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Ethiopia Envoy: Eritrean Troops in Tigray Will `Leave Soon’

A young boy looks up as displaced Tigrayans line up to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Sunday, May 9, 2021. The 15 kilograms of wheat, half a kilogram of peas and some cooking oil per person, to last a month — was earmarked only for the most vulnerable. That included pregnant mothers and elderly people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
By: AP Ethiopia’s U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that Eritrean troops who have been fighting with his country’s forces in a war against the Tigray region’s fugitive leaders “will definitely leave soon,” a move that would be welcomed by many including the United Nations whose humanitarian...

Blinken Presses Ethiopia’s Abiy on Withdrawal of Eritreans From Tigray

REUTERS/JOSHUA ROBERTS - Anthony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday pressed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for troops from Eritrea involved in the Tigray conflict to be withdrawn "immediately, in full, and in a verifiable manner," according to a statement. Blinken said Eritrean forces and Amhara regional...

Op-Ed: Where is Abiy’s Leadership

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
By: Abdiaziz Ali Hussein Onslaughts and counter onslaughts will neither bring last peace nor victory into the yard of any region. Actors who can consciously touch the FULL STOP switch of the tension between the two brotherly regions, Afar and Somali must do thier...

Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have started withdrawing from Tigray

Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have started withdrawing from Tigray
 BY:REUTERS Eritrean forces have started withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Tigray region in the north, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said. The United States, Germany, France and other G7 countries called on Friday for a swift, unconditional and verifiable withdrawal of the Eritrean soldiers, followed by a political process...

Ethiopia PM Abiy says Eritrea to withdraw troops from Tigray

Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed Appoints Various Officials To Top Positions
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces from Tigray, which witnessed mass atrocities against civilians during the months-long conflict in the restive region. “In our March 26, 2021 discussions with President Isaias Afwerki during my visit to Asmara, the...

Ethiopia PM Security Advisor Briefs President Of Somalia On Operation In Tigray

Ethiopia PM Security Advisor Briefs President Of Somalia On Operation In Tigray
Security Advisor of Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy ahmed, Gedu Andargachew has today briefed President of Somalia, Mohammed Abdulahi Mohammed Formajo on government’s law enforcement operation in Tigray. According to State-Run media Fana, Gedu explained that the law enforcement operation in the Tigray Region is proceeding...

Egypt, Eritrea discuss developments on GERD negotiations and current situation in Ethiopia

By:Staff Writer Eritrea's delegation led by its Foreign Minister Osman Saleh in Cairo, Egypt for talks with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri. Discussion between the two include developments on GERD negotiations and "current situation in Ethiopia." According to Yemane G/Meskel, Eritrea's Minister of information, Eritrea's delegation...

US ‘strongly condemns Tigray forces’ attacks on Eritrea

By: Staff Writer The U.S. State Department’s top diplomat for Africa on Sunday strongly condemned attacks by Ethiopia’s Tigray region on neighboring Eritrea. “The United States strongly condemns the TPLF’s unjustifiable attacks against Eritrea on November 14 and its efforts to internationalize the conflict in Tigray,”...

Ethiopia’s Tigray leader confirms firing missiles at Eritrea

Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia region wait to register at the UNCHR center at Hamdayet, Sudan on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray regional government has fired rockets at two airports in the neighboring Amhara region as a deadly conflict threatens to spread into other parts of Africa’s second-most populous country. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)
By: Associated Press The leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighbouring Eritrea’s capital and is threatening more, marking a huge escalation as the deadly fighting in northern Ethiopia between Tigray forces and the federal government spills across an international border. Tigray...

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki arrives in Ethiopia to boost ties

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki (R) is being welcomed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (2nd R) at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport ( FILE PHOTO - Anadolu Agency )
Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki arrived in Ethiopia for a three-day official visit on Monday. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was at Jimma Airport to welcome his Eritrean counterpart as the latter landed in Jimma – a city filled with history and is rich in natural...