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Ethiopian soldiers seek asylum in Sudan, fear returning home due to Tigrayan ethnicity

Up to 550 Ethiopian peacekeepers working in Sudan have sought asylum rather than return home for fear they will be persecuted due to their Tigrayan ethnicity, an official with direct knowledge of the plan said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Tigray rebels leave Ethiopia’s Afar region: TPLF spokesperson

TPLF says rebels withdraw from neighbouring region but Afar police commissioner says fighters remain in some districts.

Al Jazeera

Tigray forces have left Ethiopia's Afar region - spokesperson

Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from the neighbouring region of Afar in Ethiopia, a spokesman told Reuters on Monday, saying that he hoped this meant desperately needed food aid could finally reach famine-hit Tigray.

Reuters

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Ethiopians Queue Up to Volunteer for Russia's Fight in Ukraine

The queues formed early each morning outside the Russian embassy in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Drawn by rumors on social media, young men and old, many with their military records in hand, arrived with hopes of fighting for Russia in Ukraine. What began as a trickle of volunteers swelled over…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Main hospital in Ethiopia's Tigray's region runs out of food

The main hospital in Ethiopia's war-ravaged region of Tigray has sent home 240 patients after food supplies ran out last week, officials said.

Reuters

Ethiopians queue up to volunteer for Russia's fight in Ukraine

The queues formed early each morning outside the Russian embassy in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Drawn by rumours on social media, young men and old, many with their military records in hand, arrived with hopes of fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

Reuters

Report: Hunger kills hundreds of kids in Ethiopia's Tigray

At least 1,900 children under 5 have died from malnutrition in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region in the past year, according to a study conducted by regional health officials and seen by the Associated Press

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Israeli Doctors Work To Alleviate Ethiopia’s Overlooked Humanitarian Crisis

Medical personnel help Ethiopian hospitals treat civil-war victims, believing "aid has no color.”

Zenger

Morning mail: Morrison abandons anti-corruption pledge, 765 civilian bodies found in Kyiv, rethinking work culture

Thursday: Long delays expected at domestic airports before Easter. Plus: WHO chief blames racism for greater focus on Ukraine than Ethiopia

The Guardian - AU

WHO chief: World treats crises differently depending on race

Referencing the Tigray crisis, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says world ‘is not treating the human race the same way’.

Al Jazeera

WHO chief: Focus on Ukraine shows bias against Black lives

The head of the World Health Organization slammed the global community for its almost singular focus on the war in Ukraine, arguing that crises elsewhere, including in his home country of Ethiopia, are not being given equal consideration possibly because the people suffering are not white

The Independent UK

Hospital in Ethiopia's Tigray struggles to treat patients

Doctors at the flagship hospital in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region say patients are dying amid shortages of life-saving drugs and oxygen

The Independent UK

Send Ethiopian treasures back, former Archbishop of Canterbury tells British Museum

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the British Museum to return a collection of Ethiopian religious treasures to Africa.

Evening Standard

Reports: US Special Envoy for Horn of Africa to Step Down Soon

US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield will step down from his role before summer, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, after less than six months on the job and at a time of persistent political turmoil in the region. Deputy Special Envoy Payton Knopf…

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UN: Millions of Somalis at Risk of Famine

Millions of people in Somalia are at risk of famine, with young children the most vulnerable to the worsening drought in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, UN agencies warned on Tuesday. "Somalia is facing famine conditions as a perfect storm of poor rain, skyrocketing food prices and huge funding…

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Egypt Moves to Meet Population’s Water Needs Ahead of Ethiopia’s 3rd GERD Filling

Egypt’s Permanent Committee for Regulating the Revenue of the Nile River held its periodic meeting on Sunday to follow up on the procedures for achieving optimal management of water resources. Egypt suffers from a scarcity of water resources and needs about 114 billion cubic meters annually, while the available water…

Reuters

U.S. expresses alarm over reports of atrocities in Tigray

The United States expressed concern on Friday about reports of ethnically motivated atrocities in Ethiopia's Tigray region and called for an end to unlawful detentions based on ethnicity.

Bangkok Post

3 wars, 2 truces: at least some hope out there

Two weeks ago, the three biggest wars in the world were in Ukraine, Ethiopia and Yemen. Now truces have silenced the guns and the air strikes in two of the three. They are only temporary truces so far, but there is a reasonable chance that they could grow into something…

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The Independent UK

Rights groups charge 'ethnic cleansing' in Ethiopia's Tigray

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International charge in a new report that widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity

Radio France Internationale

Rights groups warn of 'war crimes' and 'ethnic cleansing' in Ethiopia's Tigray

Two rights groups on Wednesday accused Ethiopian security forces and their allies of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray, a long-contested part of northern Ethiopia.

The Guardian - UK

Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups

Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity

Reuters

Rights groups accuse Ethiopian regional forces of ethnic cleansing in Tigray

Two leading human rights groups on Wednesday accused armed forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against ethnic Tigrayans during a war that has killed thousands of civilians and displaced more than a million.

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Saudi Arabia, UAE Top Gulf Investments in Horn of Africa

A recent study pointed to the growth of Gulf investments in the countries of the Horn of Africa, especially in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Djibouti. Africa has become an increasingly vital partner for the Gulf states. Investment flows from the Arab Gulf to sub-Saharan Africa amounted to about $3.9 billion…

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UK Becomes Indirectly Involved in GERD Crisis

The UK has become involved in the conflict between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), but it is preferring to play an "indirect" role by encouraging the three countries to reach a suitable solution British ambassador to Cairo Gareth Bayley said: "Britain is participating behind…

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Professional humanitarian aid workers in war-torn places like Ukraine, Ethiopia, Syria and South Sudan do some of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

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