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US special envoy @MikeHammerUSA , said US was aware of #Eritrean troops crossing into #Ethiopia 's #Tigray region and condemned it. Two aid workers reported intense fighting along the border, including shelling into IDP camp in village of Ziban Gedena.

Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia say Eritrea launches offensive over border

Forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region said troops from neighbouring Eritrea started a full-scale offensive on Tuesday and heavy fighting was taking place in several areas along the border.

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AIR STRIKE IN #ETHIOPIA 'S #TIGRAY REGION KILLS AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE, INJURES 37 - DOCTOR

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#Eritrea |n forces shelled town of #Shiraro in #Tigray , internal UN docs seen by @Reuters show. Docs cite info from humanitarian orgs in #Shiraro saying at least 23 rounds were fired. A 14yrs girl was killed, at least 18 people injured.

Eritrean troops shell town in north Ethiopia - U.N.

Eritrean forces shelled a town in north Ethiopia over the weekend, according to internal U.N. documents and regional forces, in a rare bombardment after two months of relative peace in the Tigray...

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Debris from a drone strike in northern #Ethiopia 's #Tigray region hit a @WFP truck carrying humanitarian aid and injured the driver, a WFP spox told @Reuters on Monday. GOE spox, military spox and PMO spox did not respond to requests for comment.

U.N. food agency: debris from drone strike hit truck in northern Ethiopia

Debris from a drone strike in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region hit a World Food Programme truck carrying humanitarian aid and injured the driver, a WFP spokesperson said on Monday.

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#Tigray forces killed 120 civilians in #Amhara 10km from the town of #Dabat on Sept. 1 and 2, according to Sewnet Wubalem, local administrator in Dabat, and Chalachew Dagnew, the spokesperson of the nearby city of Gondar.

Tigray forces killed 120 civilians in village in Amhara - Ethiopia officials

Rebellious forces from the Tigray region killed 120 civilians over two days in a village in Ethiopia's Amhara region, local officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Children and elders injured in air strike in #Ethiopia 's #Tigray that killed 56 people and wounded at least 30 in a camp for the internally displaced. The strike hit a school turned idp site around midnight in the town of Dedebit, aid workers told @Reuters .

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More than 50 people were killed in an air strike on Tuesday that hit a school in northern #Ethiopia 's #Tigray region that was sheltering people displaced by conflict, two aid workers and Tigray forces said.

More than 50 killed in northern Ethiopia air strike -aid workers and Tigray forces

More than 50 people were killed in an air strike on Tuesday that hit a school in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that was sheltering people displaced by conflict between the federal and regional...

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School hit by an air strike in #AdiDaero #Ethiopia Tuesday was on a list of sites housing displaced persons that UN sent to Ethiopia's government in January, according to a copy of the letter seen by @Reuters verified by an aid worker, 2 U.N. sources.

U.N. told Ethiopia in January that school hit in air strike housed displaced people -humanitarian...

The school hit by an air strike in northern Ethiopia on Tuesday was on a list of sites housing displaced persons that the United Nations sent to Ethiopia's government in January, according to a copy...

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WHO chief @DrTedros says his home region in #Ethiopia is under 'systematic' blockade and people were dying because of a lack of supplies. "We cannot send supplies and medicines to #Tigray because it’s under blockade, and the blockade is systematic,”he said

WHO chief says his home region in Ethiopia under 'systematic' blockade

The World Health Organization's chief said on Friday his home Tigray region in northern Ethiopia was being subjected to a "systematic" blockade and people were dying because of a lack of supplies.

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Fighting resumes along border of #Ethiopia 's northern #Tigray , residents tell @Reuters ."I am hearing sound of heavy weapons starting from this morning,"said a farmer in #Kobo area."Last week, I saw Amhara special forces nd Fano heading to the front by bus."

Fighting erupts along border of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region

Fighting between forces from Tigray and central government forces has erupted around the town of Kobo, ending a months-long ceasefire.

