Tigray’s rich heritage is ‘highly endangered’, experts warn, as the conflict escalates near key cultural sites Source: The Guardian Harriet…
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Gidey’s story
“We thought Eritreans were our brothers” – Gidey’s story Gidey is a Tigrean mother who just arrived in Britain. She…
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What are the war aims of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia in Tigray?
By Martin Plaut The Tigray war has turned into an all-out conflict, pitting Tigrayan forces loyal to the Tigray People’s…
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Eritrea Focus v United Kingdom: Success in halting funding for Eritrean road project
22 January 2021 Press Release Eritrea Focus v United Kingdom: Eritrean Road Project Legal Challenge …
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In Somalia, mothers fear sons were sent to Ethiopia conflict
“According to the information I gathered, our children were taken straight to Mekele city,” Source: AP Pressure is growing on…
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UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict: “Greatly concerned about high number of alleged rapes in Mekelle”
Source: United Nations United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, urges all…
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Ethiopia’s government appears to be wielding hunger as a weapon
A rebel region is being starved into submission Source: Economist Ethiopia suffered famines in the past. Many foreigners know this;…
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Witness on Eritrean troops killing and raping in Aksum – “I had to step over dead bodies”
Source: EEPA An American witness, who was in Aksum during the war, reports that water and electricity went out in…
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President Biden’s nominated Secretary of State: “Eritrean refugees are on the receiving end of atrocities”
Antony Blinken, the nominee to be President Biden’s Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) had a nomination hearing in the US…
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Ethiopians dying, hungry and fearful in war-hit Tigray: agencies
Source: Reuters By Reuters Staff, 20 January 2021 NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopians in the war-scarred north are dying from lack…
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