African and Western nations called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia after Tigrayan forces from the country’s north said they made advances towards the capital this week. The US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Addis Ababa to press for a halt to military operations and a start to ceasefire talks. […]
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Tigray, Other Groups Form Alliance Against Ethiopian Leader
NAIROBI, KENYA — Ethiopia’s Tigray forces are joining with other armed and opposition groups in an alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to seek a political transition after a year of devastating war, organizers say. The signing in Washington on Friday includes the Tigray forces that have been fighting Ethiopian and allied forces, as well as […]
US State Department Urges Americans to Leave Ethiopia
The U.S. State Department on Friday urged all Americans to leave Ethiopia “as soon as possible,” according to a security alert posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. The alert called the security situation in the country “very fluid.” According to Reuters, a group of anti-government forces threatened to march into […]
UN Recap: October 31-November 5
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 […]
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 […]