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Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people, and ‘the world is not paying attention’: Tedros

October 19, 2022October 20, 2022User2

The Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the international community and the media on Wednesday to give the crisis in Ethiopia “the attention it deserves”. Highlighting that there is no other situation globally in which six million had been kept under siege for almost two years, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that there is a […]

Rights experts calls for urgent action to implement South Sudan peace deal

October 19, 2022October 20, 2022User2

Progress on the 2018 peace agreement for South Sudan has been “extremely slow”, UN human rights experts said on Wednesday, calling for urgent action to save lives. The appeal by the members of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan follows a visit to Ethiopia where they urged African countries, and other stakeholders, to […]

In Dialogue with Ethiopia, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Efforts to Conduct Free and Fair Elections, Raise Issues Concerning Extrajudicial Killings and Arbitrary Arrests of Journalists

October 18, 2022October 19, 2022User2

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Ethiopia on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending the State’s efforts to conduct free and fair elections, and raising issues concerning extrajudicial killings and arbitrary arrests of journalists. […]

As Civilians Get Targeted, CIVIC Calls for Halt of Armed Hostilities in Tigray

October 18, 2022October 19, 2022User2

With reports of military operations intensifying in the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) is deeply concerned over indiscriminate harm to civilians. CIVIC is calling all parties to the conflict to act with restraint and avoid targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. Zlatko Gegic, CIVIC’s Regional Director for the East and Horn […]

Civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region at Heightened Risk

October 18, 2022October 19, 2022User2

For several weeks, towns in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have endured regular bombardments from an escalating joint offensive by Ethiopia and Eritrea forces against Tigrayan forces. Yesterday, the government forces captured Shire, a major town in Tigray. Attacks around the town – already host to thousands of Tigrayans forcibly displaced from Western Tigray in an earlier ethnic cleansing campaign – led […]

Ethiopia Pursuing Soft Power Diplomacy to Strengthen Its Good Relations with Other Countries: Amb. Dina

October 18, 2022October 19, 2022User2

Ethiopia is following soft power diplomacy extensively to strengthen its good relations with other countries, Public Diplomacy Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dina Mufti said. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Ambassador Dina said Ethiopia is working in many ways to strengthen its multilateral diplomatic relations with countries around the world. […]