United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” about the situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and called for all parties to de-escalate tensions, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday. “Amid reports of a potential military offensive into the regional capital of Mekelle, he urges the leaders of Ethiopia to do everything possible to protect…
Fears are growing over Ethiopia’s imminent tank attack on the capital of the defiant Tigray region and its population of half-a-million people. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s 72-hour ultimatum for the region’s leaders to surrender ends today. His military has warned civilians of “no mercy” if they don’t move away in time – which some human…
President Muhammadu Buhari will Tuesday inaugurate the 5000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Waltersmith Modular Refinery in Ibigwe, Imo State and also conduct the ground breaking for a separate 45,000 bpd refinery. With a storage capacity of 60,000 barrels, the project will expand the local market by 271 million litres of refined products comprising diesel, kerosene, heavy fuel…
Leader of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Gebretsion Micheal rejected Monday the 72 hours ultimatum issued by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for the dissident region of Tigray to surrender. Nearly three weeks after the start of a military operation aimed at restoring its authority over this region of northern Ethiopia, the federal…
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The federal government has disclosed that barring any unforeseen circumstance, the $195 million Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also called the Deep Blue Project, which has suffered many delays will commence in the first quarter of next year. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi announced this during an inspection of some of the…
Around 100 cattle thieves on motorcycles opened fire on a Muslim congregation in remote Dutsen Gari village in Maru district. Gunmen have killed five worshippers and kidnapped 18 in an attack on a mosque during prayers in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said Sunday. Around 100 cattle thieves on motorcycles opened fire on a Muslim…
Spain’s Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya was in Senegal on Sunday as part of the Spanish government’s diplomatic response to the steady built-up of migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands from West African countries. González Laya met with Senegalese President Macky Sall to discuss migration and border cooperation between Spain, the European Union and Senegal.…
Amhara regional government says TPLF fired rockets on Bahir Dar city, as federal forces move towards the Tigrayan capital, Makelle. Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region have fired rockets into the city of Bahir Dar in the neighbouring Amhara region but no casualties or damage were reported, the Amhara government said, as federal forces moved towards…
Ethiopia on Thursday said its forces had won a string of victories as they closed in on Mekelle, capital of Tigray state. Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a native of Tigray, on Thursday denied accusations by the Ethiopian army that he was supporting the rebels in his region.…