Rebels from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, a Unesco world heritage site in neighbouring Amhara region. Lalibela, home to 13th Century churches hewn from rock, is a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians. Residents have been fleeing the rebel advance, local officials said. Thousands have been killed […]
Day: August 6, 2021
UN Sounds Alarm on Tigray Harvest
GENEVA – The desperate need for food aid in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region will persist into 2022 because the harvest is set to fail, U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned Friday. Griffiths, the United Nations’ new emergency relief coordinator, sounded the alarm on the scale of the challenges facing the northern region, following a six-day […]
Somalia Rejects AU Ideas for Scaling Back Peacekeepers
The Somali government has formally rejected African Union recommendations for a scaled-down peacekeeping presence in the Horn of Africa country, calling a report and its proposals “devoid of realities.” “The experts who conducted the assessment didn’t sufficiently consult with the federal government of Somalia,” Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak told VOA Somali, saying the government informed […]
Tigray Forces Vow ‘Warm Welcome’ in Face of New Offensive
NAIROBI – Ethiopia’s spreading Tigray conflict faced a dangerous escalation Friday as an Amhara regional official said Amhara forces would launch an offensive Saturday against Tigray forces who have entered the region and taken control of a town hosting a UNESCO World Heritage Site. “This is the time for the Amhara people to crush the […]
Interfering into internal affairs of Ethiopia and her sovereignty is a gross violation of international law
Some western powers and the US in particular are violating a long standing international law and global legal instruments that prohibit intervention into the sovereignty and internal affairs of countries. The principle of non-intervention remains a well-established part of international law. The prohibition of intervention “is a corollary of every state’s right to sovereignty, territorial integrity […]
KOICA Donates 50,000 USD worth Equipment for Ras Damtew Hospital
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has donated equipment worth 50,000 USD for Ras Desta Damtew Memorial Hospital to particularly equip the eye department with modern technology as part of a project in implementation. According to a statement from KOICA, the donation extended to Ras Desta Damtew Memorial Hospital. a public health facility located in the […]