Ethiopia: HRW Reports Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported that local authorities and Amhara forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have continued to forcibly expel Tigrayans as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign in Western Tigray Zone. Development Diaries reports that the human rights watchdog revealed this in a recent report calling on the Ethiopian government to suspend, […]
Ethiopia: ICRC Medical Supplies Arrive Tigray
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said a convoy of medical aid has arrived in Tigray, Ethiopia, the first since late August. According to ICRC, the arrival of the medical supplies follows the peace agreement reached in early November to end the war in the northern Ethiopian region. Hostilities between the rebel […]
Ethiopia: Tigray Peace Agreement Excites UN
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called on the international community to support the bold step taken by the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) towards ending the war in the region. Guterres made the call following the peace deal between both parties signed on Wednesday in South Africa. […]
Ethiopia: ICRC Resumes Tigray Operations by Road
A convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) carrying medical, food, and water treatment supplies has arrived in Ethiopia’s Tigray region by road for the first time since September 2021. The delivery of aid supplies followed the recent declaration of a humanitarian ceasefire agreement by the warring parties in the region to […]
Ethiopia: HRW Calls for End to Sexual Violence
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on all warring parties in Ethiopia to bring an end to rape and other sexual violence being perpetrated against women and girls by their forces. In a statement marking the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD), the human rights organisation lamented that women and girls were being subjected to […]
Ethiopia: AI Reports Killing of Civilians
Amnesty International (AI) has reported the alleged killing of civilians by fighters affiliated with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. In a 26-page report, titled, Ethiopia: Summary killings, rape and looting by Tigrayan forces in Amhara, the human rights organisation documented gang-raping of women and girls – some as young as […]
Ethiopia: WFP Seeks Response to Severe Hunger
Almost 40 percent of Tigrayans are suffering from an extreme lack of food, a new study by the World Food Programme (WFP) has found. The Tigray Emergency Food Security Assessment found that 83 percent of people in the region are food insecure since the conflict began in the area 15 months ago. More than 2.1 million […]
Ethiopia: Aid Agencies Suspend Work in Tigray
Humanitarian organisations have halted their operations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region following an air strike that reportedly killed civilians in a camp for displaced people. The air strike killed 56 people and injured 30, including children, according to local authorities and eyewitness accounts. Development Diaries gathered that the attack, which happened on 07 January, targeted a […]
Ethiopia: HRW Provides Update on Tigray Crisis
Survivors of sexual violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are being prevented from accessing health care services, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report. The report, titled, I Always Remember that Day: Access to Service for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region’, said Ethiopian federal authorities were severely restricting the entry of food, fuel, cash, […]
Ethiopia: ICRC Visits Captive Soldiers in Tigray
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has started visiting captive soldiers in the Tigray region. The Tigray People’s Defence Force (TPDF) had announced in a video the capturing of over 7,000 ‘Ethiopian’ soldiers. According to the TPDF, the captive soldiers walked from Abdi Eshir, about 75 km southwest of Mekele, for […]