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UNHCR Ethiopia Operation: Tigray Situation Update, 3 March 2021 Format Background On 4 November 2020, military confrontations between federal and regional forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, which borders both Sudan and Eritrea, led the Government to declare a State of Emergency. Since then, and despite the announcement of an official end to military operations at the end of November, Ethiopia’s Tigray region has continued to be affected by armed clashes and insecurity, with a serious impact on access and the provision of humanitarian assistance to refugees and Internally Displaced Person...

news Embassy holds Webinar on Current Situation in Ethiopia with Media, Think Tanks © Provided by Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) BRUSSELS February 27/2021(ENA) Ethiopian Embassy in Brussels has held a webinar to clarify the reality on the ground in Ethiopia, particularly in Tigray region for media houses and think tanks in Belgium. Attorney General, Gedion Timothewos, Commissioner of Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission, Mitiku Kassa and Director General of Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs, Tesfahun Gobezay were the guest speakers. The Attorney General Gedion briefed the a...

By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region housing Eritrean refugees have been shut and the occupants relocated, authorities said on Thursday, after the United Nations said residents had reported attacks, including by suspected Eritrean troops. Eritrean refugee children play within Hitsats refugee camp, near Eritrean boarder, Tigrai region, Ethiopia, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri The UNHCR refugee agency has called for protection for the residents of the Shimelba and Hitsats camps, which it says were attacked by armed men who killed and ...

Two camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region housing Eritrean refugees have been shut and the occupants relocated, authorities said on Thursday, after the United Nations said residents had reported attacks, including by suspected Eritrean troops.

Ethiopia plans to close Shimbela and Hitsats refugee camps in the northern state of Tigray, according to the country's refugee agency.