2021-06-03 17:30:44 GMT2021-06-04 01:30:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ADDIS ABABA, June 3 (Xinhua) The Ethiopian Federal Attorney General Office announced on Thursday criminal charges have been filed against 53 soldiers accused of killing and raping civilians.
Speaking to journalists, Ethiopia Attorney General, Gedion Timothewos, said 53 soldiers have been indicted on criminal charges relating to accusations of killings and rapes in Ethiopia s northern Tigray regional state. Military prosecutors have conducted their own investigation and so far, they have pressed charges against 28 soldiers who have been suspected of killing civilians in such situations where there was no military necessity, said Timothewos. Furthermore, military prosecutors have pressed charges against 25 soldiers who have been suspected of committing acts of sexual violence and rape, the trials of these suspects are underway and so far, there have been four convictions, he further said.
2021-05-26 08:05:51 GMT2021-05-26 16:05:51(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ADDIS ABABA, May 26 (Xinhua) Over 1.7 million people displaced due to conflict in northern Ethiopia are in need of urgent assistance, a United Nations agency said Tuesday.
The International Organization for Migration said an assessment through its tracking matrix conducted between April 1 to 22 showed more than 1.7 million internally displaced people are in need of urgent assistance across 265 accessible locations in the conflict-hit Tigray region and its neighboring Afar and Amhara regions.
The agency said some 1,645,944 displaced individuals are in the Tigray region, another 48,420 in Afar and 20,812 in Amhara.
The migration organization said that its tracking data and other datasets show there is a pressing need to deal with growing food insecurity, particularly to assist those displaced, as well as providing shelter, water, sanitation, hygiene and other non-food items.
2021-05-24 15:56:07 GMT2021-05-24 23:56:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ADDIS ABABA, May 24 (Xinhua) The Ethiopian government on Monday denounced the decision by the U.S. administration to impose visa restrictions on Ethiopian officials in connection with the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
On Sunday, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, announced visa restrictions for any current or former Ethiopian or Eritrean government officials, members of the security forces, or other individuals responsible for, or complicit in, undermining resolution of the crisis in Tigray.
The Ethiopian government said the decision came at a time when the Ethiopian government has been engaging positively and constructively with the U.S. administration on issues of common concern.