Tigray

The Ethiopian government on Wednesday accused the international community of responding with "dead silence" to belligerence by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The Ethiopian Prime Minister’s spokesperson, Billen Seyoum, said…

Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray pushed deeper into land claimed by neighbouring Amhara region on Tuesday, prompting its leaders – allies of the central government - to urge local militia to arm themselves and mobilise. The Tigrayan advance…

Only combatants, not civilians, were struck in an air strike this week in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the country's military spokesman said on Thursday. Colonel Getnet Adane said the combatants in the town of Togoga were dressed in…

The Ethiopian government on Monday denied a news report alleging that chemical weapons were used in the troubled Tigray region. The report published by UK newspaper The Telegraph says, “civilians in northern Ethiopia have suffered horrific…

The United States is committed to end the brutal conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region which has been ongoing for six months, the State Department said. It also said the US would work to secure a ceasefire between the Tigray…

The European Union has withdrawn its plans to send observers to a parliamentary election in Ethiopia next month, saying conditions had not been met on communication systems and the mission's independence. Announcing the decision late on…

The G7 group of leading economic powers on Friday called for a “swift, unconditional and verifiable” withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia’s conflict-hit northern Tigray region. “We welcome the recent announcement from Prime…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has admitted that troops from neighbouring Eritrea were present in the conflict-torn Tigray region and said they may have been involved in abuses against civilians. The admission comes after months of…

United Nations Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet called on Ethiopia on Thursday to grant UN monitors access to the Tigray region to investigate reports of continuing killings and sexual violence that may amount to war crimes.…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced serious concern over the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region and asked for urgent steps to alleviate it. "The secretary-general remains seriously concerned over the situation in…