NAIROBI — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is on the frontline with the army fighting rebellious Tigrayan forces in the northeastern Afar region, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported Friday. Abiy was wearing military fatigues and speaking to the television station in the Afaan Oromo and Amharic languages, according to the broadcast. Reuters could not independently verify exactly […]
Day: November 26, 2021
Ethiopia Imposes New Restrictions on Sharing Information on War
ADDIS ABABA — War-hit Ethiopia has announced new rules against sharing information on battlefield outcomes in the war against Tigrayan rebels, a move that could bring sanctions against journalists. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government declared a nationwide state of emergency earlier this month as fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) advance towards the capital, […]
UN Recap: November 20-26, 2021
Editor’s note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. UN Libya Envoy Resigns One Month Before Elections: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accepted his Libya envoy’s resignation Tuesday, just a month before presidential and parliamentary elections are due to […]
Ethiopia’s Abiy Vows to ‘Bury the Enemy
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed Friday to “bury the enemy” in his first message from the battlefront, according to state media, as the U.N. warned the yearlong conflict has left millions short of food. As Tigrayan rebels report major territorial gains, claiming this week to have seized a town 220 kilometers […]
9.4 million people are ‘living their worst nightmare’ in northern Ethiopia due to ongoing conflict
The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “Today, 9.4 million people are living their worst nightmare,” Tomson Phiri, the agency’s spokesperson, told journalists in Geneva. 80 per cent ‘behind battle lines’ Of the people […]