'Ceasefire'
Al Jazeera, June 30th, 2021
Federal forces left the region to deal with threats ‘from outsiders’, says government spokesman.
Al Jazeera, July 4th, 2021
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front demands a full withdrawal of Eritrean troops and Ethiopia’s Amhara state fighters.
Nicholas Bariyo & Joe Parkinson, June 29th, 2021, The Wall Street Journal
Eight months after claiming victory over the rebellious region of Tigray, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been beaten into a shock retreat, his forces ejected from the regional capital after a lightning rebel offensive that could change the shape of geopolitics across the strategically vital Horn of Africa.
Geoffrey York, June 29th, 2021, The Globe and Mail
Rebel group known as the Tigray Defence Forces have reportedly made military gains in the region over the past week.
Reuters, July 4th, 2021
ADDIS ABABA, July 4 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tigray region wants a full withdrawal of troops from Eritrea and the neighbouring state of Amhara before it can engage in any talks with the federal government about a ceasefire, it said in a statement on Sunday.
Cara Anna, June 30th, 2021, Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government on Wednesday said its military could re-enter the capital of its embattled Tigray region within weeks, calling into question the unilateral cease-fire it declared in Tigray just days ago.
Al Jazeera, June 30th, 2021
Tigrayan fighters say they forced Ethiopian troops out of regional capital but gov’t insists it was tactical withdrawal.
Declan Walsh, June 29th, 2021, The New York Times
The capture of the capital, Mekelle, by Tigrayan forces was a major blow to Ethiopia's leader, eight months into a war that has resulted in widespread famine and one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Al Jazeera, June 29th, 2021
Tigrayan fighters have reportedly taken control of more territory in the embattled northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, a day after regaining the regional capital, Mekelle, from retreating federal government forces and pledging to drive all “enemies” out.
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Al Jazeera, June 29th, 2021
Tigrayan leaders say they ‘will carry out all the tasks necessary to ensure the survival and security’ of their people.
Bethlehem Feleke, Richard Roth, Kristina Sgueglia, Vasco Cotovio, Nima Elbagir and CNN Staff, June 29th, 2021, CNN
In a stunning about-turn in the devastating eight-month civil war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, the Ethiopian government declared an immediate and unilateral ceasefire after Tigrayan troops retook the regional capital Mekelle on Monday evening.
Statements by Ethiopian Government
Cara Anna, July 2nd, 2021, Associated Press
Ethiopia's government on Friday rejected accusations that it's trying to "suffocate" the people of Tigray by denying them urgently needed food and other aid, as transport and communications links remained severed to the region that faces the world's worst famine crisis in a decade.
Al Jazeera, July 5th, 2021
Abiy Ahmed says he wants a period of silence in Tigray after TPLF seized control of the regional capital, Mekelle.
Reuters, July 5th, 2021
ADDIS ABABA, July 5 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's parliament approved a 561.7 billion birr ($12.9 billion) budget for the 2021/22 fiscal year, an 18% rise in spending from a year ago, as the prime minister said he was focused on boosting prosperity.
Al Jazeera, July 2nd, 2021
Government denies accusation it is ‘using hunger as weapon of war’ during the conflict that started last November.
Humanitarian Aid
Cara Anna, July 2nd, 2021, The Globe and Mail (Associated Press)
A bridge that's crucial to delivering desperately needed food to much of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region has been destroyed, aid groups said Thursday, as Tigray fighters were said to be approaching other combatants occupying large areas nearby.
Al Jazeera, July 3rd, 2021
More than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray are now suffering famine and 1.8 million others are on the brink, a top United Nations official has said, painting a devastating picture of an embattled region where humanitarian access is extremely restricted.
Richard Roth & Nima Elbagir, July 3rd, 2021, CNN
Food and fuel is running out in the capital ofEthiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, a CNN producer on the ground in Mekelle reports.
Reuters, July 2nd, 2021
GENEVA, July 2 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s World Food Programme has resumed deliveries in Ethiopia's Tigray region, but faces continuing access problems and is "way behind" in bringing life-saving supplies to people facing starvation, its emergency coordinator said on Friday.
Al Jazeera, July 2nd, 2021
The Ethiopian government has denied blocking humanitarian aid to its northern Tigray region and said it was doing all it could to rebuild infrastructure amid accusations it is using hunger as a weapon.
Hamza Mohamed, July 1st, 2021, Al Jazeera
Humanitarian agencies say they struggle to reach people in need, warn of ‘drastic’ deterioration unless things change.
Simon Marks, June 29th, 2021, The New York Times
Aid workers are concerned about a potential new wave of atrocities as Ethiopian and Eritrean forces withdraw from Tigray.
International Intervention
Maan Alhmidi, July 1st, 2021, The Globe and Mail (The Canadian Press)
Ottawa is calling on Eritrea to withdraw its armed forces from the Tigray region in Ethiopia, a couple days after a ceasefire was announced to put a hold on a conflict that has led to one of the world's worst famine crises.
Reuters, July 1st, 2021
LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Britain urged all parties to pull back from the violence in Tigray and allow humanitarian workers access to the area on Thursday, after the Ethiopian government declared a unilateral ceasefire earlier this week.
Conflict
Declan Walsh, July 4th, 2021, The New York Times
The leader of the restive Ethiopian region presented the rebels' side of a conflict that plunged the country into chaos after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed began a military operation there in November.
Declan Walsh, July 3rd, 2021, The New York Times
The scale of the loss suffered by one of Africa's most powerful armies was on vivid display on Friday as thousands of government troops were paraded through Mekelle, the regional capital of Tigray.
Michelle Nichols & Dawit Edenshaw, July 2nd, 2021, Reuters
UNITED NATIONS/ADDIS ABABA, July 2 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Friday conflict could rapidly flare again in Ethiopia's Tigray and that famine was worsening in the region, where local fighters declared victory this week after an eight-month war with central government and allied forces.
Eliza Mackintosh, July 1st, 2021, CNN
When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, he was lauded as a regional peacemaker. Now, he is presiding over a protracted civil war that by many accounts bears the hallmarks of genocide and has the potential to destabilize the wider Horn of Africa region.
Cara Anna, June 30th, 2021, Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents fleeing for their lives. Help us, the letter said, stamped and signed by a local official. At least 125 people have already starved to death.
Al Jazeera, June 30th, 2021
TPLF vows to go after forces allied to the government from the Amhara region and neighbouring nation Eritrea.
Reuters, June 30th, 2021
ADDIS ABABA, June 30 (Reuters) - Many soldiers and civilians have been killed in the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, a spokesman for the Ethiopian government task force for Tigray said on Wednesday.
Eliza Mackintosh & Vasco Cotovio, June 30th, 2021, CNN
Rebel forces in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray have rejected a ceasefire offer from the central government, raising fears of further violence a day after the fighters retook the regional capital Mekelle.
Abdi Latif Dahir & Simon Marks, June 29th, 2021, The New York Times
Feeling victorious, the rebels say they will not be safe until they track down the forces that invaded them. But Tigray faces a host of crises immediately, including famine.
Simon Marks, June 29th, 2021, The New York Times
With a bigger humanitarian disaster looming, diplomats are trying to keep a Tigrayan victory from becoming a wider war.
Abdi Latif Dahir, June 29th, 2021, The New York Times
Almost 2 million people were forced to become migrants because of the war in Tigray. Tens of thousands went to Sudan, and are hoping that the latest news means they can return home.
Abdi Latif Dahir & Declan Walsh, June 29th, 2021, The New York Times
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front dominated the government of Ethiopia for 27 years, until 2018, when Abiy Ahmed became prime minister and set about draining the group of its influence.