Dec 07 Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Tigray following cease-fire with Ethiopia By Associated Press Basic services like electricity and telecoms have been restored to key parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region following the signing of a cease-fire deal a month ago, but most areas are still cut off from the world. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 5:51 News Wrap: Labor report shows economy added 263,000 jobs in November In our news wrap Friday, U.S. hiring remained strong in November despite slow economic growth and high inflation, Democrats voted for a major shake-up to their presidential primary calendar with South Carolina the first state to vote instead of Iowa… Continue watching
Dec 01 Ethiopian government says disarmament talks with Tigray forces have begun By Associated Press Ethiopia says a joint committee from the federal government and Tigray forces has convened inside the Tigray region to outline disarmament plans as part of a peace deal signed last month in the two-year conflict. Continue reading
Nov 27 Kidnappings, looting reported in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in weeks after truce By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press Allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray, according to eyewitnesses and aid workers, raising fresh concern about alleged atrocities more than three weeks after the warring parties signed a truce. Continue reading
Nov 16 More aid reaches Ethiopia’s Tigray region following truce By Associated Press More aid arrived in Ethiopia's Tigray Wednesday following the signing of a truce earlier this month calling for unhindered humanitarian access into the northern region. Continue reading
Nov 12 Ethiopia, Tigray military leaders agree on roadmap to peace By Associated Press Top military commanders from Ethiopia and its embattled Tigray region have agreed to allow unhindered humanitarian access to the region and form a joint disarmament committee following last week's truce. Continue reading
Nov 07 New round of peace talks between Ethiopia, Tigray envoys By Cara Anna, Associated Press A new round of talks has begun between Ethiopia's government and Tigray representatives to work out military and other details of last week's signing of a "permanent" cessation of hostilities in a conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 7:44 Ethiopian government, Tigrayan rebels reach truce, but enormous challenges remain By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Ethiopia's civil war is the deadliest conflict in the world. As many as half a million people have died in the conflict between the federal government and the northern province of Tigray, whose leaders used to run the country. The… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 7:33 News Wrap: Cameras at Pelosi home not monitored during attack because speaker wasn’t there In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. Capitol Police said it was not watching cameras monitoring the Pelosi home when an attacker broke in because the speaker herself was not there, Benjamin Netanyahu remains headed for a decisive win in Israel's… Continue watching
Nov 02 Ethiopian government, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years of conflict By Mogomotsi Magome, Cara Anna, Associated Press Ethiopia's warring sides have formally agreed during talks in South Africa to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a 2-year conflict whose victims could be counted in the hundreds of thousands. Continue reading