Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled "Tigray conflict fuels refugee crisis, struggle to deliver aid" - below is their description. “The TPLF attacked the federal government’s army in the [Tigray] region, which is what exposed their location and led the Eritrean forces to enter,” he told Al Jazeera in late February. Who controls the media message on the Israel-Palestine conflict? Abiy’s government says the vote won by the TPLF in a landslide is illegal and begins to withhold funds meant for social welfare programme in Tigray, a region of some six million. The head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has accused government forces of carrying out “genocide” in the country’s Tigray region, where a six-month conflict between federal and allied troops and forces loyal to the former ruling party is believed to have killed thousands of people.. “The appointment is a result of a six-month performance review of the role,” Abiy’s spokeswoman Billene Seyoum told the AFP news agency. Ethiopia appoints new Tigray leader, Amnesty reports ‘massacre’ Parliament appoints new head of Tigray region, PM Abiy Ahmed announces as Amnesty says many civilians have been killed in fighting. People in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have told Al Jazeera that civilians were tortured and killed by Eritrean soldiers last year. Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Top Ethiopia health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray” – below is their description. The webinar will be aired lived on Al Jazeera Mubasher and live-streamed on AJCS’s digital platforms. The Ethiopian government launched a huge security operation against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front last year. Mulu Nega had held the position since November, shortly after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a military campaign against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the northern region’s ruling party that had dominated national politics for decades. The UNSC is expected to hold a closed discussion on the situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Thursday. Government in Addis Ababa calls accusation ‘unfounded’, days after top US diplomat decried ‘unacceptable’ situation in embattled region.Ethiopia has rejected United States allegations of acts of ethnic cleansing in its embattled Tigray region, calling them a “completely unfounded and spurious verdict” against the government in Addis Ababa. Mulu was replaced by Abraham Belay, who had been serving as minister of innovation and technology in the federal government, Abiy’s office said in a Twitter post on Thursday. Abiy, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner, promised the air and ground operation would be swift and targeted. In the early hours of November 4, 2020, Abiy orders a military response to what he calls a “traitorous” attack on federal army camps in Tigray. Ethiopia’s mission to the UN calls the situation in Tigray “an internal affair regulated by the laws of the country, including human rights laws”. TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael also says his forces have been fighting Eritrean troops “on several fronts” for the past few days. Abiy sacks the head of the military, whose top brass includes many battle-hardened Tigrayans, while on November 9, the federal government carries out more air raids in Tigray, with Abiy saying the operation will be over “soon”. On April 27, the UN’s latest humanitarian update for Tigray describes “active hostilities reported in the central, eastern and northwestern parts of the region”. It says the Ethiopian government is “providing significant portion of the humanitarian assistance delivered to those in need and will continue to allocate the maximum available resources” and stressed the commitment to “investigate and ensure accountability” for alleged human rights violations “will be upheld”. Massacres, gang rapes, forced famine – the list of atrocities being reported in Tigray, Ethiopia is long and growing. Eritrea has called the allegations “preposterous”. “There still needs to be accountability for human rights violations, a ceasefire, the removal of foreign troops – the Eritrean troops in particular – from Tigray and a path towards the resolution of this conflict.”. During a visit on Wednesday at Um Rakuba refugee camp in Sudan’s Gadarif state, US Senator Chris Coons told Al Jazeera “there are still Eritrean troops all throughout Tigray and other places in Ethiopia”. Abiy said on November 4 he was sending troops into Tigray after accusing the TPLF of orchestrating attacks on federal army camps. On March 10, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges Eritrea to withdraw from the region and describes violence in western Tigray as “ethnic cleansing”. “On the other hand, as we are not elected, they have also some doubts. Of course if those at AL Jazeera had done a little bit of research on the subject, they would have realised that the BBC in an article entitled ‘Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: ‘I lost my hand when a soldier tried to rape me‘ and published on 15th February 2021, BBC had featured a similar story to theirs, with some significant differences. Eritrea denies involvement in atrocities. As fighting in Ethiopia’s northernmost region hits the six-month mark, we take a look at some of the most important events of the conflict. But on March 23, Abiy finally admits that Eritrean troops had crossed the border into Tigray. He also calls for special forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region, which borders Tigray to the south, to be ordered out of disputed areas they have taken. Ongoing conflict in Ethiopia has left the Irob faced with both an existential and humanitarian crisis, activists say. “It happened against our will.”