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Ethiopian forces battled overnight to repel an assault by Tigray rebels in the Afar region, a humanitarian source said Friday, with reports of an internet blackout in the north of the country. Rebels in the northern Tigray region seized local airports and launched attacks into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara this week, saying…
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Eritrea on Saturday (September 12) accused Ethiopia of destabilising the region, in the latest war of words between the two fractious Horn of Africa neighbours. Eritrea won independence in 1993 after decades of armed unrest. A two-year war between 1998 and 2000 then left tens of thousands dead and sent diplomatic relations into a deep…
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Three years ago, Ethiopia emerged from a bloody war in the northern Tigray region which claimed at least 6,00,000 lives, according to the African Union. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto “Rebels in Ethiopia’s most populous region of Oromia have committed summary executions, gang rapes and sexual slavery against women and girls between 2020 and 2024,”…