Tag: Tigray

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) - Somalia denied on Tuesday that it had sent troops to the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia to fight on the side of Addis Ababa. Minister ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) - Opposition factions in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia confirmed that explosions, looting and skirmishes continued in parts of the region on Saturday, after government ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 P.M.) - The Ethiopian government announced on Tuesday that a high-ranking politician linked to the rebellion in the northern Tigray region has surrendered to government forces. In ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) The commander of the rebel forces in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia said that his forces had shot down a federal army plane and captured ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) - Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, announced the end of military operations in the restive Tigray region and the control of federal forces over Mekele, the ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 P.M.) - The Ethiopian army managed to enter the capital of the Tigray region, Mekele, as part of the final stage of military operations against the Tigrayan ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) - The Ethiopian army announced that it had taken control of the city of Wickro, about 50 km to the north of the city of Mek'ele, ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) - The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, announced in a statement on Thursday that the army would begin the "final stage" of an offensive against the ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave the anti-government Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours to surrender on Sunday. The head of the region Debretsion Gebremichael rejected the demands, saying that ...

The Tigray forces on Tuesday announced that they had "completely destroyed" the 21st mechanised division of the Ethiopian Army. The Ethiopian government has commented on the claim yet. Earlier in ...