#World’s worst health crisis is in Ethiopia

#World’s worst health crisis is in Ethiopia

“World’s worst health crisis is in Ethiopia” As much of the world’s attention is focused on the bloodshed in Ukraine, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday there’s ”nowhere on earth where the health of millions of people is more under threat” than Ethiopia’s Tigray region. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the…

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#Ethiopia is building its own versions of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom

#Ethiopia is building its own versions of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom

“#Ethiopia is building its own versions of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom” Ethiopia’s government is building its own social media platform to replace Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Zoom, the state’s communications security agency said on Monday. While the government doesn’t plan to block any of the American-owned platforms, it wants to reduce reliance on foreign…

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#Why Ethiopia’s war crisis is deepening by the day

#Why Ethiopia’s war crisis is deepening by the day

“#Why Ethiopia’s war crisis is deepening by the day” NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States says it is sending a special envoy to Ethiopia as the fast-moving conflict in the Tigray region has spread into neighboring regions and Ethiopia’s government this week called on all able citizens to stop the resurgent Tigray forces “once and for all.” The widening…

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#Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray

#Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray

“#Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray” MEKELE, Ethiopia — Women who make it to the clinic for sex abuse survivors in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray usually struggle to describe their injuries. But when they can’t take a seat and quietly touch their bottoms, the nurses know it’s an unspeakable kind of suffering….

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#Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray

#Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray

“#Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray” The young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she says soldiers pulled her off a minibus in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, claiming it was overloaded. It was the beginning of an 11-day ordeal in February, during which she says she was repeatedly…

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#UN warns sexual violence likely surging in embattled Ethiopia region

#UN warns sexual violence likely surging in embattled Ethiopia region

“#UN warns sexual violence likely surging in embattled Ethiopia region” NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.N. special representative on sexual violence in conflict says “serious allegations of sexual violence” have emerged in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, while women and girls face shortages of rape kits and HIV drugs amid restrictions on humanitarian access. “There are also…

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#War forces thousands of Ethiopians into Sudan

#War forces thousands of Ethiopians into Sudan

“#War forces thousands of Ethiopians into Sudan” They took with them donkeys and beds and motorcycles and colorful cloths that they now drape over pipes to create shelters. Others left their shoes behind as they crossed a river to safety. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians who just weeks ago were contemplating the harvest season now…

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