The New York Times Forces from neighboring Eritrea have joined the war in northern Ethiopia, and have rampaged through refugee camps committing human rights violations, officials and witnesses say. By Declan Walsh and Simon Marks Dec. 28, 2020 NAIROBI, Kenya — As fighting raged across the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia last month, a group of soldiers arrived…
PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE DECEMBER 23, 2020 The United States is providing more than $18 million in assistance to respond to the growing humanitarian needs caused by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. This assistance will help our international humanitarian organization partners respond to the needs of more than 52,000 new refugees in Sudan, refugees and displaced persons in Ethiopia, and possible…
written by Aljazeera Gov’t says it is now safe to bring back refugees who fled monthlong fighting to the northern region’s camps but the UN calls the move ‘absolutely unacceptable’. Ethiopia’s government has said it is returning Eritrean refugees to camps in the northern Tigray region, a move criticised by the United Nations refugee agency…
Written by AlJazeera UN’s refugee agency says it received large number of reports of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian region being killed, abducted and forcibly returned to Eritrea. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said it has received an “overwhelming” number of reports about Eritrean refugees in Tigray being killed, abducted or forcibly returned to Eritrea…
by Reuters, Phil Stewart, David Lewis WASHINGTON/NAIROBI (Reuters) – The United States believes Eritrean soldiers have crossed into Ethiopia to help Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government battle a rebellious northern force, despite denials from both nations, a U.S. government source and five regional diplomats said. Abiy and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace pact ending…
ኤርትራ፡ ናይ ሕጂ ገደደ። እስከ ብኸመይ ክጅምሮ? መትሓዚ ዘይርከበቦ፡ ብኢድካ ዘይትሕዞን ዘይትድህስሶ፡ ብእዝኒ ዝስማዕን፡ ብስእሊን፡ ብዝንቀሳቐስ ኣፍላማትን እዩ። እምበኣር፡ ከምዚ ካብ ኮነ! ኤርትራውነት፡ ብኸመይ ይምዘኑ፡ ኣብዚ ፈታኒ ግዜ፡ ንኽትገልጾ ዘሸግር፡ እዋን እዩ። እስከ ንድሕሪት ምልስ ኢልና ንመልከት። ብ2018 ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ መንግስታዊ፡ ለውጢ ኣብ ዝተረኽበ ግዜ፡ ቀዳማይ ዕማም ሰላም ምስ ኤርትራ፡ ክገብር እየ። “እንደመረ” ወይ “ንደመር”…
Written by the BBCኣብ ሆላንድ ዝመደበሩ ትካል ሰባዊ መሰላት ንኤርትራውያን፡ ነቲ ኣንጻር ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ ከፊትዎ ዝጸንሐ ሕጋዊ ክሲ ከምዝሰሓቦ ኣፍሊጡ። “እቲ ውሳነ፡ ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ ድሕሪ ተኸታታሊ ነቐፌታታት ‘ብሕጂ ጽርግያ የለን’ [‘no more roads’] ዝብል መርገጺ ድሕሪ ምውሳዱ’ዩ ተወሲዱ” ክብል ጠበቓ ናይቲ ተሓላቒ ጉጅለ መሰላት፡ ከነዲ ቫን ደር ላን ኣብ ዘውጽኦ መግለጺ ጠቒሱ። እቲ ጠበቓ ከምዝበሎ፡…
Written by BBCAn employee at Eritrea’s consulate in The Hague has been banned from the site following allegations that money was being “forcibly” collected there from Eritreans. Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok summoned Eritrea’s roving ambassador in Brussels, to convey his demands for the practice to stop, according to local reports. In January…
ANALYSISBy Martin Plaut There are few leaders as enigmatic as Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afwerki. In my book, Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa’s Most Repressive State, I profile the president who led the country as it fought for its freedom from Ethiopia for 30 years, only to then turn on his own people. Eritrea has been independent since 1993…
Written by The New YOrk TimesPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, began a sweeping military operation against one of his own regions. By Declan Walsh and Simon Marks NAIROBI, Kenya — Barely a year ago Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia was globally acclaimed as a peacemaker, a youthful African leader awarded the Nobel…