AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

12 juni 2021

• Global Leaders to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed - Stop the Atrocities in Tigray
  [IPS] Dili -- Seven highly respected leaders in conflict resolution have issued a call for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to take immediate action to bring a halt to the atrocities being committed in the Tigray region of his nation. The letter urges the Prime Minister to implement seven steps to resolve the crisis.
• Do African Lives Not Matter? - U.S Ambassador on UN Security Council Inaction on Tigray
  [United States Mission to the United Nations] (AS DELIVERED) I guess that's where we'll start now is just by saying I feel like we've been muted for the past seven months on Tigray. But, again, where I started is to thank you, Nima, and to welcome everyone to the U.S.-EU High-Level Roundtable on the Humanitarian Emergency. And I'm honored to be joined by my colleagues from the U.S. government, the European Union, the United Nations, as well as civil society. I'm also saddened to be here today. I'm saddened by what has brought all of us into this room.
• Somalia Denies Reports Its Troops Fought in Tigray
  [VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Ministry of Information has denied reports that Somali troops were trained in Eritrea and fought in Ethiopia's war in Tigray. The rejection came as parents of allegedly missing troops held another protest demanding to know their whereabouts.
• 350,000 People in Tigray Face Catastrophe - New Report
  [UN News] The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver lifesaving assistance to Ethiopia's Tigray region, where ongoing fighting between government and regional forces has put some 350,000 people at risk of famine.
• UN Says 350,000 Face Famine in Tigray, Millions in Danger
  [DW] United Nations experts say some 350,000 people in Ethiopia's Tigray province are acutely threatened by starvation, with millions more at risk. Agencies and aid groups say conflict is to blame.
• Boy Was Publicly Executed in Oromia - Human Rights Watch
  [HRW] Nairobi -- Hold Abusive Officials, Security Forces Accountable
• Sudan and Egypt Express 'Deep Concerns' Over Ethiopia's GERD Filling
  [Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan and Egypt issued a joint statement yesterday to express their concerns over the unresolved issues regarding the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) after a meeting between ministers of both countries.