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TPLF says Ethiopian/Eritrean forces attack in NW #Tigray . Humanitarian worker in Shire told @Reuters drivers coming from the area reported cross-border shelling Weds, a witness told him about heavy artillery shelling in #Shiraro at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday.

Ethiopian, Eritrean troops clash with Tigrayan forces in the north

Allied Ethiopian and Eritrean government troops attacked Tigrayan forces on Thursday inside the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, a Tigrayan military spokesperson said, as the latest flare-up in...

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An air strike killed at least four people, including two children, in #Mekelle ; the capital of #Ethiopia 's #Tigray , Kibrom Gebreselassie, the chief executive of Ayder Hospital, said adding the strike had hit a children's playground.

Air strike on playground kills 7 in Ethiopia's Tigray region - hospital

An air strike on a children's play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a...

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"We call on the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and Eritrean Defense Forces to immediately halt their joint military offensive and for #Eritrea to withdraw its forces from northern #Ethiopia ," @SecBlinken said in a statement.

U.S. 'deeply concerned' over reports of increasing violence in northern Ethiopia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that the United States was "deeply concerned" about reports of increasing violence in the conflict in northern Ethiopia.

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UN partners in #Tigray have 10k litres of fuel left,60k are needed to dispatch limited food supplies currently in Mekelle. ⁦ @StephDujarric ⁩ says UN and NGOs will be forced to cease operations if humanitarian supplies, fuel and cash” do not resume.

Two children killed in airstrike on Tigray refugee camp

“Refugees are not and should never be a target”, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday, following reports of a deadly airstrike on the Mai Aini refugee camp in Tigray,...

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Tragic data on vaccines in #Ethiopia ’s #Tigray where deadly diseases such as measles, tetanus and whooping cough are on the rise. • Vaccination rates fall from over 90% before war to under 10% now • Measles outbreaks reported in 10 of 35 districts

Deadly childhood diseases rise in Ethiopia's Tigray as war hampers vaccinations

Deadly diseases such as measles, tetanus and whooping cough are on the rise in Ethiopia's Tigray region after vaccination rates plunged during the civil war that broke out nearly two years ago,...

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UPDATE: Two humanitarian workers, who asked not to be named, told @Reuters that food distribution operations by another aid agency had been disrupted by shelling in #Tigray . GOE spox, military spox and PMO spox did not respond to requests for comment.

U.N. food agency: debris from drone strike hit truck in northern Ethiopia

Debris from a drone strike in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region hit a World Food Programme truck carrying humanitarian aid and injured the driver, a WFP spokesperson said on Monday.

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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS U.S. IS CONSIDERING FULL RANGE OF TOOLS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN NORTHERN #ETHIOPIA via @Reuters

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Frm UN’s top official @SirMarkLowcock :“At the end of my time in the UN, it was clear to me that there was famine in #Tigray only reason it wasn’t declared was because #Ethiopia |n authorities were quite effective in slowing down the whole declaration system”

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#TIGRAY Meanwhile almost all of Tigray's 5.5 million people need food aid, but no humanitarian deliveries have entered for nine days, two United Nations officials said.

New front opens in Ethiopia's resurging Tigray war

Fighting in Ethiopia's nearly two-year Tigray war has erupted along a new front near Sudan, the government said on Wednesday, after a ceasefire collapsed a week ago.

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Forces in #Ethiopia 's #Tigray region said troops from neighbouring #Eritrea launched a "full-scale offensive" on Tuesday and that heavy fighting was ongoing in several areas along the border.

Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia say Eritrea launches offensive over border

Forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region said troops from neighbouring Eritrea started a full-scale offensive on Tuesday and heavy fighting was taking place in several areas along the border.

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Diplomatic offense in #Ethiopia today with 🇺🇸 🇬🇧🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴🇨🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇦🇺🇳🇿🇧🇪 calling for a #ceasefire and for unfettered humanitarian access to #Tigray . Can’t avoid to notice 🇮🇹 silent once again on the conflict.

