Sudan’s acting minister of justice, Muawia Osman (left) and its ambassador to the Netherlands, Omaima Alsharief, at the ICJ in The Hague last week. Photograph: Remko de Waal/EPASudan The international court of justice will rule in the next few weeks on Read More …
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Tigray Opposition Figures Reject Participation in National Dialogue
NewsTigray Opposition Figures Reject Participation in National Dialogue Key opposition parties in Tigray reject the Tigray Interim Administration’s commitment to engage with the National Dialogue Commission, labeling the process illegitimate and exclusionary. Participation in the dialogue was one of a Read More …
Ethnic cleansing and grave violations of children’s rights in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray region
Hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans have been silently displaced, abused and scrutinized in atrocious actions played by the Amhara region and the Ethiopian Federal troops where children, women and men not only lost their homes and loved ones but also Read More …
Betrayed and Abandoned: The Starvation and Persecution of Ex-Tigrayan UN Peacekeepers in Sudan
photo credit © Renaud Masbeye/MSF In the vast and unforgiving deserts of eastern Sudan, in a place that few in the world have ever heard of, a humanitarian catastrophe is reportedly unfolding. In the refugee camp of Umm Gurgur, former Read More …
Is War Between Ethiopia, Eritrea Brewing in Tigray?
For most people in the volatile Tigray region, the two-year war fought against Ethiopian federal forces with support from the Eritrean Army didn’t really end with the Pretoria peace agreement in November 2022. “What was left of the Pretoria Agreement’s Read More …
Sexual Violence and HIV Crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia
Key Points– The HIV prevalence in Tigray, Ethiopia, has likely doubled from 1.4% to 3% after the war ended in 2022, driven by widespread sexual violence and health system collapse.– Research suggests up to 10% of women and girls aged Read More …
Ethiopia: a mother’s resilience amid Tigray’s turmoil
In the heart of Aby-Adi, a town in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, which was affected by conflict between 2020 and 2022, 48-year-old Birzaf Gebreabezg’s stood out among the crowd. Dressed in a neat blue dress, she swiftly moved towards a well, Read More …
Tigray Needs Justice for Peace to Hold
Yellem, 38, who was raped during the Tigray conflict, poses for a portrait in an undisclosed location in Shire, Ethiopia, on Oct. 11, 2024. Michele Spatari/AFP via Getty Images The “forgotten” war in Tigray, Ethiopia, between 2020 and 2022 claimed the lives of Read More …
Ethiopia: HIV infections soar in post-war Tigray
People wait in queues at Ayder Hospital in Mekele in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Feb. 13, 2025 – Copyright © africanews AP Photo Tigray was once considered a model in the fight against HIV. Years of awareness-raising efforts had brought Read More …
Airstrike kills more than 50 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
The strike in the town of Dedebit, in the northwest of the region near the border with Eritrea, occurred on the night of Jan. 7, according to two aid workers. Read more…