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Month: August 2021

Rebels ‘pushed out’of a hilltop town: army general

Rebels ‘pushed out’of a hilltop town: army general

August 30, 2021 | by Ethiopia Observer |
The Ethiopian government said Monday it had driven the Tigray rebels out of the garrison of Debre Zebit, a hilltop town located along “the China road”, that links the 300km east-west road from Woreta to Woldiya. The state media said…

At least thirty killed in South Gondar rebel attacks: Official

August 30, 2021 | by Ethiopia Observer |
At least thirty civilians, including one pregnant woman, were killed when the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) took control of four villages located in Farta woreda of South Gondar Zone of Amhara region, according to the Woreda Administrator. Wuletaw…
Recent attacks in the Amhara region send thousands fleeing in search of safety

Recent attacks in the Amhara region send thousands fleeing in search of safety

August 12, 2021 | by Ethiopia Observer |
Recent attacks by Tigray rebel groups in the Amhara region have prompted thousands of people to seek refuge in Dessie town, 400 km north of  Addis Ababa, over the past 4 days, with some sleeping in schools and churches, the…
More than 200 people were killed in refugee shelters in the Afar region

More than 200 people were killed in refugee shelters in the Afar region

August 9, 2021 | by Ethiopia Observer |
Tigray rebel forces were responsible for the attack, a spokesman for Afar region says At least 200 people, including more than 100 children, were killed in an attack on a village in the Afar region of Ethiopia, regional officials and…

Fighting continues in and around Lalibela town

August 7, 2021 | by Ethiopia Observer |
Tigray rebel forces pushed out of Adi Arkay Intense fighting has been reported along several fronts in and around the town of Lalibela on Friday, in a bid to recapture the tourist town, seized by the rebel forces from the…

UN official whose photo went viral “moves to another country”

August 1, 2021 | by Ethiopia Observer | 6
Tommy Thompson, the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) emergency coordinator, has left Ethiopia and “moved to another country” after being accused of having violated the UN’s humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality, it emerged. A spokesman for the WFP admitted…
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