Eldorado Posted November 7, 2020 #1 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Ethiopian fighter jets bombed targets in the restive northern province of Tigray, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday, in the latest escalation of a three-day old conflict that is driving the populous African nation toward a potentially destabilizing civil war. Stores of missiles and other heavy weapons around the regional capital of Mekelle were destroyed in the airstrikes, Mr. Abiy announced on state television, making no mention of casualties. “The first phase of our operation has been fully completed,” he said. Mr. Abiy, who last year won the Nobel Peace Prize partly for making peace with Eritrea, ordered the start of a military offensive against Tigray on Wednesday after accusing the region’s ruling party of attacking a government defense post and attempting to steal artillery and military equipment. Full report at the NY Times: Link "Ethiopia parliament dissolves Tigray leadership" Full report at the BBC: Link 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted November 7, 2020 #2 Share Posted November 7, 2020 An African state in a state of civil war ? Surely not ? Such a thing would be unheard of ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted November 8, 2020 #3 Share Posted November 8, 2020 What is it about national leaders getting the Nobel Peace Prize and promptly committing what could be considered war crimes soon afterwards? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted November 8, 2020 #4 Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said: What is it about national leaders getting the Nobel Peace Prize and promptly committing what could be considered war crimes soon afterwards? I would say normalty ? Look at past nobel prizes for peace and you will find some funky stuff... like : The Nobel Peace Prize 1994 was awarded jointly to Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East. A couple of years before and after, they tried to bomb Arafat out of existence... Nobel peace prize 2009 for President Barack Obama while he expanded the use of unmanned air-strikes on these countries, as well as Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Libya and Somalia Edited November 9, 2020 by Jon the frog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 14, 2020 Author #5 Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) UN warns 'war crimes' may have happened BBC News Edited November 14, 2020 by Eldorado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 18, 2020 Author #6 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Latest.... Ethiopia's forces have captured two towns in the northern region of Tigray where soldiers loyal to the local political party are fighting the central government. Tigray's leader confirmed the losses but said it was a temporary setback and vowed to defeat the government. Ethiopia's prime minister has said that his army is advancing on the Tigrayan capital Mekelle. Hundreds of people have reportedly died in two weeks of clashes. Full report at the BBC: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 18, 2020 #7 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 11/8/2020 at 2:07 PM, Sir Wearer of Hats said: What is it about national leaders getting the Nobel Peace Prize and promptly committing what could be considered war crimes soon afterwards? I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 22, 2020 Author #8 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Ethiopian military warns Mekelle civilians ahead of assault on city ‘No mercy’ ultimatum stokes international concerns as conflict enters third week Full report at the UK Guardian: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 24, 2020 Author #9 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Tigray people 'ready to die' as leader rejects call to surrender UK Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 28, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Eritrea's capital came under fire from Ethiopia's breakaway Tigray region Friday, raising fears that Ethiopia's internal conflict could spread as leader Abiy Ahmed resisted calls for dialogue. France 24 news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 30, 2020 Author #11 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Ethiopia's PM relishes victory, but Tigrayan leader says war not over Reuters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted December 13, 2020 Author #12 Share Posted December 13, 2020 ‘Overwhelming’ reports of killings of Eritreans in Tigray: UN UN’s refugee agency says it received large number of reports of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian region being killed, abducted and forcibly returned to Eritrea. Al Jazeera report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted December 24, 2020 Author #13 Share Posted December 24, 2020 The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says more than 100 people have been killed in the latest massacre along ethnic lines in the western part of the country. The Amhara Mass Media Agency, affiliated with the country’s Amhara region, in a separate report cited witnesses as saying the attack occurred early Wednesday in the Metekel zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz region. Report at PBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted December 26, 2020 Author #14 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Some 222 people have been killed following an attack in Ethiopia, a Red Cross volunteer has said. Homes were torched in the massacre that took place on Wednesday in Bekoji, a village in the western region of Bulen that borders Sudan, amid rising ethnic tensions. The death toll was originally estimated to be more than 100 by the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. Sky News report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted December 26, 2020 #15 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) We cared about Ethiopia back in 1985. We where fooled. The famine we where urged to help relieve was man-made. It was part of an attempt to fight the SAME civil war that has rumbled on ever since. For for the last 35 years. We don't care about Ethiopia any more. Edited December 26, 2020 by RoofGardener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted February 26, 2021 Author #16 Share Posted February 26, 2021 A massacre in which Eritrean soldiers killed "many hundreds" of people in the Ethiopian city of Axum may amount to crimes against humanity, an Amnesty International report has said. MSN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted February 27, 2021 #17 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 11/8/2020 at 4:07 PM, President Wearer of Hats said: What is it about national leaders getting the Nobel Peace Prize and promptly committing what could be considered war crimes soon afterwards? Well, at least this guy did something other than being the first black president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted February 27, 2021 #18 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 12/26/2020 at 8:58 AM, RoofGardener said: We cared about Ethiopia back in 1985. We where fooled. The famine we where urged to help relieve was man-made. It was part of an attempt to fight the SAME civil war that has rumbled on ever since. For for the last 35 years. We don't care about Ethiopia any more. Same situation with Somalia and they got their revenge. Omar is like a cancer that can't be excised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted March 13, 2021 Author #19 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Ethiopia on Saturday rejected U.S. allegations there has been ethnic cleansing in Tigray, pushing back against the latest criticism of its military operation in its northern region by the new administration in Washington. MSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted March 13, 2021 #20 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Time for another famine relief whip round for Ethiopia- bombs don't come cheap after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted March 27, 2021 Author #21 Share Posted March 27, 2021 ‘We’re here to make you HIV positive’: Hundreds of women rush to Tigray hospitals as soldiers use rape as weapon of war Hundreds of women are rushing to Tigray’s hospitals in northern Ethiopia for emergency contraception and HIV prevention drugs after being systematically raped, often gang-raped, by Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers fighting in a brutal civil war. MSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted April 2, 2021 Author #22 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified Almost 2,000 people killed in more than 150 massacres by soldiers, paramilitaries and insurgents in Tigray have been identified by researchers studying the conflict. The oldest victims were in their 90s and the youngest were infants. Guardian report at MSN Edited April 2, 2021 by Eldorado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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