August 7/2021 (ENA) The government will take all the necessary measures on the terrorist TPLF to ensure that sacred places and other institutions are well protected, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). Due to the recent attacks by the force in some areas in the Amhara Region, the people are concerned about the possible […]
Continue ReadingThe situation in Tigray and the unilateral humanitarian ceasefire declared by the Government of Ethiopia, including the need to enhancing All-inclusive National Dialogue, have been the major preoccupying issues lately. The Government of Ethiopia has been committed to the Unilateral Humanitarian Ceasefire that it has declared on 28 June 2021 in a bid to give […]
Continue ReadingThe TPLF has continued launching attacks and creating havoc in the adjacent territories of the Tigray region. The TPLF forces also continue to impede humanitarian assistance, thereby putting the lives of many millions at risk. Despite the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Government, the TPLF forces have turned a deaf ear to the call by […]
Continue ReadingRebels from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, a Unesco world heritage site in neighbouring Amhara region. Lalibela, home to 13th Century churches hewn from rock, is a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians. Residents have been fleeing the rebel advance, local officials said. Thousands have been killed […]
Continue ReadingGENEVA – The desperate need for food aid in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region will persist into 2022 because the harvest is set to fail, U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned Friday. Griffiths, the United Nations’ new emergency relief coordinator, sounded the alarm on the scale of the challenges facing the northern region, following a six-day […]
Continue ReadingThe Somali government has formally rejected African Union recommendations for a scaled-down peacekeeping presence in the Horn of Africa country, calling a report and its proposals “devoid of realities.” “The experts who conducted the assessment didn’t sufficiently consult with the federal government of Somalia,” Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak told VOA Somali, saying the government informed […]
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