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UN ups food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray over starvation fears
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 10:23pm on February 07, 2021
The head of the World Food Programme said Saturday he had reached a deal with Ethiopia to expand access for aid workers and ‘scale up’...
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Disturbing allegations of rape in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: UN
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 11:59pm on January 22, 2021
The UN says it has received ‘disturbing’ reports of sexual violence and abuse in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region, including of individuals forced to rape members...
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80 killed in west Ethiopia Attack
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 11:05pm on January 13, 2021
More than 80 civilians died in the latest attack in an area of western Ethiopia that has seen recurring grisly violence in recent months, the...
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Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia agree to more Nile dam talks
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 11:10am on January 04, 2021
Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agreed on Sunday to hold further talks this month, hoping to resolve their long-running dispute over the latter’s huge dam on...
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Ethiopia kills 42 allegedly behind massacring 100
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 10:27am on December 24, 2020
Ethiopia’s military killed 42 people allegedly among those responsible for massacring more than 100 civilians in a troubled western part of the country, local officials...
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Civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray speak of horror as blackout lifts
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 10:56pm on December 14, 2020
Ethiopia said Monday that power and phone connections had been partly restored in Tigray, where civilians spoke of deprivation, fear and violence in the troubled...
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UN fears Eritrean refugees caught in Ethiopia conflict
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 11:32pm on December 12, 2020
The United Nations and rights groups have expressed growing alarm over the plight of Eritrean refugees caught in the conflict in Ethiopia, warning their safety...
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Four aid staff killed in Ethiopia fighting
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 11:36pm on December 11, 2020
Two international aid agencies on Friday said four staff members were killed during last month’s fighting in Ethiopia’s troubled northern Tigray region. The Danish Refugee...
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Abiy says Ethiopia working to restore order in Tigray
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 10:29pm on December 07, 2020
Prime minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday said efforts were under way to restore order in Tigray, where doctors and humanitarian workers say fighting and lawlessness...
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Tigray fighting hampers aid delivery despite deal: UN
Agence France-Presse . Addis Ababa | Updated at 12:55am on December 05, 2020
The United Nations said Friday that fighting continued ‘in many parts’ of Ethiopia’s Tigray, complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite a deal granting the...