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UN votes: Zelenskyy to deliver Virtual Speech

UN votes: Zelenskyy to deliver Virtual Speech Newslooks- UNITED NATIONS (AP) The U.N. General Assembly voted Friday to allow Ukraine’s president to deliver a pre-recorded address to next week’s gathering…

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Lowest level of food distribution ever in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Forced conscription reported in Ethiopia

November 8, 2021

The conflict in Ethiopia with Tigray continues to escalate, as people fleeing Ethiopia report that Amhara authorities, along with Eritrean soldiers, started visiting homes at night to take people away.…

Starvation deaths in Tigray due to humanitarian blockade

September 20, 2021

The first reports of people dying from hunger due to the humanitarian blockade are coming out of Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Ethiopia’s government started the blockade in June, in its fight…

Tigray forces accused of abuses ‘We came here crying’

September 3, 2021

Tigray fighters accused of violence against their own people is a growing concern in Ethiopia. Witnesses have given horrific accounts of the abuses they have seen to people and property.…

Tanzania kicks off COVID-19 vaccinations in breakthrough

July 28, 2021

Tanzania is a country that until recently its leadership denied the pandemic was even happening. Former President John Magufuli had felt COVID-19 could be defeated with prayer. He died in…

Ethiopian cease-fire strongly rejected by Tigray rebels

June 29, 2021

Getachew Reda, speaking for the rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, said they will not respect the cease-fire called for by Ethiopia and will continue fighting “to liberate every square inch.”…

Soldiers from Eritrea have withdrawn from three key towns in Ethiopia’s Tigray reg

Ethiopian soldiers begin withdrawing from Tigray

June 29, 2021

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Soldiers from Eritrea have withdrawn from three key towns in Ethiopia’s Tigray region a day after Tigray fighters took control of the regional capital, Ethiopian forces…

Airstrike kills 51 in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

June 23, 2021

The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, which began in November, escalated as an airstrike hit the village of Togoga, killing at least 51 people. Ethiopian forces, supported by neighboring Eritrea,…

Ethiopia’s leaders in closed-door talks with a European Union special envoy

EU envoy says Ethiopia vowed to ‘wipe out’ Tigrayans

June 18, 2021

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s leaders in closed-door talks with a European Union special envoy earlier this year said “they are going to wipe out the Tigrayans for 100 years,”…

US bans government officials from Ethiopia, Eritrea

May 24, 2021

In response to the lack of action by the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments regarding the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the U.S. is restricting visas for government and military…

Ethiopia at a ‘crossroads’ over ethnic fighting

May 4, 2021

Ethnic nationalism is tearing Ethiopia apart, as the national government asserts its authority in ethnic regions. A military crackdown in Tigray last fall escalated into a war with widespread atrocities…

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