Aug 03 Watch 6:44 Ethiopian government appears determined to target Tigray as humanitarian crisis deepens By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin The Biden administration this week sent its most senior official yet to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. USAID Director Samantha Power is putting pressure on the Ethiopian government and its Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister to alleviate a humanitarian… Continue watching
Jul 27 U.N. says its food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray By Associated Press The head of the U.N. World Food Program says the agency will "run out of food" in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region on Friday, while hundreds of thousands of people there face the world's worst famine crisis in a decade. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 7:13 On the Ethiopian border, refugees fleeing fighting, famine make for Sudan By Benedict Moran, Jorgen Samso Nobel Peace Prize-winner Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia launched a government offensive last November against rebels in the northern region of Tigray. At the time, he promised the war would be over in a matter of weeks. But the… Continue watching
Jul 02 Ethiopia denies trying to ‘suffocate’ Tigray region By Cara Anna, Associated Press Ethiopia's government is defending itself from accusations that it's trying to "suffocate" the people of Tigray by denying them desperately needed food and other aid. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 9:05 Understanding the fragile ceasefire and humanitarian crisis in Tigray By Nick Schifrin, Morgan Till, Ali Rogin There is fragile ceasefire in Northern Ethiopia's Tigray after Ethiopian and allied forces withdrew after an occupation late in 2020. It's a dramatic turn in conflict that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and featured atrocities the global community attributes to… Continue watching
Jun 29 Eritrean forces withdraw from key towns in Ethiopia’s Tigray By Cara Anna, Associated Press Soldiers from Eritrea have withdrawn from three key towns in Ethiopia's Tigray region a day after Tigray fighters took control of the regional capital. Continue reading
Jun 28 Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray By Cara Anna, Associated Press Ethiopia's government has declared an immediate, unilateral cease-fire in its Tigray region after nearly eight months of deadly conflict and as hundreds of thousands of people face the world's worst famine crisis in a decade. Continue reading
Jun 24 64 dead in Ethiopian airstrike on Tigray marketplace By Associated Press The Ethiopian military insisted that only combatants were targeted, but a doctor who reached the scene on Tuesday said "most of the patients we found were mothers, children and elderly fathers. Continue reading
Jun 23 Witnesses say airstrike in Ethiopia’s Tigray kills dozens By Associated Press An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia's northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked medical teams from traveling to the scene. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 4:46 News Wrap: U.S. reservoir hits record low, Labor Department gives mixed economic outlook In our news wrap Thursday, a reservoir serving much of the western U.S. has reached a record-low level as the region grapples with extreme drought, unemployment claims fell for a sixth straight week as a May consumer price increase showed… Continue watching