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LEADER OF TIGRAYAN FORCES SAYS WEDNESDAY'S ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKE ON MEKELLE SHOWS GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT CIVILIANS via @Reuters

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The head of the @WHO @DrTedros said on Wednesday that Eritrean troops "murdered" his uncle in the #Tigray region of #Ethiopia , adding that more than 50 other people had been killed in the same incident.

WHO chief says his uncle was murdered in Ethiopia's Tigray

The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Eritrean troops "murdered" his uncle in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

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In apparent reversal of denial State-run Ethiopian Press Agency said #Ethiopia 's air force conducted an air strike on #Mekelle , targeting communications infrastructure. Earlier on Monday gov spokesman, Legesse Tulu denied to @reuters any airstrikes.

Ethiopian air force conducts strike in Mekelle city -state news agency

Ethiopia's air force conducted an air strike on Mekelle, capital of the country's Tigray region on Monday, targeting communications infrastructure, the state-run Ethiopian Press Agency said late in...

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#Mekelle , capital of #Ethiopia 's #Tigray , hit by air strikes - one aid worker, one diplomat and one doctor told @reuters .

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#Ethiopia 's military is planning to enter #Tigray ’s Mekelle and "eliminate" rebellious forces, Ethiopian Defence Forces deputy army chief General Abebaw Tadesse told state media adding that the country would not be at peace until the TPLF was eliminated.

Ethiopian army planning to 'eliminate' Tigrayan forces -military official

Ethiopia's military is planning to enter the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle and "eliminate" rebellious forces, a top military official said late on Friday amid diplomatic efforts to end conflict...

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Gunmen killed at least 42 people in #Ethiopia 's #Oromiya region, two residents who buried the bodies in mass graves said on Friday. They said the victims were Oromos and the attackers as members of #Fano , mostly composed of ethnic Amharas.

Gunmen kill more than 40 people in Ethiopia's Oromiya region - residents

Gunmen killed at least 42 people in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, two residents who buried the bodies in mass graves said on Friday, the latest killings in the country's most populous region where...

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At least 146 people killed and 213 injured in air strikes in #Tigray since Oct 18, a doc shared w @Reuters said. Doc based on evidence collected by regional aid workers & witness testimonies recorded 41 air strikes, w deadliest on Dec. 16 in Alamata that killed 38 and wounded 86.

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More from @ocha “The lack of essential supplies, especially medical supplies, medications and fuel, are severely disrupting the response to the injured, and have led to the nearly total collapse of the health system in #Tigray .

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A @WFP_UNHAS plane was forced to abort its scheduled landing on Friday in #Mekelle due to a government air strike, two humanitarian sources in the country said. The government confirmed earlier that it had conducted an air strike on Friday. via @Reuters

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#Ethiopia At least five people were killed and 37 more wounded on Friday in an air strike about 30 km (18 miles) outside #Tigray 's capital, #Mekelle , said @kibrom30 , the director of the hospital that received the victims.

Ethiopia peace talks delayed for logistical reasons

African Union-led peace talks proposed for this weekend to try to end a two-year-old conflict in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region have been delayed for logistical reasons, Tigray forces and two...

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UN's @StephDujarric latest on #Ethiopia : - no fuel got into #Tigray since the end of July - No medicines got in either - Several partners reduced/shut down programmes because fuel, cash and supplies have either been depleted or are facing severe shortages via @michellenichols

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Since fighting resumed at the end of August in #Ethiopia ’s #Tigray , around 470,000 people have been displaced in the fighting, according to an internal UN bulletin seen by @Reuters .

Aid worker killed in air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region, IRC says

An aid worker was among three people killed during an air strike on the town of Shire in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, the International Rescue Committee said on Saturday.

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Several sources in #Dessie @Reuters spoke to today are reporting #Tigray |an forces are nowhere near the town. For all those tweeting about the ongoing conflict in #Ethiopia please check your facts before putting it out there. Facts matter.

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U.N. SPOKESPERSON SAYS AT LEAST NINE U.N. STAFF MEMBERS AND DEPENDENTS HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN #ETHIOPIA 'S CAPITAL ADDIS ABABA via @Reuters

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An air strike in #Ethiopia 's northern region of #Tigray killed 56 people, including children, and wounded at least 30 in a camp for internally displaced, two aid workers told @Reuters , citing local authorities and eyewitness accounts.

