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26 November 2020" SOURCE : AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES In statement hours after an ultimatum for TPLF to surrender expired, the prime minister asks residents in capital Mekelle to ‘stay indoors’.Abiy's government set a 72-hour ultimatum on Sunday for the TPLF to lay down its arms or face an assault on Mekelle [Eduardo Soteras/AFP] Advertisements " The Ethiopian military will begin the “final phase” of an offensive in the northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said in a statement, hours after an ultimatum for the Tigrayan forces to surrender expired. UN warns of ‘very critical’ shortages in Ethiopia’s Tigray regionEthiopian army castaways may expand TPLF’s fight past MekelleHow Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia-first nationalism led to civil warIn Pictures: Inside Humer...

25 Nof 2020" SOURCE : AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES A surrender deadline for Tigray forces is just hours away with Ethiopia’s military threatening to bombard the regional capital – a city of half a million people. Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday rejected growing international demands for dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the northern Tigray region as “interference”, saying his country will handle the conflict on its own as the 72-hour surrender ultimatum expires at 16:30 GMT . ADVERTISEMENTS " Buruuj Construction Company Ethiopian army castaways may expand TPLF’s fight past MekelleEthiopia capturing Tigray capital may not end conflict: AnalystsAt least 600 killed in Mai Kadra massacre: Ethiopian rights bodyHow Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia-first nationalism l...

24,November 2020 Aljazeera As federal forces encircle Makelle and TPLF remains defiant, analysts fear capture of the city may not bring the crisis to an end, Leaders in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray state have rejected the government’s claims that federal troops are surrounding the regional capital, Mekelle, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gives the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) until Wednesday to surrender. TPLF leaders on Tuesday said the Tigrayan people are “ready to die” in defence of their land and said they have “completely destroyed” the federal army’s 21st mechanised division, advertisements " Later on Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council is expected to discuss the unrest, which has forced tens of thousands of Ethiopian civilians to seek refuge in ne...

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By Reuters, Wire Service ContentNov. 23, 2020 Ethiopia's Redwan Hussein, spokesperson for the newly established State of Emergency task force and State Minister for the Foreign Affairs, speaks during a news conference regarding the fighting between Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray Regional Special Forces, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa NegeriREUTERS ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopian federal forces were encircling the Tigray region's capital from around 50 km (30 miles) on Monday, the government said, after giving the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) a 72-hour surrender ultimatum. "The beginning of the end is within reach," government spokesman Redwan Hussein said of th...

22 November 2020 Aljazeera Tigray official denies capital has been encircled, saying Ethiopian forces could not ‘move an inch for more than one week’. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given forces in the northern Tigray region a three-day ultimatum to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the rebel-held regional capital of Mekelle. ADVERTISEMENTS " Abiy’s statement came hours after an Ethiopian military spokesman said the army plans to surround Mekelle with tanks and may attack it with artillery to end a nearly three-week war, urging civilians to “save themselves”. Military spokesman Colonel Dejene Tsegaye told the Ethiopia Broadcasting Corporation the next phase of the operation was “to encircle Mekelle using tanks”. “We want to send a message...

22 November 2020 BBC news The Ethiopian government will not talk with leaders of the northern Tigray region to end the conflict there, an aide to PM Abiy Ahmed has told the BBC. "We don't negotiate with criminals... We bring them to justice, not to the negotiating table," said Mamo Mihretu. African leaders have urged the government to meet Tigrayan leaders, The conflict has reportedly killed hundreds and displaced thousands in recent weeks. The UN has warned it could trigger a humanitarian crisis. On Friday, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union Chairperson, announced the appointment of three former presidents to lead talks to end the conflict. But Ethiopia has rejected the offer, seeing its operation as an internal "law enforceme...

21 November 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/ Violence in northern Ethiopia will probably drive 200,000 people into neighbouring Sudan over the coming months, UN agencies have warned, where food, shelter and medicine are urgently needed. The number of refugees streaming across the border has already surpassed agency preparations by 11,000 people, a UN refugee agency official said. “Together with all the agencies, we built a response plan for about 20,000 people and currently we are at about 31,000, so it has already surpassed that figure,” Axel Bisschop told a Geneva briefing. “The new planning figure is around 200,000.” Fighting in the Tigray region has also left more than 2 million children in urgent need of assistance, with thousands more at risk in Sudanese re...