UNITED NATIONS — 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. Leaders talk global warming in Glasgow — World leaders met in Glasgow, Scotland, this week to try to halt global warming. But with some of the world’s […]
Month: November 2021
White House Pulls Levers in Attempt to Stop Ethiopia Conflict
WHITE HOUSE — The White House is taking a firm stance with its onetime close ally, Ethiopia, threatening sanctions and a suspension of a key economic program over what Washington says are “gross violations of internationally recognized human rights” in an ethnically motivated conflict that has killed thousands of people in the past year. Those strong […]
Somalia Orders Top AU Official to Leave Country
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Somalia’s government has declared a senior African Union official persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within seven days. In a statement Thursday, Somalia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry ordered Simon Mulongo, the deputy special representative of the chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, to leave the country. It said […]
UN Security Council Calls for End to Fighting in Ethiopia
The U.N. Security Council on Friday called for an end to fighting in Ethiopia and expressed serious concern about the intensifying conflict in the country’s northern Tigray region. In a statement approved by all 15 members, the council urged all parties in Ethiopia “to put an end to hostilities and to negotiate a lasting cease-fire.” […]
JIT Proves Wrong Allegations, Counter Allegations by Int`l Media on Refugees in Ethiopia: RRS
All the allegations and counter allegations by the international media and some actors have been proven wrong by the Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) report on refugees, according to Refugee and Returnee Service. It is to be recalled that the joint investigation team (JIT) report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the UN Human […]
ACAPS Thematic Report: Ethiopia – Northern Ethiopia crisis: The humanitarian situation one year into the conflict, 03 November 2021
Conflict broke out in November 2020 in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, between Tigrayan forces and Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and its allies. One year later, the humanitarian situation is extremely dire and continues to deteriorate. The complex circumstances have made humanitarian response very difficult, and the needs of the population continue to increase. Access […]