- 05 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityTigray
U.S. Secretary of State says Ethiopia conflict must end and peace negotiations start
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday the fighting in Ethiopia had to end and peace negotiations should start immediately without any preconditions. "The conflict…
IMF says it is engaging with Ethiopia but not holding talks on loan program
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was continuing to engage on a technical basis with Ethiopia despite a worsening conflict in the…
Uganda’s president Museveni calls for East African leaders’ summit to discuss Ethiopia conflict
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called an East African bloc leaders' meeting on Nov. 16 to discuss the conflict in Ethiopia, a senior foreign affairs ministry official…
Timeline: Key events in a year of war in northern Ethiopia
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A year of war in northern Ethiopia has killed thousands of civilians, plunged around 400,000 into famine and forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their…
U.S. Secretary of State alarmed by news of Ethiopia’s TPLF takeover of two towns
NAIROBI (Reuters) - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday he was alarmed by reports that rebellious Tigrayan forces had taken over two key Ethiopian towns of…
Tigrayan and Oromo forces say they have seized towns on Ethiopian highway
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two different groups fighting Ethiopia's central government said they had seized control of towns on Sunday as the prime minister appealed for citizens to take up…
Ethiopia conducts two air strikes in Tigray
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia conducted two air strikes in Tigray on Sunday as the government intensifies a nearly week-old campaign of aerial bombardment against the rebellious forces who control most…
Ethiopian air force conducts strike in Mekelle city -state news agency
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's air force conducted an air strike on Mekelle, capital of the country's Tigray region on Monday, targeting communications infrastructure, the state-run Ethiopian Press Agency said…
U.S. considering options for responding to crisis in northern Ethiopia -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering the full range of tools at its disposal, including the use of economic sanctions, to respond to the worsening crisis in northern…
U.S. says it is critical that U.N. officials expelled from Ethiopia be allowed to return
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is critical that United Nations officials expelled from Ethiopia be allowed to return to the country, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. State Department spokesman…
U.N. aid chief to Ethiopia on famine in Tigray: ‘Get those trucks moving’
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday he assumes famine has taken hold in Ethiopia's Tigray where a nearly three-month long "de-facto…
U.S. willing to delay Ethiopia sanctions if violence ends -Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States would delay sanctions over the Ethiopia conflict if the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation front "cease ongoing hostilities and enter into ceasefire…