Aid workers say Ethiopia air strike in northwest Tigray killed 56 people

An air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region killed 56 people and injured 30, including children, in a camp for displaced people, two aid workers told Reuters on Saturday, citing local authorities and...

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UNITED NATIONS HAS ASKED ETHIOPIA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS @mfaethiopia TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE DETAINED U.N. STAFF IN #ETHIOPIA via @Reuters

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🇺🇸🇦🇺🇩🇰🇩🇪🇳🇱🇬🇧 “condemn the escalating involvement of Eritrean military forces in n. #Ethiopia …call on Eritrean forces to cease their military operations and withdraw from northern Ethiopia. All foreign actors should cease actions that fuel this conflict.”

Joint Statement on Resumption of Hostilities in Northern Ethiopia - United States Department of...

We, Australia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, are profoundly concerned by the escalation of the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in northern...

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#Eritrea is mobilising armed forces due to the re-eruption of the conflict in Northern #Ethiopia #Tigray , the Canadian government said, raising fears that the fighting may intensify

Eritrea issues army mobilisation call as Ethiopia fighting resumes, Canada says

Eritrea is mobilising armed forces due to the re-eruption of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the Canadian government said on Saturday, raising fears that the fighting may intensify in a war that...

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US welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on #Ethiopia at the 51st Human Rights Council session. We view the ICHREE as an important complementary mechanism to Ethiopia’s domestic accountability efforts.

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Three children killed in first air strike in #Ethiopia 's #Mekelle ’s outskirts @UN said citing local health workers. A second air strike in the city wounded nine people and damaged houses and a hotel. GOE did not immediately respond to requests 4 comment

Three children killed in strike on Ethiopia's Mekelle - UN

Three children were killed and one person was wounded in an air strike on the capital of the Tigray region in Ethiopia on Monday, the United Nations cited local health workers as saying.

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Yesterday was a bad day for #PressFreedom in #Ethiopia as the government expelled @MarksSimon “like a criminal.” It was also a sad day for our family. This is our son Zeno heading to school unaware that his Daddy would be gone when he came back.

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"Since November 2020, Amhara officials and security forces have engaged in a relentless campaign of ethnic cleansing to force Tigrayans in western #Tigray from their homes," said @KenRoth .

Rights groups accuse Ethiopian regional forces of ethnic cleansing in Tigray

Two leading human rights groups on Wednesday accused armed forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against ethnic Tigrayans during a war that has killed thousa...

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Tigrayan forces have recaptured the town of #Lalibela in #Ethiopia , less than two weeks after government forces and their allies took control, witnesses told @Reuters on Sunday.

Witnesses say Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia retook Lalibela, UN Heritage site

Rebellious Tigrayan forces have recaptured the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, less than two weeks after the military and its allies took control of it as part of a...

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TIGRAYAN FORCES SAY THEY HAVE SEIZED STRATEGIC TOWN OF #DESSIE IN #ETHIOPIA ’S AMHARA REGION, TOWN IS NEAR MAJOR HIGHWAY TO CAPITAL ADDIS ABABA via @Reuters

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NINE CIVILIANS INCLUDING A CHILD INJURED IN WEDNESDAY'S GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKE ON ETHIOPIAN CITY OF #MEKELLE , #TIGRAY REGIONAL TV SAYS via @Reuters

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The impact of the fuel shortage: In January, when #Tigray was under “de facto blockade” for six months, 83% needed food aid. Large scale convoys started entering again in April but number of people needing aid has risen to 89%.

Nearly half the people in Ethiopia's Tigray in 'severe' need of food aid, World Food Programme says

The nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia has left almost half the population of Tigray region in "severe" need of food, as aid groups struggle to reach the population because of insufficient fuel...

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🧵On forced recruitment in #Ethiopia 's #Tigray - For the past 4 months @reuters spoke w. residents of Tigray, captured fighters and aid workers who detailed how authorities are forcing young people to join their army by threatening and jailing relatives.

