“Gabrgeorgis says that in his town — Sheraro on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border — the Eritrean military took over when Ethiopian troops left. “”They beat us with the machine guns, they would make us lie on the ground and put the weapon in our mouths,”” he said. “”If you are afraid, they will kill you, and if you don’t show fear, they turn you on your back and hit you with the back of the rifle.”””
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Ethiopia’s war risks leaving manufacturing dreams in tatters
Bangladeshi textile firm DBL compound was rocked by an explosion which makes clothes mainly for Swedish fashion giant H&M and is one of at least three foreign garment makers to have suspended operations in Tigray. H&M said it was “very concerned” and was closely monitoring the situation. “We have three suppliers in Tigray, and the production there has come to a halt,” the company told Reuters, also other suppliers in tigray or Ethiopia comment on the economic impact of the war, as well as prior to the war with covid and other unrest within Ethiopia that had them close thier office.
In Pictures: Ethiopian refugees in Sudan face uncertain future
Tens of thousands of displaced Ethiopian refugees are running out of food and water due to the month-long conflict that has forced almost 50,000 to flee.
Those who fled the violence believe they are the lucky ones. A vast majority of the refugees living in Sudan’s Um Rakuba camp, which means “mother of all shelters”, are male. They say they saw other men being killed, and fled for their lives.
COVID-19 outbreak concerns at Sudan’s crowded refugee camps
“Tens of thousands of refugees are living in makeshift homes in Sudan’s Um Rakouba refugee camp. But a lack of testing facilities and zero social distancing are the main concerns that could cause a potential outbreak of COVID-19 in the camp.”
I Don’t Know Where My Children Are’: Ethiopian Refugees Recount Horrors of War
“The soldiers came in the middle of the day and started to kill young men,” said Giray Seyfu, 24, who worked in agricultural irrigation in Mai Kadra, a town in northern Tigray.
“They stormed the town, hacked people with knives, shot bullets and beat people to death with sticks. I must have seen about 130 people dead. We had to run,” Seyfu said.
Daily arrivals of Tigray refugees to Sudan more than doubles
The United Nations says new fighting in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray is forcing more civilians to flee to neighbouring Sudan.
CNN: Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region say Eritrean troops are part of the conflict and the war is far from over
- “90% of the forces operating in Tigray are from Eritrea.”
- The conflict, which began in early November, threatens to undo years of progress in Africa’s second most populous country and the restive Horn of Africa region. More than 47,000 Ethiopian refugees have now crossed into Sudan, said Babar Baloch, the global spokesman for UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency.
ABC News: Ethiopia’s hidden war in Tigray threatens return to ethnic violence and instability
Tens of thousands of people have fled the ongoing conflict in Tigray, crossing Ethiopia’s border into Sudan and arriving at refugee camps. Abu Obeida El Siddig Mohamed, chief field officer for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund in Kassala, eastern Sudan, said the Tigrayan refugees he’s screened — many women and children — are “exhausted,” “traumatized” and “in dire need of assistance.”
“I am an activist and we have some activists on the ground who try to feed us with some information from time to time,” Gidey told ABC News. “But the the one thing that we’re hearing predominantly is the cities that are controlled by forces loyal to Abiy Ahmed are going through horrific, horrific experiences. Mothers are being raped, properties and houses are being looted. The young generation, particularly those who are believed to have the capacity to mobilize the youths, are being shot at.”
Ethiopia Airlines accused of ethnic profiling over civil war with Tigray
Staff at Africa’s largest airline are being ethnically profiled and excluded from work because they come from a region embroiled in a civil war with the Ethiopian government.
Ethiopians from conflict-torn Tigray say they’re facing ethnic profiling
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has declared that the conflict in the northern Tigray region has come to an end. Abiy is calling for reconciliation and unity. But Ethiopia’s society remains as fractured as ever. On top of that, authorities are being accused of ethnic profiling as The World’s Halima Gikandi reports from Addis Ababa.