Speech by Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen at the European Parliament plenary debate on Humanitarian situation in Ethiopia 11/02/2021 Our decision to postpone the disbursement of three budget support payments for a total amount of EUR 88.5 million must be seen in that...
Beginning on November 3th, 2020, the Special Forces and militias of the Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia, the entire army (some eighteen divisions) of the Ethiopian Defence Forces (EDF), some twenty divisions of the Eritrean Defence Forces, a detachment of several...
The European Parliament urges the Ethiopian Government to restore all forms of communication to Tigray as an act of accountability and transparency for its military operations in the region and to allow free communication among the people of Tigray; stresses the...
Worryingly, refugees in Sudan have told the media that Ethiopian forces near the border are impeding people from leaving. Reporters from have seen that crossings have slowed to a trickle in recent days. Ethiopia’s government has not commented on that. Near the...
Ethiopia has urged the international community to refrain from “unwelcome and unlawful acts of interference” in its affairs following calls to end the conflict in the northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called the military offensive a...