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Ethiopia: Three killed, 19 injured in Tigray as Eritrean troops open fire on civilians
Amnesty International can confirm that Eritrean troops killed three people and injured at least 19 in an unprovoked attack on civilians in the centre of Adwa town on 12 April. Witnesses told Amnesty International that Eritrean troops were passing through the town located in the Tigray region, when they suddenly opened fire at people on the main street close to the bus station.

US expresses 'grave concern' over harrowing reports of atrocities in Ethiopia
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke with Ethiopia’s deputy prime minister on Thursday and expressed “grave concern” over the growing humanitarian and human rights crisis in the country. The call came after a disturbing report by The Associated Press and warnings by the United Nations that a campaign of rape and murder is being carried out against the Tigrayan people by military forces from the Amhara state of Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea.

Ethiopia rejects 3 proposals by Egypt, Sudan to resume negotiations on Renaissance Dam
Spokesperson of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Hafez released a statement Tuesday indicating that talks held in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on April 4-5 did not achieve any progress or lead to an agreement on re-launching negotiations on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Analysis of Tigray massacre video raises questions for Ethiopian Army
Graphic, unverified footage had surfaced of a mass killing near Dawit's hometown of Mahibere Dego, in a mountainous area of central Tigray. In the shaky video Ethiopian soldiers appeared to round up a group of young, unarmed men on a wind-swept, dusty ledge before shooting them at point-blank range -- picking them up by an arm or a leg and flinging or kicking their bodies off a rocky hillside like ragdolls

Sudan, Egypt air forces hold new combat drills
The Sudanese and Egyptian armies are conducting new joint air exercises with the participation of special operations units, four months after similar drills. On 15 November 2020, the two armies launched joint air exercises, dubbed The Nile Eagles1, in Sudan’s Marawi military airbase, north of Khartoum..

MSF Driver Assaulted, Staff Witness Men Dragged off Buses and Killed in Tigray
“We are horrified by the continued violence in Tigray, Ethiopia. This includes the extrajudicial killings of at least four men who were dragged off public buses and executed by soldiers, while our staff members were present, on Tuesday 23 March.

Women reveal rape being used as weapon of war in Ethiopia
CNN's Nima Elbgir reports on the disturbing reality for women in Ethiopia where an escalating conflict in the Tigray region has caused thousands of deaths and others to flee their homes.Source: CNN