Ethiopian news agency says 10,000 people ‘destroyed’ in war

[ad_1] ADDIS ABABA, Nov 25 (Reuters) – A news agency in Ethiopia’s Amhara region said on Wednesday that more than 10,000 Tigrayan soldiers had been “destroyed” during a three-week conflict raging in the mountainous north. The report from the regional government-run AMMA agency in Amhara, where authorities back Prime Minister …

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Blinken, Sullivan and Erdoğan | Ahval

[ad_1] “Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests.” Although this famous quote from the 19th century British statesman Lord Palmerston is as true now as it was then, demonstrated by its repetition in shattered form by many statesmen of the 20th and 21st centuries, it …

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Ultimatum for the rebels of Tigray to surrender

[ad_1] ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The Ethiopian army surrounded the city of Mekele, capital of the regional state of Tigray, on Wednesday when the rebels refused to surrender. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s four-day deadline for Tigray’s forces to surrender is about to expire. Ethiopia launched an operation on 4 November against …

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