victory in late November though the TPLF vowed to fight…
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