. Appointments given by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as of 6 May 2021, – Dr. Abraham Belay, Chief Executive of the Tigray Provisional Administration – Dr. Mulu Nega, State Minister of Ministry of Science and Higher Education #PMOEthiopia, — Office of the Prime Minister – Ethiopia (@PMEthiopia) May 6, 2021. UN warns situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming ... Ethiopia PM says Tigray operation over after army seizes Mekelle. Six rebels killed by Myanmar military, anti-coup force says, Israel committing war crimes in Gaza, Palestinian FM tells UN, Netanyahu: Gaza campaign is continuing with full force, Israel’s doctrine: Humane bombing and benevolent occupation, Netanyahu says Gaza bombing to continue ‘in full-force’, Iran unveils its strongest domestic supercomputer, Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights. Abraham is a member of Abiy’s Prosperity Party. Ethiopia’s federal government has declared war on its northern region of Tigray, leading to fears of a protracted conflict in Africa’s second-most populous country. Here is a timeline of the ongoing crisis. The city comes under heavy shelling before Abiy announces on November 28 that military operations in Tigray are “completed”. Just over a week later, Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have “started to evacuate” Tigray but on April 15, the UN’s top humanitarian official says there is no evidence of withdrawal and warns the crisis in the embattled region has deteriorated. The head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has accused government forces of carrying out “genocide” in the country’s Tigray region, where a … Ethiopian refugees flee ‘massacre’ in Tigray Published on: 22 November, 2020 “They are abusing us, we came with five to six children on our backs,” said Qimant, a refugee. “The accessibility of the region for humanitarian organisations might have improved but the situation right now is catastrophic,” she said. Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Ethiopia claims TPLF fighters, not civilians, died in Tigray mass killing” – below is their description. However, fighting continues in parts of Tigray. 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On April 22, after multiple meetings that had failed to produce any kind of concrete outcome, the UN’s Security Council finally issues its first joint statement on the continuing crisis, expressing “deep concern” about allegations of human rights violations, including reports of sexual violence against women and girls. “This is partly a result of parties of the conflict acting with a sense of impunity, and the lack of access to humanitarian organisations to document and hold perpetrators accountable is providing the sense that they are going to get away with what they are doing.”, Iran calls for international action on ‘apartheid’ Israel. A day later, Eritrea, which has denied the allegations of rape and other crimes levelled against its soldiers as “outrageous” and “a vicious attack on the culture and history of our people”, also acknowledges for the first time that its forces are taking part in the conflict and promises to pull them out of Tigray. Ethiopia replaces Mulu Nega, appointed in November as fighting raged in Tigray, with Abraham Belay, the federal gov’t said. More reports of atrocities emerge, with civilians accusing Eritrean forces of carrying out massacres and systematic rape. Al Jazeera: 7,000 seek Sudan asylum after fleeing western Ethiopia violence At least 7,000 people who fled escalating ethnic violence in western Ethiopia have sought asylum in neighbouring Sudan, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has said, amid heightened tensions between the … Tiny ethnic group fears extinction as Tigray war enters 6th month, Refugee doctor chronicles Tigray’s pain as he treats it, Six months of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline, Iran calls for international action on ‘apartheid’ Israel. During the visit, Abiy says Eritrea has agreed to pull its forces back over the border. Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch blasts Tigray... Associated Press - By CARA ANNA • 21h. Al Jazeera - In a video recorded last month, Abune Mathias says government forces ‘want to destroy the people of Tigray’. Mulu had acknowledged the presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray weeks before Abiy finally came clean about it in late March. In an interview with AFP in February, he said he knew Mekelle residents had “mixed feelings” about his presence in the office formerly occupied by their overthrown leaders. Increasing reports of mass killings, rape and widespread hunger have prompted international alarm and pressing calls for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops, who have been implicated in some of the worst attacks on civilians documented so far, including brutal gang rapes. Al-Jazeera on Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church patriarch condemnation of #TigrayGenocide Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on May 8, 2021 The United Nations is warning aid convoys to the Tigray region in Ethiopia are being blocked, leaving thousands … The TPLF denies responsibility and says the reported attack is a pretext for an “invasion”. Having rejected peace talks and international calls for an end to the fighting, Abiy says government tanks are advancing on Tigray’s capital, Mekelle. Ethiopia releases contradictory reports of who was actually killed during a massacre in Tigray.. See more videos about Videos, Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa, Tigray Region. “The humanitarian situation has gotten from bad to worse,” Vanessa Tsehaye, Horn of Africa campaigner for Amnesty, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday. Al Jazeera English Today at 2:01 AM After 10 days of fighting, the United Nations warns of possible war crimes in Tigray. As fighting in Ethiopia’s northernmost region hits the six-month mark, we take a look at some of the most important events of the conflict. “They want to have a government take over the governance activities in the region,” he said. The TPLF, which was at the helm of Ethiopia’s governing coalition for nearly 30 years until Abiy took office in 2018, denied responsibility and said the reported attack was a pretext for an “invasion” by federal forces and allied troops from neighbouring Eritrea. Seven international media organisations, including Al Jazeera, have now been granted accreditation to report from Tigray, but journalists were warned by officials they might face unspecified “corrective measures” if they did not meet local standards. Over the weekend, Abiy’s Council of Ministers approved a resolution classifying the TPLF as a “terrorist” group, dealing a blow to the prospect of peace talks.