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UNHCR Refutes Allegation of Refugees Being ‘Forcefully Returned’ to Eritrea | BY The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has refuted media’s allegations about the abduction and forced return of Eritrean refugees sheltered in refugee camps in Tigray regional state of Ethiopia. Last Saturday, UNHCR’s delegation led by Country Representative Ann Allen Encontre paid a visit to Mai-Ani and Adi-Harush refugee camps in Tigray State accompanied by officials from the Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) of Ethiopia. According to EPA, the officials held discussion w...

Ethiopia: Beyond the Politics of Hate led by Meles, Seyoum and Tedros December 19, 2020 Addis Ababa (HAN) August 22, 2016. After waves of public protests that denounced long-time ruling party the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopia has experienced a political transformation. analyzing data primarily generated from interviews with government officials, members of civil society organizations, journalists, human rights advocates, and freedom of speech activists. Ethiopia: Beyond the Politics of Hate By Al Mariam Statement of my credo: Hate is the one crumbling wall that...

Ethiopia: Emergency Food Assistance Under Distribution in Shire Town 18 December, 2020 - 10:40 Country: Ethiopia Source: Government of Ethiopia Addis Ababa, December 17/2020( ENA) The National Risk Management Commission said it has been effectively distributing food supplies in three sites of Shire town, Tigray State, as part of the humanitarian assistance being delivered to the region. About 25,000 displaced persons in three different refugee camps are receiving humanitarian assistance, according to ENA reporter who witnessed the distribution underway. Risk Response and Mon...

Emergency Food Assistance Under Distribution in Shire Town Format Addis Ababa, December 17/2020 (ENA) The National Risk Management Commission said it has been effectively distributing food supplies in three sites of Shire town, Tigray State, as part of the humanitarian assistance being delivered to the region. About 25,000 displaced persons in three different refugee camps are receiving humanitarian assistance, according to ENA reporter who witnessed the distribution underway. Risk Response and Monitoring Head, Taye Getachew told Ethiopian News Agency that the National Risk Management Commiss...

Fighting between the federal government and the TPLF started early November.  The Tigray region of Ethiopia has been almost entirely shut off from the rest of the world since fighting broke out. Communications were partially restored in the Western part of the region a few weeks ago, and in and around Tigray's capital, Mekele, on Sunday. This came as a relief for families who were able to reconnect after almost six weeks of silence and uncertainty. But for the rest — the North and Central areas —  questions linger. Aid access The UN Security Council on Monday held an informal meeting ...