Insight: Some Ethiopians claim forced recruitment by Tigrayan forces

Authorities in Ethiopia's war-shattered Tigray region are forcing young people to join their army's fight against the central government by threatening and jailing relatives, according to captured...

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🧵Life and death in #Ethiopia 's #Tigray 's largest hospital told by its doctors - no resupply of medicine/equipment since June - ran out of oxygen, antibiotics, therapeutic food, gloves gauzes - scanners no longer work - hospital will run out of food soon

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#Tigray forces have left #Ethiopia 's #Afar region - @reda_getachew told @Reuters

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Air strike hits capital of Ethiopia's #Tigray #Mekelle , for second time this week

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#TIGRAY - A militia leader in the Amhara city of Gondar with contacts on the front lines of the fighting confirmed there had been "heavy shelling from our side" aimed at Tigrayan trenches around the town of Sheraro, in the same area.

Ethiopian, Eritrean troops clash with Tigrayan forces in the north

Allied Ethiopian and Eritrean government troops attacked Tigrayan forces on Thursday inside the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, a Tigrayan military spokesperson said, as the latest flare-up in...

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“Envoys agree that swift restoration of electricity, telecom, banking,and other basic services in #Tigray is essential…” ⁦⁦ @EUSR_Weber ⁩ @MikeHammerUSA . ⁩Tigray’s pres gave assurances that security be guaranteed for workers to restore services

EU, U.S. officials call for banking, telecoms restoration in Ethiopia's Tigray

European Union and U.S. officials said on Tuesday that "there should be no obstacle" to restoring banking and telecommunications services to the country's isolated northern Tigray region.

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#TIGRAY - An air strike hit a neighbourhood near #Mekelle General hospital @kibrom30 , ceo of #Ayeder hospital said. The extent of the damage and casualties was unclear. #Ethiopia Gov did not respond to request for comment.

New front opens in Ethiopia's resurging Tigray war

Fighting in Ethiopia's nearly two-year Tigray war has erupted along a new front near Sudan, the government said on Wednesday, after a ceasefire collapsed a week ago.

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An air strike in #Ethiopia 's northern region of #Tigray on Monday killed at least 17 people, mostly women, and wounded dozens in the town of #MaiTsebri , two aid workers told @Reuters , citing local authorities and eyewitnesses.

Air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills at least 17, aid workers say

An air strike in the town of Mai Tsebriin Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray on Monday killed at least 17 people, mostly women, and wounded dozens, two aid workers told Reuters, citing local...

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.⁦ @UNICEF ⁩ says it is “outraged” by airstrike in #Tigray on idp camp that killed 56.”Refugee camps and IDP settlements…are civilian objects.Failing to respect/protect them from attacks may constitute a violation of international humanitarian law.”

Children feared dead and injured in recent attacks on refugee and internal displacement camps in...

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UPDATE U.N. aid chief ⁦ @UNReliefChief ⁩ Griffiths and ⁦ @_AfricanUnion ⁩ special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, landed in #Mekelle , one humanitarian source in #Ethiopia and one person familiar with the matter told ⁦ @Reuters ⁩

Ethiopians denounce U.S. at rally to back military campaign

Tens of thousands of Ethiopians rallied in Addis Ababa on Sunday to support Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government as federal troops fight rebellious forces threatening to march on the capital.

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Melkam Addis Amet from @Reuters #Ethiopia extended family to yours. May 2014 be filled with peace and understanding.

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Washington is sending USAID Administrator @PowerUSAID to #Ethiopia this week while warning of punitive measures if aid is unable to reach the #Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands of people are believed to be experiencing famine.

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EU top official: #Ethiopia aid pact for #Tigray not good enough-"The agreement...has some important shortcomings," @JanezLenarcic told reporters in Addis "Humanitarian aid should also go to areas not under gov control...There may be malnourished children on the other side also."

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Also on #Tigray ICYMI — a U.N. rights commission said it had reasonable grounds to believe that #Ethiopia 's gov was "using starvation as a method of warfare". UN said it had reasonable grounds to believe both sides of the conflict committed war crimes.

Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia say Eritrea launches offensive over border

Forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region said troops from neighbouring Eritrea started a full-scale offensive on Tuesday and heavy fighting was taking place in several areas along the border.

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WHO's Tedros says narrow window to 'prevent genocide' in #Ethiopia

WHO's Tedros says narrow window to 'prevent genocide' in Ethiopia

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there was a "very narrow window now to prevent genocide" in his home region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia.

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Powerful images frm #Ethiopia #Afar by @NegeriTiksa .When we visited the main regional hospital last month we found many children wounded by unexploded ordnance/landmines. Chief nurse said cases jumped from 0 to 25 perweek for past 2 months. @Reuters saw medical records for 22 kids

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#Ethiopia rights probe extended after a close vote at the UN. The resolution brought by the Czech Republic on behalf of the EU passed w 21 in favour, 19 against, 7 abstentions. It was rejected by all the African members currently on the 47-member UN HRC

Ethiopia rights probe extended after close vote at U.N. body

Countries voted on Friday to extend a U.N.-mandated monitoring mission for a war in Ethiopia where investigators have found "reasonable grounds to believe" that parties to the conflict have committed...

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Getachew Reda, spokesperson for TPLF said the #Ethiopia |n government carried out an air strike in #Mekelle on Friday, marking the fourth day of aerial bombardments in the northern region this week.

U.N. plane aborts landing as air strike hits Ethiopia's Tigray

An Ethiopian government air strike on the capital of the northern Tigray region on Friday forced a U.N. flight carrying aid workers to abort a landing there, the United Nations said.

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TWO HUMANITARIAN SOURCES IN ETHIOPIA SAY U.N. HUMANITARIAN PLANE FORCED TO ABORT LANDING IN CITY OF MEKELLE DUE TO GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKE via @Reuters

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Latest @WFP report on N. #Ethiopia is tragic: • Nearly 50% of people in #Tigray need food aid • 1 in 2 pregnant/lactating women and 29% of kids under 5 are malnourished • In Tigray, #Afar nd #Amhara , 13mil people need food aid, 44% increase from Jan

Nearly half the people in Ethiopia's Tigray in 'severe' need of food aid, World Food Programme says

The nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia has left almost half the population of Tigray region in "severe" need of food, as aid groups struggle to reach the population because of insufficient fuel...

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From our reporting from #Humera we found that ENDF, #Amhara Forces, and Eritrean soldiers remain in control of most of Western #Tigray and are still working side by side. This bridge leads to #Eritrea and soldiers from both countries patrol it.

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Chair of US ⁦ @SFRCdems ⁩ said that in the absence of a ceasefire in #Ethiopia #Tigray war he would seek to pass an act imposing sanctions on those undermining efforts to end hostilities or those providing weapons to the warring parties

African Union chair calls for Ethiopia truce, peace talks

The chair of the African Union on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia's Tigray region and urged parties in the two-year-old conflict to agree to direct peace talks.

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. @DrTedros @WHO chief on #Ethiopia : - humanitarian crisis growing worse by the day w 7mln in need btw #Amhara , #Afar , #Tigray - acute malnutrition in #Tigray w rates comparable to Somalia 2011 famine - chronic illness patients dying due to lack of food/meds via @Reuters

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#TIGRAY FORCES WILL ENTER NEIGHBOURING #ERITREA AND #AMHARA REGION TO PURSUE 'ENEMY' FORCES -TPLF SPOKESMAN via @Reuters

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“The absence of information in a blockade accomplishes two goals. Chaos is the first.…Impunity is the second goal.” Difficult not to think about the war in #Ethiopia . No journalist has been allowed into #Tigray in 9 months.

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A surgeon at Ayder Hospital said he received bodies of a boy around 10, 2women and a young teenager.”Their bodies were torn apart,”he said adding that restrictions on medical supplies entering #Tigray meant lack intravenous fluids, antibiotics,pain killers

Air strike on playground kills 7 in Ethiopia's Tigray region - hospital

An air strike on a children's play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a...

