Dec 23 More than 100 killed in ethnic massacre in Ethiopia By Associated Press The attack occurred a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the region and spoke about the need to bring those responsible for recent attacks to justice. Continue reading
Dec 16 EU postpones $109 million aid to Ethiopia over Tigray access By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The European Union has postponed 90 million euros ($109 million) in budgetary support to Ethiopia over lack of access to the country's Tigray region to deliver humanitarian aid amid the conflict. Continue reading
Dec 12 Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be ‘tip of the iceberg’ By Fay Abuelgasim, Nariman El-Mofty, Cara Anna, Associated Press Witnesses say security forces and their allies attacked civilians in Mai-Kadra with machetes and knives or strangled them with ropes. The stench of bodies lingered for days during the early chaos of the Ethiopian government’s offensive in the defiant Tigray… Continue reading
Dec 09 Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling impact on civilians,’ UN says By Associated Press Ethiopia's situation is “spiraling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned Wednesday. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 6:22 In Ethiopia, a growing humanitarian crisis threatens regional stability By PBS NewsHour Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced as fighting continues between government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in northern Ethiopia, threatening the stability of a volatile region. Cameron Hudson, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and… Continue watching
Dec 04 Thousands killed in Ethiopia’s conflict, Tigray side asserts By Cara Anna, Associated Press The senior adviser to the Tigray leader in an interview with Tigray TV has urged young people and others in the region to "rise and deploy to battle in tens of thousands," days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over the… Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Pro-Democracy activists are sentenced in Hong Kong In our news wrap Wednesday, several opposition activists in Hong Kong were sentenced for organizing demonstrations, President Trump sparked congressional opposition with a threat to veto a sweeping defense policy bill, and Afghanistan's government and the Taliban have a breakthrough… Continue watching
Dec 02 U.N., Ethiopia sign deal for aid access to embattled Tigray By Cara Anna, Associated Press The United Nations says it and Ethiopia’s government have signed a deal to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region, at least the parts under federal government control. Continue reading
Nov 30 Tigray leader urges Ethiopia’s prime minister to ‘stop the madness’ By Cara Anna, Associated Press The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region is calling on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to “stop the madness” and withdraw troops from the region. Continue reading
Nov 28 Ethiopia says its military now controls the Tigray capital By Cara Anna, Associated Press Ethiopia's military launched an offensive on the Tigray regional capital Saturday in a quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders, and the city was being “heavily bombarded,” Tigray TV reported. Continue reading