Ethiopia’s army has shows off foreign-built combat drones. The aircraft are medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE). Analysts say drones have helped turn the tide of the war. A drones expert who has tracked the conflict in Ethiopia told AFP that the aircraft that appeared in the footage on Saturday were a Turkish Bayraktar TB2 and a Chinese-manufactured … Read more
China opens China-Horn of Africa Conference on security, Governance and Development. Beijing determined to play greater role in a region beset by conflict and security issues. Ethiopia wracked by conflict in north between forces and TPLF. China on Monday offered to play the role of mediator to resolve disputes in the Horn of Africa, on the … Read more
Ethiopian peacekeepers from the warfare-torn Tigray area, who’re refusing to return domestic, are sufferers of insurrection “propaganda”, the defence ministry said, following the squaddies’ request for political asylum in Sudan. More than 500 UN peacekeepers from Tigray who have been deployed to Abyei, a disputed border vicinity between Sudan and South Sudan, have requested Khartoum … Read more
LALIBELA, Ethiopia: – Father Tsige Mezgebu was leading an afternoon prayer service in August when a column of haggard-looking rebels entered Lalibela, prompting worshippers to cry out “God save our city!” He immediately feared the worst for the 11 mediaeval rock-hewn churches that make Lalibela, in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region, a holy site for the … Read more
ADDIS ABABA: Nine rebel groups battling Ethiopia’s government will “collaborate and join forces” Friday, they said in a statement announcing the alliance, which comes as fears grow of Tigrayan fighters advancing on the capital. The alliance, due to be signed in Washington later on Friday, includes the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and the Tigray People’s Liberation … Read more
GENEVA – The UN rights chief on Wednesday slammed the “extreme brutality” of the year-long war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, voicing alarm that a recent state of emergency would inflame the situation. Speaking in Geneva, Michelle Bachelet insisted on the need to bring to justice perpetrators of a vast array of rights abuses, including horrific killings … Read more