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Last week @Reuters saw a convoy of 34 @WFP trucks, each w 43 tons of food aid, stopped in #Tigray town of Mai Tsebri. trucks had waited four days at a checkpoint controlled by #Amhara forces. Finally, they unloaded the food, without having reached the area where it was needed. 1.

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Latest from #Ethiopia on how forces from #Eritrea and #Amhara are looting towns, arresting and killing civilians and relocating 1000s of people from a disputed part of #Tigray despite the truce, witnesses and aid workers in the region told ⁦ @Reuters ⁩

Looting, forced removals plague Ethiopia's Tigray despite truce - witnesses

Ethiopia's allies are looting towns, arresting and killing civilians and relocating thousands of people from a disputed part of Tigray despite a truce between the government and local forces,...

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Doctor in #Mekelle told @Reuters at least 27 people - including a 4-year-old, a 78-yrs and a family of four - had died in the offensive. Two others were killed and four seriously wounded when residents blocked roads to protest looting by government forces in #Tigray ’s capital.

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NEW: Aid organisations suspend operations in area of #Ethiopia in NW #Tigray where 56 civilians were killed by an air strike @ocha told @Reuters citing “ongoing threats of drone strikes”

Ethiopia's rebellious Tigray party accuses Eritrea of attacking its forces

The Tigray People's Liberation Front, the party that controls most of the northern Ethiopia region of Tigray, on Sunday accused Eritrea of attacking its troops.

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Two diplomatic sources said on Thursday that the EU ⁦ @EUinEthiopia ⁩ is evacuating non-essential staff from #Ethiopia ; several other nations have advised nationals to leave.

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#Ethiopia gov in response to our story on @wfp truck hit by debris - The @communication service said that in the past aid transport vehicles had been hijacked and that the #TPLF had transported its combatants on trucks painted with U.N. logos.

U.N. food agency: debris from drone strike hit truck in northern Ethiopia

Debris from a drone strike in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region hit a World Food Programme truck carrying humanitarian aid and injured the driver, a WFP spokesperson said on Monday.

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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS U.S. IS LOOKING INTO REPORTS OF MASSACRES IN ETHIOPIA'S TIGRAY REGION via @Reuters

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1000s Tigrayans deported from Saudi Arabia were held and abused in #Ethiopia where they were beaten by rubber or wooden rods, deprived access to families, forced to pick coffee for free, and denied food and water @hrw said.

Tigrayans deported by Saudi Arabia held and abused in Ethiopia - HRW

Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been detained in Ethiopia after being deported from Saudi Arabia, suffering brutality from guards and atrocious conditions in both nations, Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

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EXCLUSIVE U.S. authorities have taken issue with #Turkey over its sales of armed drones to #Ethiopia , where two sources familiar with the matter said there was mounting evidence the government had used the weapons against rebel fighters.

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3h after TPLF claims to have taken #Dessie and Ethiopian military spokes Col Getnet Adane, Legesse Tulu, the GOE spokes, the mayor of Dessie and a spokesperson for the town did not respond to requests for comment. Meanwhile phone lines are down in the town

Tigrayan forces say they took town in Amhara region, Ethiopia denies it

Rebellious Tigrayan forces said on Saturday they had seized the strategic town of Dessie in Ethiopia's Amhara region where tens of thousands of ethnic Amharas have sought refuge from an escalation in...

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION @WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL @DrTedros IS SOLE NOMINEE FOR ELECTION NEXT MAY - WESTERN DIPLOMATS AFTER RECEIVING NOMINEES' LETTER via @Reuters

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In #Ethiopia 's #Afar @Reuters saw 2 refugee camps overflowing w desperate families. Malnutrition is rising in the region @WFP says w. camps short of water, shelter and food while people keep flooding in. Head of Afar aid office says region is being overlooked by int aid groups.

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Some exciting news — I am taking on a new role as sub-Saharan Africa Senior Correspondent — I will keep covering the Horn, revert to beloved DRC and embrace the Sahel, among many other things. Hit me up with tips, leaks, story ideas and as usual 🍕 recs across the Continent.

