The Horn of Africa on the Brink: analysing the Ethiopia-Eritrea Crisis, Sea Access, and the Fight for Sovereignty The Horn of Africa stands at a perilous crossroads, where the echoes of past wars threaten to drown out the fragile hope for peace. At the heart of this...
High Commissioner Filippo Grandi, who recently concluded a mission to Ethiopia, described the situation in Tigray as “extremely grave”. Greetings everybody. I conclude tonight my fifth visit to Ethiopia as UN High Commissioner for Refugees and at the outset I would...
The Ethiopian regime is by far the biggest source of a concerted and well-financed disinformation campaign. The war in Tigray heightened the stakes and made Abiy’s tactics more visible to international onlookers, but the pattern of disinformation, intolerance, and...
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...