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UN human rights agency condemns arbitrary detention of Tigray people
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman, Liz Throssell, condemned on Tuesday the continued extra-judicial detentions of people of Tigrayan origin in Ethiopia and called on the country's authorities to respect human rights.
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Uyghurs who fled China still await asylum status, say world have abandoned
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): Muslim Uyghurs of Xinjiang who fled China amid discrimination, imprisonment, torture, enforced sterilization, and persecution has still not been granted asylum and they said that the world has abandoned them.
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Conflict in Tigray region of Ethiopia reaches disastrous proportions: UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 9 (ANI): A year-long conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has reached "disastrous proportions", UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Monday, issuing a warning of "grave uncertainty" surrounding the future of the country and st
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Netherlands pledges to halt investments in coal, gas, oil abroad by late 2
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Netherlands will abandon investments in coal, oil, and gas abroad by the end of the next year, Tom de Bruijn, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, said on Monday.
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Iran calls on US to lift sanctions if it wants to revive JCPOA
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Iranian authorities believe that the United States needs to lift economic sanctions from Tehran, admit that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) collapsed because of their fault and provide guarantees that it won't abandon the deal again
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Ethiopians demonstrate against foreign interference
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Tens of thousands of Ethiopians on Sunday gathered at the Meskel Square in the capital of Addis Ababa to denounce foreign interference and pressure in the country's internal affairs.
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US orders most of its civil servants, their families to leave Ethiopia ami
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Washington issued an order to its non-essential officials residing in Ethiopia to leave the country with their families due to the ongoing armed conflict.
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Twitter suspends trends feature in Ethiopia for fear of violence escalatio
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Twitter temporarily disabled the Trends feature in Ethiopia to make sure that the platform cannot be used to instigate violence in the conflict-torn country, the social media said on Saturday.
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Nine Ethiopian opposition factions form alliance, say want to bring down g
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Nine Ethiopian rebel groups announced on Friday that they had formed an anti-government alliance to change the incumbent government and establish a transitional body.
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Tigray rebels seize Ethiopia's city of Kemise
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) together with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) have occupied the Ethiopian town of Kemise located only 139 miles away from the capital of Addis Ababa, Tigray External Affairs Office spoke
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Ethiopian parliament ratifies state of emergency rule
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian House of People's Representatives (HoPR) on Thursday ratified a six-month sate of emergency rule amid expanding conflict in the northern part of the country.
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US authorises exit of US staff from Ethiopia amid escalating conflict
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Part of the US government staff in Ethiopia and their family members can voluntarily leave the country amid internal armed conflict and civil unrest, the US Embassy in Addis Ababa said on Thursday.
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