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By Wafaa Shurafa and Joseph Krauss The Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians struggled Oct. 14 to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military […]
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He replaces Debretsion Gebremichael, whose immunity from prosecution was removed Thursday.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International said Thursday that scores of civilians were killed in a \"massacre\" in the Tigray region, that witnesses blamed on forces backing the local ruling party.
The \"massacre\" is the first reported incident of large-scale civilian fatalities in a week-old conflict between the regional ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize.
\"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 southwest of Ethiopia's Tigray Region on the night of 9 November,\" the rights group said in a report.
Amnesty said it had \"digitally verified gruesome photographs and videos of bodies strewn across the town or being carried away on stretchers.\"
The dead \"had gaping wounds that appear to have been inflicted by sharp weapons such as knives and machetes,\" Amnesty said, citing witness accounts.
Witnesses said the attack was carried out by TPLF-aligned forces after a defeat at the hands of the Ethiopian military, though Amnesty said it \"has not been able to confirm who was responsible for the killings\".
It nonetheless called on TPLF commanders and officials to \"make clear to their forces and their supporters that deliberate attacks on civilians are absolutely prohibited and constitute war crimes\".
Abiy ordered military operations in Tigray on November 4, saying they were prompted by a TPLF attack on federal military camps -- a claim the party denies.
The region has been under a communications blackout ever since, making it difficult to verify competing claims on the ground.
Abiy said Thursday his army had made major gains in western Tigray.
Thousands of Ethiopians have fled across the border into neighboring Sudan, and the UN is sounding the alarm about a humanitarian crisis in Tigray.
Ethiopians from the Tigray region living in South Africa protest outside the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in Pretoria, to demand the immediate end of the ongoing conflict pitting Ethiopia's federal forces against the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday said he rejected international \"interference\" in Ethiopia's affairs, hours before a deadline for Tigray's rebellious leaders to surrender or face an assault on their capital.
- PM rejects 'interference -
Abiy, the winner of last year's Nobel Prize, late Sunday gave the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours to surrender -- an ultimatum rejected by the leader of the dissident northern region, who has said his people are \"ready to die\" for their homeland.
As the clock ticked down, the UN Security Council held its first meeting on the three-week old crisis, with particular concern for civilians in the regional capital Mekele.
Ethiopian forces say they are encircling the city with tanks ahead of an assault on the TPLF, and have urged its half million residents to leave.
Rights groups have warned that attacking the city could constitute a war crime. The UN, US, EU and others have urged restraint, and called for an immediate halt to hostilities.
Abiy has resisted calls for mediation and insists the \"law enforcement operation\" against the TPLF is entering its decisive final stage.
In a statement Wednesday, he said Ethiopia appreciated the concern but stressed his government was \"very much capable\" of resolving the matter on its own.
\"While we consider the concerns and advice of our friends, we reject any interference in our internal affairs,\" Abiy said.
\"We therefore respectfully urge the international community to refrain from any unwelcome and unlawful acts of interference and respect the fundamental principles of non-intervention under international law.\"
The African Union (AU), headquartered in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, has dispatched three former African presidents as special envoys to try and broker talks.
A spokesman for an Ethiopian committee handling the conflict said Monday the government would meet the envoys \"as a matter of respect\" but flatly ruled out negotiations with the TPLF.
Jake Sullivan, the newly-appointed national security advisor to US President-elect Joe Biden, on Wednesday urged Ethiopia's warring parties to immediately begin dialogue through AU mediators.
\"I'm deeply concerned about the risk of violence against civilians, including potential war crimes, in the fighting around Mekele in Ethiopia. Civilians must be protected and humanitarian access must be opened,\" Sullivan posted on Twitter.
- Humanitarian crisis -
Fighting between the Ethiopian army and Tigrayan forces has raged since November 4, when Abiy ordered a military response to what he said were TPLF attacks on federal military camps.
More than 40,000 refugees have fled the violence into eastern Sudan, and rockets have fallen on the Eritrean capital Asmara and
Americans observe Transgender Day of Remembrance in honor of all the lives lost to transphobic violence, their tragic passing leaves behind a salted stream of loss and a thundering storm of questions.
Feb. 8, 2021 (GIN) – At a virtual meeting this past weekend with members of the African Union Summit 2021, President Joe Biden shared his vision for more trade and investment opportunities while advancing peace and security.“The United States stands ready now to be your partner in solidarity, support and mutual respect,” Biden said in […]
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Several thousand combatants have been killed in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region, an official with the fugitive regional government is asserting, although claims remain difficult to verify after a month of fighting between Ethiopian and regional forces. Getachew Reda, a senior adviser to the Tigray leader, in an interview with Tigray TV aired Thursday urged young people and others in the region to 'rise and deploy to battle in tens of thousands.' His call came days after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over the weekend declared victory in a power struggle that […]
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[East African] The Tigray conflict could have been prevented if the continent acted on early signs, according to a report by the African Union released to mark the end of the four-year term of commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and his eight departmental commissioners.
It will take a variety of different actors to confront and deal with the \"daunting challenges\" in the Sahel region, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Monday.
At least 11 000 Ethiopians fleeing conflict in the Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan, a Sudanese official said Wednesday.
Mozambique's health system bearing the brunt of coronavirus,
Cyclone Eloise and extremist Islamic groups in the Cabo Delgado province.
Protester's main demands are to have the D2344 road fixed, a community hall for the area, and a regular water supply.
Long queues of people looking to enter South Africa through the Beitbridge border post in Limpopo, have mostly been cleared and operations are proceeding in an orderly fashion.
ZIMBABWE is yet to make a decision on the opening of its borders for international travel, with authorities saying they would be guided by the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country.
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By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — For nearly a year, Ousseni Yanogo thought he was doing everything he could to protect himself from the coronavirus. The 63-year-old retired gendarme diligently wore a mask, washed his hands and stayed a safe distance from other adults. When he held hands with his granddaughter to sing happy birthday when she turned 6, he never imagined he'd find himself fighting to survive in a coronavirus isolation ward weeks later. 'I didn't know contact (with children) was that dangerous, otherwise I wouldn't have allowed the party to be organized,' Yanogo said […]
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Amnesty International that scores of civilians were killed in a "massacre" in Ethiopia's Tigray region that witnesses blamed on forces backing the local ruling party in its fight against the federal government.
[The Conversation Africa] In early November Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military offensive against forces of the Tigray People's Liberation Front in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray.
A group known locally as Al-Shabab unleashed a violent campaign in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province in 2017 that has since killed more than 2,300 people and forced up to 420,000 to flee, according to the UN.
[Addis Fortune] For Grave Rights Concerns, Truth Should not be Casualty of Conflict
