US says all parties to Ethiopia's Tigray conflict 'committed war crimes'
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Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 05:40 UTC
US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. He said after “careful review of the law and facts” he had determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara forces committed war crimes during the conflict in northern Ethiopia. Members of the Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces also committed crimes against humanity, “including murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, and persecution,” Blinken said. Last year, a United Nations commission of inquiry said it had turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military. But the commission also said Ethiopian forces had resorted to “starvation of civilians” as a tool of war and that Ethiopian and Eritrean forces were found to be responsible for “sexual slavery” — while Tigray forces were not.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 05:10 UTC
Ethiopia: News - Tigray Asks Federal Govt to Enforce Withdrawal of Amhara Forces After Rally in Occupied Southern Tigray
Addis Abeba — Authorities in Tigray have asked the federal government of Ethiopia to work on and enforce the withdrawal of the Amhara armed forces from the Tigray Regional State territories, after a pro-Amhara ownership demonstration was held on Sunday 18 March in Alamata town, in Southern Tigray, which is under the occupation of Amhara forces. "Yesterday 19 March 2023, an unacceptable demonstration was held in Alamata town by transporting a large number of people from various parts of Amhara Region, especially from Guba-Lafto, Woldiya and Raya Kobo districts," the statement underlined. The statement came days after the announcement by the TPLF's Central Committee nominating Getachew Reda, member of the party's Executive Committee, to lead the incoming interim administration of the regional state. The issue of areas under the occupation of Amhara forces has reportedly been dominating the discussions held to establish the interim administration. The Ethiopian government "should fulfill its responsibility to protect the safety of citizens and stop the atrocities committed against the people of West, South and Northwest Tigray region by the Amhara Regional State administration", the statement said.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 05:10 UTC
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U.S. determines all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The United States has determined that all sides committed war crimes during the conflict in northern Ethiopia that killed tens of thousands of people, left hundreds of thousands facing hunger and displaced millions, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. Members of the ENDF, Eritrean forces, and Amhara forces also committed crimes against humanity, Blinken told reporters, including murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence and persecution. Members of the Amhara forces committed the crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer and committed ethnic cleansing through their treatment of Tigrayans in western Tigray, Blinken said. "In terms of what happens next in Ethiopia, including what process they establish to provide for justice, for accountability, we'll see. The United States was outspoken in its criticism of alleged atrocities by Ethiopian forces and their allies from Eritrea and the Amhara region during the Tigray war.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 04:50 UTC
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War crimes committed by all sides in Ethiopia's northern Tigray conflict, US says
US President Joe Biden's administration has determined that all sides in Ethiopia's brutal northern Tigray conflict committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. The conflict, which ended with a peace deal in November, is estimated to have killed half a million civilians in Tigray alone. “I condemn the unspeakable violence against civilians and destruction that occurred in northern Ethiopia,” Mr Blinken said, as Washington's 2022 Human Rights Report was published. He said Amhara forces committed the crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer, and ethnic cleansing through their treatment of Tigrayans in western Tigray. UN-backed investigators last year detailed war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military — including rape, murder and pillage — during the nearly two-year conflict.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 04:29 UTC
Blinken accuses all sides in Ethiopian conflict of committing war crimes
CNN —US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the US has formally determined that armed forces on all sides of the conflict in northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes. Blinken traveled last week to Ethiopia where he met with leaders and he did not raise the war crimes determination. Blinken pressed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last week on accountability for atrocities committed by all parties in the conflict. In November 2021, they imposed sanctions on Eritrea’s military and its sole political party for their involvement in the conflict. At the start of 2022, Ethiopia lost access to a lucrative US trade program called the African Growth and Opportunity Act due to “gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.”
