Tue, 21-Oct-2025

UN awaits full access to ‘desperate’ Tigray

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Ethiopia and Tigray decided to end hostilities on November 2. Only a trickle of humanitarian aid has reached Tigray since the ceasefire began. The UN’s World Food Program reported humanitarian deliveries to Tigray “don’t meet needs.” One month after the ceasefire, the UN still can’t get humanitarian aid into Ethiopia’s Tigray, WHO says. The UN’s … Read more

Tigrayan forces and the government agree to end their two-year conflict

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The parties in Tigray reach an agreement on a permanent suspension of hostilities. Olusegun Obasanjo called the deal a new “dawn” for Ethiopia. Peace talks in South Africa got underway last week. Just over a week after formal peace talks in South Africa got underway, the African Union mediator announced that the parties in the … Read more

Ethiopian forces seize a number of towns in the conflict-torn Tigray

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Ethiopia’s government claims to have regained control of three towns from rebels. The Tigrayan rebels had previously held Shire, Alamata, and Korem. The government issued a statement on Tuesday, following the rebels’ earlier claim that Shire had fallen. In the midst of mounting concern over the revived battle between federal forces and their allies against … Read more