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Ethiopia: Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Mr Demeke Mekonnen

Today in Brussels, I met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Mr Demeke Mekonnen. Ethiopia is undergoing challenging times. I expressed my great concern regarding increasing ethnic-targeted violence, numerous casualties and violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law. I also conveyed my analysis that this conflict is already seriously destabilising the region.

I also discussed the deterioration of the humanitarian situation, in Ethiopia and in the region, notably in Sudan. International Humanitarian Law needs to be upheld. On behalf of the EU, I have called for safe and free movement and protection of civilians, vulnerable groups and IDPs.

The message of the EU is clear: we call on all parties to put in place the conditions that will facilitate unimpeded access to people in need, the cessation of hostilities, the non-interference of any external party, and the freedom of the media. Engagement with the High-Level Envoys appointed by the Chair of the African Union should open the door for a dialogue that is the only way forward to avoid further destabilisation.

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UK parliament. discusses Ethiopia and Tigray....UN Security Council to discuss today despite Africa's opposition to the meeting...Asmara alert still on US Embassy in Asmara website

Event: The Embassy received reports today that neighborhood wardens in some areas of Asmara, at the instruction of Eritrean government officials, have advised residents to remain indoors this evening. All U.S. Citizens in Asmara are advised to continue to exercise caution, remain in their homes, and conduct only essential travel until further notice.

" The parties to the conflict have been offered mediation; this must be taken up now." Foreign Minister Heiko Maas

Image may contain: one or more people and suit 11/24/2020 Foreign Minister Heiko Maas today issued the following statement on the armed conflict and humanitarian situation in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia:

Ethiopia and its neighbouring countries have already had to face huge challenges this year in the form of floods, the locust invasion and COVID‑19. And now there is the armed conflict in the Tigray region, which is dividing the country, harming the people and having an impact on neighbouring states. This is extremely dangerous.

In order to respond directly to the emergency and to provide life-saving assistance, we have now decided to top up our humanitarian assistance for Ethiopia by a further five million euro. We will make this funding available to the Country-Based Pooled Fund and thus to aid workers on the ground so that they can help people who have lost their homes or are fleeing from the fighting.

What is needed to resolve the conflict is a political process that starts with de-escalation and dialogue and continues the course of reform launched by Prime Minister Abiy. The parties to the conflict have been offered mediation; this must be taken up now.

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�'ኩነታት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ናይ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣተሓሳሳቢ ኮይኑ'ሎ''፣ ሕ.ሃ.

Radio Erena: 22 November 2020

ኩነታት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ናይ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣተሓሳሳቢ ኮይኑ ከምዘሎ፣ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ደጊሙ ኣጠንቂቑ።
ወኪል ተጸዋዒ ስደተኛታት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ዝሃበቶ ቃል፣ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝርከቡ ልዕሊ 100 ሽሕ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣብ ናይ ኲናት ዞባ ተቐርቂሮም ስለዝርከቡ፣ ውሕስነቶም ኣዝዩ ኣስጋኢ ኮይኑ ከምዘሎ ሓቢራ።

እቲ ውድብ ኣብ መግለጺኡ፣ እቶም ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ህይወቶም ዳርጋ ምሉእ ብምሉእ ኣብ ሰብኣዊ ረዲኤት ዝምርኮስ ኣብ ርእሲ ምዃኑ፣ ብሰንኪ'ዚ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ውግእ ከኣ ኩሉ ዓይነት መራኸቢታት ተበቲኹ ስለዘሎ፣ ጸገማቶም ንምግማቱ እኳ ኣሸጋሪ ኮይኑ ከምዘሎ ኣመልኪቱ።
እዞም ኣብ ሃገሮም ካብ ዘሎ ምልኪ ኣምሊጦም ፖለቲካዊ ዑቕባ ዝሓተቱ ኤርትራውያን፣ ናይ ኩሎም ወገናት መጣልዒ ፖለቲካ ከይኮኑ ሓያሎ ዲፕሎማሰኛታት ስግኣቶም ክገልጹ ጸኒሖም እዮም።
ብፍላይ ንተወላዶ ትግራይ ንምርካብ ተባሂሉ፣ ብስም ትግርኛ ይዛረቡ'ዮም ኢልካ ዝግበር ዓሌታዊ ኣፈላላይ እንዳገነነ ኣብ ዝመጻሉ ዘሎ እዋን፣ እዞም ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ቀንዲ ዳያት ክኾኑ ከምዝኽእሉ ብኣግኡ ክሕበር ጸኒሑ'ዩ።
ተጸዋዒ ስደተኛታት ኣብ መወዳእታ፣ ኣብ ትግራይ ናብ ዝርከባ ኣርባዕተ መዓስከራት ስደተኛታት ክንቀሳቐስን፣ ሰብኣዊ ረዲኤት ክገብር ክፍቀደሉን፣ ተማጺኑ።
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ፋሽሽታዊያን ኣብይ ኣሕመድን ኢሳያስን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ዘካይድዎ ዘለው ወራር ብምድጋፍ ዩናይትድ ዓረብ ኤሜሬትስ(UAE) ተካይዶ ዘላ ደብዳብ ነፈርቲ ብምቅዋም ዋሽንግተን ዲሲ ኣብ ዝርከብ ኢምባሲ እታ ሃገር ዝካየድ ዘሎ ተቃውሞ ሰልፊ።TMH

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: UN urges protection of civilians (in Mekele)
Mon, November 23, 2020, 8:03 AM EST

Woman carrying child

The UN has urged Ethiopian authorities to ensure the protection of civilians as the army plans to attack the capital of the northern region of Tigray.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday announced a 72-hour deadline for the region's fighters to surrender.

The army warned Mekelle's 500,000 residents that soldiers would "encircle" the city and attack it.

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the mountainous region, has vowed to keep fighting.

The conflict has reportedly killed hundreds and displaced thousands in recent weeks. The UN has warned it could trigger a humanitarian crisis.
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Joe Biden's Secretary of State pick Tony Blinken tweeted November 18, 2020
"Deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, reports of targeted ethnic violence, and the risk to regional peace and security. The TPLF and Ethiopian authorities should take urgent steps to end the conflict, enable humanitarian access, and protect civilians."
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Ambassador Susan Rice tweets that attack on Mekele would be a war crime!!














ብሐባር፡ ውግእ ደው ክብል ዝጽውዕ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍታት ተጋሩን ኤርትራውያንን፡፡ ዋሺንግተን ዲሲ ሎሚ 11 21 2020 ካብ ቨርጂንያ ናብ ዲሲ ዘእቱ ዓቢ ድልድል 14th Street Bridge ብሰለፈኛታት ዝዓጽወ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ፡፡

Ethiopia: Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Mr Demeke Mekonnen

�'ኩነታት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ናይ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣተሓሳሳቢ ኮይኑ'ሎ''፣ ሕ.ሃ.

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: UN urges protection of civilians (in Mekele) Mon, November 23, 2020, 8:03 AM EST

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: UN urges protection of civilians (in Mekele)
Mon, November 23, 2020, 8:03 AM EST