“Ayder hospital has not received a resupply of medicine or equipment since June, the three doctors told Reuters. The 500-bed…
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Tag: Famine
End the Ethiopian Government’s Humanitarian Aid Blockade to Tigray
By John Young In his 29 November 2021 Al-Jazeera article titled ‘Can Ethiopia avert deepening turmoil and prioritize peace?’ Ahmed…
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The humanitarian situation in Tigray – aid, food security and famine
https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/online-conference-ethiopia-crossroad 6 December 2021 Good morning. Like all non-Ethiopians who speak about this war, it is important at the outset…
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Fly aid into Tigray – “If that means overruling the wishes of Abiy, so be it”
Abiy’s hunger plan is an international crime to be exposed, sanctioned, and punished, not appeased. The aid should flow now,…
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Clash at UN Security Council. Secretary General takes on Ethiopia over expelled staff: “show me proof”
I cannot think of a previous occasion when a UN Secretary General told a member state – to its face…
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The Tigray Famine: Lessons from 1984–85
Source: The RUSI Journal Martin Plaut A blockade of Tigray is producing a manmade famine. The region, at war with…
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How Ethiopia’s conflict has affected farming in Tigray
“War conditions have made ploughing very challenging as oxen, used to plough farmlands, have been looted and deliberately killed. In…
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Ethiopia’s Civil War Is a Disaster That’s Only Getting Worse
“The only way to avoid a humanitarian calamity is for the West to lean harder on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed… Abiy,…
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How Ethiopia’s conflict has affected farming in Tigray
Source: The Conversation August 22, 2021 Jan Nyssen Professor, Ghent University Emnet Negash, PhD candidate Ghent University Sofie Annys, Researcher,…
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7 Facts You Need to Know about the Famine in Tigray
Source: Refugees International David Del Conte August 13, 2021 Since November 2020, a brutal war in the northern Ethiopian region…
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