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Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

January 11, 2023

Relatives wait for the passengers arriving from Tigray at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa on Dec 28, 2022. (AFP) ADDIS ABABA – Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's federal government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led...

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Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

January 11, 2023

Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula (left) and Head of the Tigray Forces Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede (right) exchange signed copies of an agreement, at Ethiopian peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 12, 2022. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) ADDIS ABABA - Tigray forces, who fought...

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Ethiopian govt, Tigray forces kick off new peace talks in Kenya

November 8, 2022

Former Nigeria president, Olusegun Obasanjo (center) gives an address alongside former Kenya president Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Tadesse Worede (right) from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), at the start of the senior commanders meeting on the implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement between the Ethiopian government and the...

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Obasanjo: Ethiopia govt, Tigray forces establish hotline following truce

November 7, 2022

African Union Horn of Africa envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo looks on ahead of a press conference regarding the African Union-led negotiations to resolve conflict in Ethiopia at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) offices in Pretoria on Nov 2, 2022. (PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) NAIROBI...

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UN: Humanitarians ready Tigray relief convoys as war stops

November 4, 2022

In this file photo taken on July 02, 2021 captive Ethiopian soldiers walk towards the Mekele Rehabilitation Center in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) UNITED NATIONS — Humanitarians in northern Ethiopia seek the green light to resume aid convoys following the peace accord announcement...

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Combatants in Ethiopia’s Tigray war agree to stop fighting

November 3, 2022

(From left to right): South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor, Redwan Hussein, Representative of the Ethiopian government, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, African Union Horn of Africa envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, Getachew Reda, Representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and former deputy...

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African Union invites Ethiopia’s warring parties to peace talks

October 5, 2022

A man crosses near a destroyed truck on a road leading to the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 11, 2021. (BEN CURTIS / AP) NAIROBI - The African Union has invited Ethiopia's government and rival Tigray forces to peace talks in South...

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Residents: Fighting flares for 2nd day in northern Ethiopia

August 26, 2022

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. (BEN CURTIS / AP) NAIROBI – Fighting flared for a second day in northern Ethiopia, residents said on Thursday, an outbreak...

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Fighting erupts along border of Ethiopia’s Tigray region

August 24, 2022

In this May 8, 2021 file photo, Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. (BEN CURTIS/AP) NAIROBI - Fighting between forces from Ethiopia's rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces...

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Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels accuse Eritrea of launching attacks

January 11, 2022

A young man walks past a tank said to have belonged to Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels near Debre Tabor, on Dec 6, 2021. (SOLAN KOLLI / AFP) ADDIS ABABA - The Tigray People's Liberation Front, the party that controls most of the northern Ethiopia region of Tigray, on...

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Tigray forces to withdraw from neighboring Ethiopian regions

December 22, 2021

An Ethiopian government soldier mans a position where rocks have been placed to create a narrowing in a road leading to Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on May 11, 2021. (PHOTO / AP) NAIROBI - Tigrayan forces fighting the central government have withdrawn from neighbouring regions...

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Ethiopia says it’s made headway in war against Tigray rebels

December 2, 2021

Volunteers load food supplies on a truck, destined for troops battling Tigrayan rebels, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Nov 30, 2021. (AMANUEL SILESHI / AFP) Ethiopia’s government said its forces have recaptured a swathe of territory in the north of the country in a major counter-offensive against fighters loyal to...

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UN calls for a halt in Ethiopia fighting, urges negotiations

November 7, 2021

People are seen in front of clouds of black smoke from fires in the aftermath at the scene of an airstrike in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Oct 20, 2021. (PHOTO / AP) The United Nations Security Council called for an end of hostilities...

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Ethiopia leader urges citizens to join war against Tigray forces

November 2, 2021

In this file photo taken on July 02, 2021 captive Ethiopian soldiers walk towards the Mekele Rehabilitation Center in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged citizens across the country to join the fight against rebellious Tigray forces, after the...

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UN urges humanitarian access to northern Ethiopia

October 15, 2021

In this Aug 24, 2021 photo, women displaced by fighting in northern Ethiopia, sit in a classroom at a school where they are temporary sheltered, in the city of Dessie, Ethiopia. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) UNITED NATIONS - Describing the situation in northern Ethiopia as unpredictable and volatile, the United...

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Hunger stalks millions as Abiy asks Ethiopians to join army

August 12, 2021

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (center) arrives in Jimma on June 16, 2021 during his visit to the city for his electoral campaign ahead of the June 21, 2021 vote. (MARCO LONGARI / AFP) Fighting in northern Ethiopia may intensify further after the nation’s Nobel-laureate leader urged citizens to join...

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UNICEF alarmed by ‘killing of 100 children’ in Ethiopia’s Afar

August 11, 2021

Children wait next to sacks of wheat during a food distribution organized by the Amhara government near the village of Baker, 50 km southeast of Humera, in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, on July 11, 2021. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) UNITED NATIONS - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) chief on...

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UNICEF: Over 100,000 kids in Tigray could die of hunger

July 31, 2021

In this May 11, 2021 file photo, Roman Kidanemariam, 35, holds her malnourished daughter, Merkab Ataklti, 22 months old, in the treatment tent of a medical clinic in the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. (BEN CURTIS / AP) GENEVA - More than 100,000 children...

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UN: Food, water running out in Tigray refugee camps

July 28, 2021

Children, who fled the violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region, wait in line for breakfast organized by volunteers in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, on June 23, 2021. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) GENEVA - Some 24,000 Eritrean refugees are trapped in two camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region, cut off from...

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UN warns of worsening famine, clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray

July 4, 2021

People react as captive Ethiopian soldiers walk towards Mekele Rehabilitation Center in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on July 2, 2021. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) UNITED NATIONS - Top UN officials warned the Security Council on Friday that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray were now in...