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Humanitarian Crisis in Tigray
Full text: House Foreign Affairs Committee Res. 445
Addis Abeba, October 25/2021– The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed an amended version of H.Res. 445, condemning all violence and human rights abuses in Ethiopia and calling for all combatants in the conflict in Northern Ethiopia to cease all hostilities. Representative Karen Bass sharing her remarks on the passage of …
News: U.N. received “necessary clearances” for humanitarian flight, no “prior warning” of airstrike on Mekelle
Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, October 23/2021 – Martin Griffiths, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, confirmed media reports that the UN humanitarian flight in Ethiopia “destined for Mekelle in Tigray was forced to return to Addis Abeba due to air strikes in Mekelle.” On October …
News: U.S. to airlift relief supplies to Amhara, Afar, announces $26m more in aid; donors discuss “possibility of augmenting road operations” to Tigray
Addis Abeba, October 13/2021 – The United States said it was “airlifting relief supplies” from USAID’s warehouse in Dubai to Addis Abeba, “which will be further transported north to respond to recently displaced people in Amhara and Afar. In addition, the U.S. announced it was “providing more than $26 million …
