Conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region

Getachew Reda

Inserted 1 year ago

“Eritrea is deploying its entire army as well as reservists. Our forces are heroically defending their positions.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)

19 Sep 2022 2 3

Goitom Gebreluel

Inserted 2 years ago

“Abiy [Abiy Ahmed] has continuously lied on humanitarian aid and the presence of Eritrean soldiers, among other things. It wouldn't be rational to take his word. A truce as with any other peace deal should be formalized and transparent, with mediators providing some guarantees. With such a framework absent, one shouldn't be hopeful.”

Aljazeera

Researcher and political analyst on the Horn of Africa

28 Mar 2022 4 2

Fesseha Tessema

Inserted 2 years ago

“Our position is clear. We are ready to observe a ceasefire for humanitarian operations and for public services to be restored. But there have been no developments on the ground until this day.”

Aljazeera

TPLF adviser and a former Ethiopian diplomat

28 Mar 2022 2 2

Laetitia Bader

Inserted 2 years ago

“The global paralysis on Ethiopia's armed conflict has emboldened human rights abusers to act with impunity and left communities at risk feeling abandoned. As evidence of atrocities mounts, world leaders should support the creation of an international investigative mechanism and the UN Security Council should put Ethiopia on its formal agenda.”

Hrw

Horn of Africa director at Human Rights Watch

16 Dec 2021 3 3

Joanne Mariner

Inserted 2 years ago

“The new onslaught of abuses by Amhara forces against Tigrayan civilians remaining in several towns in Western Tigray should ring alarm bells. Without urgent international action to prevent further atrocities, Tigrayans, particularly those in detention, are at grave risk.”

Hrw

Director of crisis response at Amnesty International

16 Dec 2021 7 4

Gebremeskel Kassa

Inserted 2 years ago

“From that day, Abiy [Abiy Ahmed] felt he was one of the most influential personalities in the world. He felt he had a lot of international support, and that if he went to war in Tigray, nothing would happen. And he was right.”

Nytimes

Former senior Abiy administration official now in exile in Europe

15 Dec 2021 (approx) 2 4

Getachew Reda

Inserted 2 years ago

“Yet another drone attack on civilian neighborhood in Mekelle. Desperate moves by a desperate regime teetering on the brink.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)

26 Nov 2021 4 4

Abraham Belay

Inserted 2 years ago

“There will be change. What happened and is happening to our people, the abuses being meted out by this destructive, terrorist, robber group, can't continue.”

Aljazeera

Ethiopian Defense Minister

22 Nov 2021 0 2

Martin Griffiths

Inserted 2 years ago

“Millions of people in northern Ethiopia are living on a knife-edge as the humanitarian crisis is growing deeper and wider. Across the country, needs are rising.”

Aljazeera

United Nations humanitarian chief

15 Nov 2021 2 3

Agnes Callamard

Inserted 2 years ago

“The testimonies we heard from survivors describe despicable acts by TPLF fighters [Tigray People's Liberation Front] that amount to war crimes, and potentially crimes against humanity. They defy morality or any iota of humanity.”

Aljazeera

Secretary General of Amnesty International

10 Nov 2021 6 3

Samuel Getachew

Inserted 2 years ago

“This is an independent investigation, this is the moment we had been waiting for. Ethiopia needs to address what really happened without making any compromise.”

Aljazeera

Independent journalist in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa

03 Nov 2021 1 3

Michelle Bachelet

Inserted 2 years ago

“Civilians in Tigray have been subjected to brutal violence and suffering. The joint investigation team has covered numerous violations and abuses including unlawful killings and extrajudicial executions, torture, sexual and gender-based violence, violations against refugees and forced displacement of civilians. It is vital that all parties heed the repeated calls to end hostilities.”

Aljazeera

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

03 Nov 2021 8 5

William Davison

Inserted 2 years ago

“The highway is absolutely vital for the national economy. If the Tigrayan forces are able to control that corridor, they can increase pressure on the federal government by restricting the flow of trade. Also, there is the potential for creating a humanitarian corridor to take supplies from Djibouti directly to Tigray bypassing the federal government, therefore providing much needed humanitarian relief to Tigray.”