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UN: Air strike kills 3, including 2 children in Eritrean refugee camp Mai Aini in #Ethiopia ,4 other refugees were injured. UN did not specify who carried out the strike but only the Ethiopian government has air power in the area.

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An 8yrso girl injured in a airstrike died of head wounds in her mum’s arms, after doctors tried to staunch the bleeding using their bare hands, they had run out of gauze,gloves,pain medications, intravenous fluids and had no blood supplies for transfusion.

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#ETHIOPIA GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON SAYS FIGHTER JETS STRUCK #MEKELLE FOR THIRD DAY THIS WEEK, TARGETING TRAINING CENTRE OF TIGRAYAN FORCES via @Reuters

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#Ethiopia 's @mfaethiopia accused the U.N. officials expelled of diverting aid and communication equipment to the #TPLF , violating security arrangements, failing to demand the return of aid trucks deployed to #Tigray , and spreading misinformation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of #Ethiopia 🇪🇹

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. @mfaethiopia Press Release 01 October 2021

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When I visited #SheweateHugum we saw the abandoned wreckage of a vehicle used by @MSF on the road to the village where a battle btw #ENDF and #Tigray forces took place btw June 17-19. The bodies of three aid workers were found nearby on June 25.

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The pictures on her phone are all that Ethiopian mother Habtam Akele has left of her three-year-old daughter Saba. The girl died of malnutrition last month before the family was able to flee south, deeper into #Ethiopia 's #Amhara region. Our latest from Dessie w @dendeshaw

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This is Hemen Hagos 1.5 mnths old admitted with pertussis, also known as whooping cough, at a hospital in Mekelle. % of kids who got 3 doses of Pentavalent vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, among others: • 99.3% in 2020 • 36% in 2021 • 7% in 2022

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Burned-out military vehicles, boxes of ammunition, bodies of scores of federal troops were scattered along the road that runs through #SheweateHugum when @Reuters got there on July 10.Beside them lay the leftovers of lives cut short: family photographs, school diplomas, 🇪🇹 flags.

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#Tigray |an forces said they had accepted the invitation by the @_AfricanUnion for talks in South Africa and asked for clarification on who had been invited as participants, observers and guarantors.

Ethiopia, Tigrayan forces accept African Union-led peace talks

Ethiopia's government and rival Tigrayan forces said on Wednesday they have accepted an invitation by the African Union to participate in peace talks aimed at ending a two-year conflict.

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UPDATES: -UN SG @antonioguterres appealed for ceasefire, peace talks, full humanitarian access and reestablishment of public services in #Tigray . - US State Dep called on the GOE and TPLF to redouble efforts to advance talks to achieve a durable ceasefire.

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About 82% of essential drugs were available at Ayeder hospital in #Ethiopia ’s #Tigray region a year ago, compared to 17.5% by the end of 2021, the documents state. Among those that have run out - insulin, oxygen and most cancer drugs.

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Adan Muez is 14 years old and he weighed only 14.9 kg when @Reuters met him in #Adigrat , #Tigray . My son, aged 2 weighs 12 kilos.

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Hundreds of thousands of people in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region are reportedly living in famine conditions, according to an analysis by United Nations agencies

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The #Tigray People's Liberation Front accused #Eritrea of attacking its troops.”The Eritrean military launched fresh attacks against our forces yesterday in Sigem Kofolo... located in Northwestern Tigray close to Sheraro town," TPLF @reda_getachew said.

Ethiopia's rebellious Tigray party accuses Eritrea of attacking its forces

The Tigray People's Liberation Front, the party that controls most of the northern Ethiopia region of Tigray, on Sunday accused Eritrea of attacking its troops.

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THREAD on hunger in #Ethiopia 's #Tigray - Earlier this month I drove across the region and visited 2 hospitals and 4 health centers. Doctors in Wukro and Adigrat shared medical records showing at least 6 kids have died of malnutrition since February. 1.

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