Prime Minister says military operations in Tigray is over after army seizes Mekelle. BY BBC NEWS Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says government forces are now “fully in control” of the regional capital of the northern Tigray region. The army earlier entered Mekelle as it stepped up its offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
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According to the Amhara regional media agency, the number of victims is close to 500. BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Amnesty International can today confirm that scores, and likely hundreds, of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) town in the South West Zone of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region on the night of 9 […]
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Confusion over the fate of Sudan’s deposed President Omar al-Bashir BY BBC NEWS Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Kobar maximum security prison, days after he was deposed in a military coup. Reports say the ex-leader has until now been detained at the presidential residence under heavy guard.
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By Abel Kebedom, The History of the Tigray Liberation Front (TPLF) relationship with the people and government of South Sudan is a history of genocide and betrayal. As we all know, when the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM) started its struggle for the liberation of South Sudan, it was fully supported by the former Ethiopian […]
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By Dr. David Hoile, It has taken Africa just over a decade to conclude that the International Criminal Court (ICC), established in 2002 by the Rome Statute, is simply unfit for purpose. That certainly is the conclusion of the South African government following the recent African Union summit in Johannesburg. The institution many African countries […]
Continue ReadingBy AFP, SOUTH Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel chief Riek Machar are set to meet Tuesday in a fresh push to end nearly six months of civil war, sources said Monday. A source close to the talks in the Ethiopian capital said the rivals are set to meet “in the afternoon” on Tuesday, along […]
Continue ReadingA UN public report on the gross violations of human rights in South Sudan suggests that there are gross violations of human rights in massive scale by both parties of the conflict as the violence quickly escalate into a cycles of revenge. By BBC News, BOTH sides in South Sudan’s conflict have committed crimes against […]
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