Anger and collective trauma scar Ethiopia's Tigray region
One woman was held captive for over ten days, raped by 23 Eritrean soldiers, then left on the side of the road. Surgeons had to remove stones and nails that had been inserted inside her genitals.
https://amp.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopias-tigray-region/a-56794452
One woman was held captive for over ten days, raped by 23 Eritrean soldiers, then left on the side of the road. Surgeons had to remove stones and nails that had been inserted inside her genitals.
https://amp.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopias-tigray-region/a-56794452
Deutsche Welle
Anger and collective trauma scar Ethiopia's Tigray region
The conflict in Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia, has mostly been unfolding under a media blackout since early November. Thousands of civilians have likely died as a result of the crisis.
#OLF officially out from upcoming election, continues call for release of its jailed leadership, members addisstandard.com/news-analysis-… Batte Urgessa spoke to @Siyaanne on arrests that depopulated the party of its key personnel, & deprived it of the ability to organize for election.
Addis Standard
News Analysis: Ten journalists, media personalities arrested in Bahir Dar, Addis Abeba in just Three days - Addis Standard
News Analysis: Ten journalists, media personalities arrested in Bahir Dar, Addis Abeba in just Three days Addis Standard -
The massacre in #Axum is one of the deadliest atrocities documented so far in the conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia. @Amnesty is calling for a UN-led investigation into this and all alleged atrocities that have been committed in the conflict.
Our report: amn.st/6015HoTsT 📢
Our report: amn.st/6015HoTsT 📢
www.amnesty.org
Eritrean troops massacre hundreds of civilians in Axum, Ethiopia
#Axum massacre: Eritrean troops massacre hundreds in possible crime against humanity - new @amnesty report
#US Will Not Resume Aid to #Ethiopia for Most Security Programs
https://www.voanews.com/ethiopia-tigray/us-will-not-resume-aid-ethiopia-most-security-programs?amp=&__twitter_impression=true&s=09 "Given the current environment in Ethiopia, we have decided not to lift the assistance pause for other programs, including most programs in the security sector," Price said at a news briefing.
https://www.voanews.com/ethiopia-tigray/us-will-not-resume-aid-ethiopia-most-security-programs?amp=&__twitter_impression=true&s=09 "Given the current environment in Ethiopia, we have decided not to lift the assistance pause for other programs, including most programs in the security sector," Price said at a news briefing.
Voice of America
US Will Not Resume Aid to Ethiopia for Most Security Programs
The State Department on Friday said Washington has decided not to lift the pause in assistance to Ethiopia for most programs in the security sector, days after U.S.
The intentional use of the starvation of civilians as a method of waging war is a war crime.
This week I urged the @UN Security Council to seek accountability for these atrocious acts, and to remind parties to conflict of their obligations under international humanitarian law.
https://twitter.com/antonioguterres/status/1370727343497576450?s=21
This week I urged the @UN Security Council to seek accountability for these atrocious acts, and to remind parties to conflict of their obligations under international humanitarian law.
https://twitter.com/antonioguterres/status/1370727343497576450?s=21
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António Guterres
The intentional use of the starvation of civilians as a method of waging war is a war crime. This week I urged the @UN Security Council to seek accountability for these atrocious acts, and to remind parties to conflict of their obligations under international…
#UN rights chief agrees to #Ethiopia request for joint #Tigray inquiry
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2B934E?__twitter_impression=true
"The UN Human Rights office the EHRC are developing an investigation plan, which includes resources needed & practical modalities, in order to launch the missions as soon as possible"
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2B934E?__twitter_impression=true
"The UN Human Rights office the EHRC are developing an investigation plan, which includes resources needed & practical modalities, in order to launch the missions as soon as possible"
U.S.
U.N. rights chief agrees to Ethiopia request for joint Tigray inquiry
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has agreed to an Ethiopian request for a joint investigation in the country's northern Tigray region, where Bachelet says possible war crimes may have been committed.
Biden Dispatches Senate Ally to Ethiopia to Address Crisis
Chris Coons to deliver a tough message to Abiy Ahmed.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/18/biden-chris-coons-senator-ethiopia-tigray-crisis/
Coons told Foreign Policy in a statement that he shares the administration’s concerns with the “deteriorating situation in the Tigray, which threatens the peace and stability of the Horn of Africa region.”
Chris Coons to deliver a tough message to Abiy Ahmed.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/18/biden-chris-coons-senator-ethiopia-tigray-crisis/
Coons told Foreign Policy in a statement that he shares the administration’s concerns with the “deteriorating situation in the Tigray, which threatens the peace and stability of the Horn of Africa region.”
Foreign Policy
Biden Dispatches Senate Ally to Ethiopia to Address Crisis
Chris Coons to deliver a tough message to Abiy Ahmed.
Ethiopia: Hunger and disease rife among displaced as aid workers gain access to new parts of Tigray https://www.nrc.no/news/2021/march/ethiopia-hunger-and-disease-rife-among-displaced-as-aid-workers-gain-access-to-new-parts-of-tigray/
Severely hungry children and pregnant women are among 37,000 displaced people that have arrived into Sheraro, northwestern Tigray, over the last few weeks.
Severely hungry children and pregnant women are among 37,000 displaced people that have arrived into Sheraro, northwestern Tigray, over the last few weeks.
NRC
Ethiopia: Hunger and disease rife among displaced as aid workers gain access to new parts of Tigray | NRC
Severely hungry children and pregnant women are among 37,000 displaced people that have arrived into Sheraro, northwestern Tigray, over the last few weeks. They are among thousands of people in urg...
Ethiopia: A rare view inside the conflict zone
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-56456793?__twitter_impression=true
Six-year-old Betlehem Tesfaye, who fled from near Aksum, about 50km (31 miles) to the east, lost both her legs in the conflict. Her mother was killed in the same explosion.
Her father spent his savings on her treatment. And now he does not know how he can get prosthetic legs for her.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-56456793?__twitter_impression=true
Six-year-old Betlehem Tesfaye, who fled from near Aksum, about 50km (31 miles) to the east, lost both her legs in the conflict. Her mother was killed in the same explosion.
Her father spent his savings on her treatment. And now he does not know how he can get prosthetic legs for her.
BBC News
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: A rare view inside the conflict zone
A BBC team gets a glimpse of the human cost of the recent fighting in Tigray.
Ethiopia ‘will be digging up mass graves for a decade’: inside Tigray’s dirty war https://t.co/oB23J160Hu
Holding a leaf from a eucalyptus tree, she said: “The innocent blood of Tigrayans will fertilise this ground and grow fresh leaves. Our dead children will not be forgotten.”
Holding a leaf from a eucalyptus tree, she said: “The innocent blood of Tigrayans will fertilise this ground and grow fresh leaves. Our dead children will not be forgotten.”
Ft
Ethiopia ‘will be digging up mass graves for a decade’: inside Tigray’s dirty war
Involvement by Eritrean troops in ‘law and order’ operation tips country into fully fledged crisis
The Interview: This week,#Mekelle's interim mayor has resigned. #Tigray interim admin said he was dismissed for inefficiency.But in this interview, he revealed a dysfunctional interim admin besieged by inefficiency,corruption & struggling with insecurtity https://t.co/ItRklVrJSy
Addis Standard
The Interview: “There was no prior evaluation to have me discharged”: former interim mayor of Mekelle
Ataklti Haileselassie is the former interim mayor of Mekelle city, he appointed as a mayor Mekelle by the Tigray regional state interim administration around mid-December 2020, shortly after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared the ‘ law enforcement operation’ …