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Tigray rebels seize Ethiopia's city of Kemise
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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End war now before it's too late for Ethiopians, says UN rights chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI): All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the region's catastrophic humanitarian situation "over the edge", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, sa
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UN Secretary-General expresses concern over escalation of tensions in Ethi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over the recent escalation of tensions in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray.
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Ethiopia declares state of emergency to protect civilians from Tigray rebe
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ethiopian cabinet has declared a state of emergency across the country as part of measures to protect the civilian population from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), national media reported on Tuesday.
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UN Yet to resume flights into Ethiopia's Mekelle amid safety concerns
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mekelle [Ethiopia], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations has still not resumed humanitarian flights into Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, after a security incident last week forced the organization to suspend air service, UN spokesman Farhan Haq said on Thursday.
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UN voices grave concern over escalation of hostilities in northern Ethiopi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations remains extremely concerned about the continued escalation of hostilities in northern Ethiopia, including new airstrikes over the weekend in Tigray, said UN humanitarians on Monday.
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Ethiopian govt confirms targeted airstrikes in Tigray region
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian federal government on Wednesday confirmed targeted airstrikes in the country's northernmost Tigray region.
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Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 15 (ANI): UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored "multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law" committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray.
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Tigray aid situation worsening by the day, warns UN
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 3 (ANI): The aid crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region is worsening with stocks of relief aid, cash and fuel "running very low or depleted", the United Nations said.
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India at UNSC: Ethiopia needs all support from international community
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [UN], August 27 (ANI): India on Thursday (local time) said that Ethiopia needs all the support it can get from the international community amid the Tigray crisis.
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US imposes sanctions on Chief of staff of Eritrean Defense Forces
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has imposed a number of sanctions on the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces Filipos Woldeyohannes, the US Treasury Department announced on Monday.
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Tigray Rebels Seize Ethiopia's Lalibela Listed as UNESCO World Heritage Si
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
MOSCOW, August 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels have seized the northern Ethiopian town of Lalibela included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, media reported.
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