HAMDAYET – One survivor arrived on broken legs, others on the run. In this fragile refugee community on the edge of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, those who have fled nearly two months of deadly fighting continue to bring new accounts of…
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Aid groups say staffers killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
NAIROBI – International aid groups say at least four staff members have been killed in the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The Danish Refugee Council says its three staffers killed last month had worked as guards at a project site….
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UN warns of ‘very critical’ shortages in Ethiopia’s Tigray
NAIROBI – The United Nations says shortages have become “very critical” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region as its population of 6 million remains sealed off and its capital is under threat of attack by Ethiopian forces seeking to arrest the…
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She fled Ethiopia’s fighting. Now she warns of ‘catastrophe’
NAIROBI – Shaken by the gunfire erupting around her town in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the woman decided to get out. She joined a long line at the local government office for the paperwork needed to travel. But when she…
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Ethiopia’s latest airstrike hits Tigray university
NAIROBI – A university official says the latest airstrike by Ethiopia’s military has struck the school in the capital of the defiant Tigray region and caused major damage, while the United States says neither side in the conflict is heeding…
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People go hungry in Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict marches on
NAIROBI – People are going hungry in Ethiopia’s rebellious northern Tigray region as roads are blocked, airports are closed and the federal government marches on its capital in a final push to win a two-week war. “At this stage there…
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Ethiopia’s PM vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray
NAIROBI – Ethiopia’s prime minister says “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country’s rebellious northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in a social media post on Tuesday said…
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