- 05 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityTigray
Ethiopia restricts information sharing about war
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia has announced new restrictions on the sharing of information about the war in the north of the country which stipulate that battlefront updates can only come…
United Nations calls for immediate end to fighting in Ethiopia
BOGOTA (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an end to fighting in Ethiopia while in Colombia's capital Bogota on Wednesday, urging Ethiopian leaders to follow the…
Military moves in Ethiopia risk undermining progress toward peace talks -U.S. envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa said on Tuesday that "nascent progress" toward getting all parties to Ethiopia's conflict into negotiations on a ceasefire…
U.N. relocating staff families from Ethiopia due to security
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is "temporarily relocating" families of international staff from Ethiopia due to the security situation, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, adding that…
WHO chief says his home region in Ethiopia under ‘systematic’ blockade
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's chief said on Friday his home Tigray region in northern Ethiopia was being subjected to a "systematic" blockade and people were dying because…
U.S. top diplomat Blinken says concerned Ethiopia has potential to “implode”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday he is very concerned about the potential for Ethiopia to "implode" amid an escalating conflict there. A durable…
Ethiopia rounds up high-profile Tigrayans, U.N. staff
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopian authorities have rounded up high-profile Tigrayans - from a bank CEO to priests - as well as United Nations staff in a mass crackdown on suspected supporters…
U.N. says at least 16 staff, dependents detained in Ethiopia
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) -At least 16 United Nations staff and dependents have been detained in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, a U.N. spokesperson said on Tuesday, amid…
U.S. envoy returns to Ethiopia to meet African Union on conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Monday said Washington believes there is a small window of an opening to work with the African Union to make progress on…
U.S. orders non-emergency government employees in Ethiopia to leave
NAIROBI (Reuters) -The United States has ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees in Ethiopia to leave because of armed conflict and civil unrest, its embassy in Addis Ababa said on Saturday.…
Twitter temporarily disables its ‘trends’ section in Ethiopia
(Reuters) - Social network Twitter Inc has temporarily disabled its Trends section in Africa's conflict-hit nation of Ethiopia over threats of physical harm, the company said on Friday, and was…
U.N. Security Council calls for end to Ethiopia conflict
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday called for an end to the fighting in Ethiopia and for talks on a lasting ceasefire as…