Aljazeera

Senior Analyst at International Crisis Group

02 Nov 2021 6 4

Getachew Reda

Inserted 2 years ago

“We have to make sure the siege on Tigray is broken. We have to make sure that our children are not dying from hunger and starvation. We have to make sure that there is access to food, so we'll do what it takes to make sure that the siege is broken. If marching to Addis [Addis Ababa] is what it takes to break the siege, we will.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)

02 Nov 2021 5 4

Jeffrey Feltman

Inserted 2 years ago

“We have consistently condemned the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] expansion of the war outside Tigray and we continue to call on the TPLF to withdraw from Afar and Amhara. The expansion of the war however is as predictable as unacceptable given that the Ethiopian government began cutting off humanitarian relief and commercial access to Tigray in June which continues to these days despite horrifying conditions of reported widespread famine.”

Aljazeera

U.S. special envoy for Horn of Africa

02 Nov 2021 7 4

Selamawit Kassa

Inserted 2 years ago

“Today the western front of (Mai Tsebri) which was serving as a training and military command post for the terrorist group TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] has been the target of an air strike.”

Aljazeera

Ethiopian government spokeswoman

24 Oct 2021 4 3

Samuel Getachew

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Ethiopian side keeps saying they are targeting a terrorist organisation that they've declared earlier this year. The TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] is saying the Ethiopian government is creating some kind of genocide. There doesn't seem to be an end in sight.”

Aljazeera

Independent journalist in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa

22 Oct 2021 4 4

William Davison

Inserted 2 years ago

“What we have is a gigantic political problem that is driving this conflict. I think everyone is looking to the African Union envoy to really impress on these Ethiopian parties that unless they change track here then the country is just going to be on the path to increased deterioration.”

Aljazeera

Senior Analyst at International Crisis Group

18 Oct 2021 2 3

Getachew Reda

Inserted 2 years ago

“Monday is market day in Mekelle and the intention is all too palpable.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)

18 Oct 2021 2 3

Legesse Tulu

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is no reason, or no plan, to strike civilians in Mekelle, which is a part of Ethiopia, and home to our own citizens. This is an absolute lie. It is a total and absolute lie of the TPLF junta [Tigray People's Liberation Front], just to misguide the international community, to create pressure on the Ethiopian state.”

Aljazeera

Head of the Ethiopian government communication service

18 Oct 2021 7 3

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“Eritrea is deploying its entire army as well as reservists. Our forces are heroically defending their positions.”

“Our position is clear. We are ready to observe a ceasefire for humanitarian operations and for public services to be restored. But there have been no developments on the ground until this day.”

“The new onslaught of abuses by Amhara forces against Tigrayan civilians remaining in several towns in Western Tigray should ring alarm bells. Without urgent international action to prevent further atrocities, Tigrayans, particularly those in detention, are at grave risk.”

“From that day, Abiy [Abiy Ahmed] felt he was one of the most influential personalities in the world. He felt he had a lot of international support, and that if he went to war in Tigray, nothing would happen. And he was right.”

“Yet another drone attack on civilian neighborhood in Mekelle. Desperate moves by a desperate regime teetering on the brink.”

“There will be change. What happened and is happening to our people, the abuses being meted out by this destructive, terrorist, robber group, can't continue.”

“Millions of people in northern Ethiopia are living on a knife-edge as the humanitarian crisis is growing deeper and wider. Across the country, needs are rising.”

“The testimonies we heard from survivors describe despicable acts by TPLF fighters [Tigray People's Liberation Front] that amount to war crimes, and potentially crimes against humanity. They defy morality or any iota of humanity.”

“This is an independent investigation, this is the moment we had been waiting for. Ethiopia needs to address what really happened without making any compromise.”

“Today the western front of (Mai Tsebri) which was serving as a training and military command post for the terrorist group TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] has been the target of an air strike.”

“The Ethiopian side keeps saying they are targeting a terrorist organisation that they've declared earlier this year. The TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] is saying the Ethiopian government is creating some kind of genocide. There doesn't seem to be an end in sight.”

“What we have is a gigantic political problem that is driving this conflict. I think everyone is looking to the African Union envoy to really impress on these Ethiopian parties that unless they change track here then the country is just going to be on the path to increased deterioration.”

“Monday is market day in Mekelle and the intention is all too palpable.”

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