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 04:20 UTC
US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateWASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. He said after “careful review of the law and facts” he had determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara forces committed war crimes during the conflict in northern Ethiopia. Members of the Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces also committed crimes against humanity, "including murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, and persecution,” Blinken said. Last year, a United Nations commission of inquiry said it had turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military. But the commission also said Ethiopian forces had resorted to “starvation of civilians” as a tool of war and that Ethiopian and Eritrean forces were found to be responsible for “sexual slavery” — while Tigray forces were not.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 03:59 UTC
News: Lawmakers from Oromia urge AU to “intervene and negotiate” to end conflict in Oromia, repeat call for warring parties
Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Abeba. In a letter addressed to the AU, a copy of which is seen by Addis Standard, the MPs said they would like to see a peaceful resolution between the warring parties. The letter made a reference to a call made in February by president of the Oromia regional state Shimelis Abdissa made for reconciliation with the OLA while addressing the 6th regular meeting of Caffee Oromia, the regional council. “Your questions will be answered in the short, medium and long term, as the political situation changes. Some of your demands will not be answered overnight; they will get answers through a gradual process” the MPs plead the OLA.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 03:45 UTC
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How Richardson is attracting Dallas restaurants and ‘entering into a new era’
The city of Richardson has long boasted one of the most richly diverse food pockets in North Texas. What eventually came from those conversations was the Core District, a zone comprised of five connected subdistricts — Downtown, Chinatown, Interurban, Lockwood and Heights. The city of Richardson's Core District is made up of five subdistricts bound by Arapaho Road to the north and Phillip Street to the south. (City of Richardson)“What we were doing wasn’t working, so we looked at what we need to do differently,” said Don Magner, Richardson’s city manager. Partenope Ristorante is opening in a newly renovated building at the corner of East Polk Street and Greenville Avenue in Richardson's Core District.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 03:14 UTC
US: War Crimes on All Sides in Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. He said after “careful review of the law and facts” he had determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara forces committed war crimes during the conflict in northern Ethiopia. Last year, a United Nations commission of inquiry said it had turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military. But the commission also said Ethiopian forces had resorted to “starvation of civilians” as a tool of war and that Ethiopian and Eritrean forces were found to be responsible for “sexual slavery” — while Tigray forces were not. On China, Blinken said Beijing continues abuses, including genocide and crimes against humanity, against Uyghur Muslims in it western Xinjiang area.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 02:43 UTC
Kenyan women, Ethiopian men dominate LA Marathon — The Downey Patriot
LOS ANGELES — Kenyan Stacy Ndiwa was the women's winner of the 38th Los Angeles Marathon Sunday and claimed a $10,000 bonus by finishing ahead of men's winner Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia. The elite women started at 6:41 a.m., 18 minutes, 19 seconds ahead of the elite men for the race's Morgan & Morgan Marathon Chase. The chase was part of the marathon from 2004 to 2014, with women winning seven times and men four. Kenyans swept the top three places in the women's field. Her first was the inaugural 1986 Los Angeles Marathon.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 21, 2023 02:15 UTC
Finnair to end subcontracting for inflight services
In a new agreement between Finnair management and the airline’s cabin crew, the national flag carrier has reach a conclusion to end the subcontracting plan for inflight services on routes to the USA and Thailand. This further concludes the change plan, as well as discontinuing the subcontracting plan for inflight services on North American and Thailand routes. Alongside this, Finnair also made local agreements which will increase efficiency in Finnair’s Technical Services and different ground operation units. The negative impact of the Russian airspace closure on Asian passenger traffic figures was, however visible in February compared to the pre-pandemic figures. In European traffic, passenger numbers increased by 72.3%, in Middle Eastern traffic by 623.4% and in domestic traffic by 61.4%.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 20, 2023 01:52 UTC
Life is Sweet: South Side entrepreneur preserving Chicago's chocolate legacy
Indulge in the sweet success of a Chicago entrepreneur who acquired a candy factory to keep the city's chocolate-making legacy alive while creating jobs in her community. All of this is the brainchild and creativity of Chicago's own entrepreneur, Stephanie Hart, one of the very few African American women producing chocolate in Chicago on a large scale. She founded I Hart Corporation, which includes the Brown Sugar Bakery and Life is Sweet candy brands. Chicago was once the mecca of chocolate production but that changed with an exodus of chocolate factories. The name "Life is Sweet" describes Stephanie's experience living on Chicago's South Side.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 20, 2023 01:23 UTC
Has Airbus Missed Out on the Saudi Arabia Market?
Following this week’s blockbuster order from Riyadh Air and SAUDIA, we ask the following question: Has Airbus missed out on the Saudi Arabia market? The new Saudi carrier Riyadh Air will commence operations with an all-Boeing fleet, following an order for 39 Dreamliners with an option for 33 more. In addition, the Saudi Arabia national flag carrier SAUDIA is now set to grow its long-haul fleet with up to 49 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Riyadh AirOwned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Riyadh Air has disclosed that it will purchase 39 787-9s, with options for an additional 33 787-9s. Based in the capital city, Riyadh Air will play a key role in growing Saudi Arabia’s overall air transport network.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 20, 2023 01:00 UTC
Ndiwa, Yimer win LA Marathon as 22,000 runners hit the streets
Kenyan Stacy Ndiwa captured the women’s portion of the 38th Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 19, with an unofficial time of 2:31. Runners pass by high-end stores on Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills during the 38th LA Marathon Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Fans cheer on runners along Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills during the 38th LA Marathon Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Fans cheer on runners along Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills during the 38th LA Marathon Sunday, March 19, 2023. Kenya’s Stacy Ndiwa (2:31:00) wins the 38th Annual LA Marathon in Century City on Sunday, March 19, 2023.
Source:Ethiopian News
March 19, 2023 22:37 UTC