Ethiopia

• Calgarians hold rally for Amhara people of Ethiopia

  Dozens of Calgarians gathered for a peaceful demonstration Saturday to denounce what they say is ongoing ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia.

  Politics

  Mar 5, 2022
  
• Canada urges citizens back from Ethiopia amid unrest: ‘Leave immediately’

  The Canadian embassy in Addis Ababa is still open but consular assistance is limited. Joly warned Canadians 'should not count on evacuation flights' if things worsen.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2021
  
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• Canada withdrawing some staff from Ethiopia amid tensions in Tigray region

  Global Affairs Canada is urging people to consider leaving Ethiopia if they can do so safely.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2021
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• Ethiopia conflict brews as U.S. special envoy arrives for ceasefire talks

  The year-long conflict in Ethiopia has killed thousands of people, forced more than two million more from their homes, and left 400,000 people in Tigray facing famine.

  World

  Nov 4, 2021
• Efforts to calm rising violence in Ethiopia grow urgent as conflict enters 2nd year

  Rival Tigray forces seized key cities in recent days and linked up with another armed group, leading the government to declare a national state of emergency.

  World

  Nov 4, 2021
• Ethiopia’s PM vows to bury enemy forces ‘with our blood’ amid state of emergency

  Ethiopia broke out into war with Tigrayan forces one year ago Nov. 3, and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Wednesday that he vows to finish the conflict.

  World

  Nov 3, 2021
• Canada must stop aid to Ethiopia in light of human rights violations: advocates

  Ottawa should stop sending millions of dollars in aid to the Ethiopian government and push for a no-fly zone and delivering air-dropped food to the people of the Tigray region.

  World

  Jun 29, 2021
• Canada, other G7 nations condemn Ethiopia violence in Tigray region

  They denounced reports of mass civilian killings, sexual and gender-based violence, and the forced displacement of thousands of local residents and Eritrean refugees living there.

  World

  Apr 2, 2021
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• Ethiopian army to move in on Tigray capital as surrender ultimatum runs out, PM says

  The statement Thursday by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office means tanks and other weaponry can now close in on the city of some half-million people.

  World

  Nov 26, 2020
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• ‘We just ran’: Women, children flee gunfire as violence grows in Ethiopia

  Civilians are caught in the middle of what some experts describe as a conflict akin to an inter-state war, so heavily armed is each side.

  World

  Nov 24, 2020