August 07, 2021 (ENA) Informing the international community about the destruction made by the terrorist TPLF should be intensified, a scholar said. Despite the unilateral humanitarian ceasefire declared by the federal government, the terrorist TPLF group has continued launching attacks and creating havoc in neighboring regional states. The group has this week destroyed a warehouse […]
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UN Special Rapporteur Statement on Eritrean Refugees Full of Fabrications: ARRA
August 07,2021 (ENA) The statement issued by the UN Special Rapporteur regarding the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia is full of fabrications, misrepresentation, and ill-informed of facts and data that put the rapporteur’s impartiality and credibility into question, the Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA) said. In a statement it released today ARRA […]
Indifference of Int’l Community Contributing to Atrocities of Terrorist TPLF: Scholar
August 07,2021 (ENA) The indifference of the international community over the atrocities and other arrogant actions of the terrorist TPLF has been worsening the plight of citizens in Tigray and parts of Afar and Amara regions, a scholar noted. It is to be recalled that the Government of Ethiopia had declared a unilateral humanitarian ceasefire […]
Start Network Annual Review 2020
Summary 2020 was a difficult year for communities around the world. The year reinforced the need for local, highly contextual solutions to humanitarian problems, and heightened the need for proactivity, flexibility and speed when managing disasters. In 2020 Start Network stepped up its support for communities, while demonstrating and advocating for change across the global […]
Briefing paper – When land, knowledge and roots are lost: indigenous peoples and displacement
The life and identity of indigenous peoples is inextricably linked to their land. Land holds deep emotional, cultural, social, philosophical and religious values for them. For many indigenous peoples migrating is also part of their life, an expression of their identity, culture, and livelihoods. Conflicts, development projects, urbanization, land rights violations, disasters and climate change, […]
Tigray conflict: All combatants have the obligation to protect Eritrean refugees – UN expert
Eritrean refugees trapped in the midst of the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are being targeted by both sides to the conflict, a UN expert warned today, calling on all parties to take measures to protect refugees in accordance with international human rights and humanitarian law. Ethiopia was home to nearly 100,000 refugees from […]