Source: The RUSI Journal Martin Plaut A blockade of Tigray is producing a manmade famine. The region, at war with…
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Eritrean Embassy in the UK’s attempt to silence Assenna collapses
London, 6 March 2021 PRESS RELEASE Eritrean Embassy in the UK’s attempt to silence Assenna collapses The Eritrean…
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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: What a blind man’s death reveals
The injury-plagued life, and now death, of Asmelash Woldeselassie highlights the brutality and cyclical nature of conflicts in Ethiopia’s…
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The Tigray War
“Unpicking the war that has broken out in Ethiopia between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the central authority represented…
Read moreWill the Tigray conflict strengthen Abiy’s hand in Ethiopia?
Experts say a rapid victory against Tigray’s rebel government would personally benefit the Ethiopian prime minister. They also warn it…
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In a worsening Ethiopian war, Eritrea is the mystery player
Source: Globe and Mail GEOFFREY YORK AFRICA BUREAU CHIEF JOHANNESBURG, PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 20, 2020 UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO Eritrea’s President…
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Fears of regional conflict in Horn of Africa after rocket attacks on Eritrea
The missile attack on Saturday and Abiy’s rejection of calls for a ceasefire and negotiations from the United Nations secretary…
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Eritrea, Tigray and Ethiopia’s brewing civil war
Source: Al Jazeera Eritrea, Tigray and Ethiopia’s brewing civil war Fears grow fighting between Ethiopia’s federal army and Tigray forces…
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PM who won Nobel peace prize takes Ethiopia to brink of civil war
Source: The Guardian Abiy Ahmed made his name as a reformer – but was there always an authoritarian waiting to…
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