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Reports of hundreds dead in Ethiopia’s bombardment of Tigray region

Ethiopia's Nobel-winning leader has said his nation was not descending into "chaos" despite a military offensive against the restive Tigray region, where air strikes and fighting have reportedly killed hundreds of people in recent days. A military official in Amhara told Reuters news agency on Monday that the clashes with Tigrayan forces in Kirakir, near the border between the regions of Tigray and Amhara, had killed nearly 500 Tigrayan forces. […]

today10 November 2020

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Saleh death will intensify civil war

The death of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh raises doubts about the future of the war-torn country, as a Saudi-led coalition's fight against Houthi rebels will likely intensify, analysts say. Saleh was killed on Monday by Houthi fighters - his former allies - and his death is considered a "very big blow" to his forces, said Hakim al-Masmari, editor-in-chief of the Yemen Post. "His house has been under siege […]

today5 December 2017

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South Sudan ambush leaves six aid workers dead, UN says

Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan, the UN says, in the deadliest single incident for humanitarians since the country's civil war began. The "heinous murder" occurred on Saturday, said Eugene Owusu, the UN's humanitarian chief in South Sudan. The UN did not say who the victims were or what aid agency they worked for. They were traveling between Juba, the capital, and the town of Pibor. At […]

today27 March 2017

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UN: South Sudan on brink of ethnic civil war

South Sudan is "on the brink of an all-out ethnic civil war which could destabilise the entire region", the head of a team of UN human rights investigators told the UN Human Rights Council, describing a shattered country where children as young as two have been raped. In her speech to the council, Yasmin Sooka, who heads the three-member UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, urged immediate deployment […]

today15 December 2016

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