In breakthrough, Tanzania kicks off COVID-19 vaccinations
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a major breakthrough for one of the world's last countries to embrace COVID-19 vaccines, Tanzania’s president kicked off its vaccination campaign Wednesday by publicly receiving a dose and urging others to do the same. But she immediately met some hesitation in one of Africa's most …
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In breakthrough, Tanzania kicks off COVID-19 vaccinations
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a major breakthrough for one of the world's last countries to embrace COVID-19 vaccines, Tanzania’s president kicked off its vaccination campaign Wednesday by publicly receiving a dose and urging others to do the same. But she immediately met some hesitation in one of Africa's most …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
In breakthrough, Tanzania kicks off COVID-19 vaccinations
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a major breakthrough for one of the world's last countries to embrace COVID-19 vaccines, Tanzania’s president kicked off its vaccination campaign Wednesday by publicly receiving a dose and urging others to do the same. But she immediately met some hesitation in one of Africa's most …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Leave no Tigrayan': In Ethiopia, an ethnicity is erased
HAMDAYET, Sudan (AP) — The atrocities have been seared into the skin and the minds of Tigrayans, who take shelter by the thousands within sight of the homeland they fled in northern Ethiopia.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
'Leave no Tigrayan': In Ethiopia, an ethnicity is erased
HAMDAYET, Sudan (AP) — The atrocities have been seared into the skin and the minds of Tigrayans, who take shelter by the thousands within sight of the homeland they fled in northern Ethiopia.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
'Leave no Tigrayan': In Ethiopia, an ethnicity is erased
HAMDAYET, Sudan (AP) — The atrocities have been seared into the skin and the minds of Tigrayans, who take shelter by the thousands within sight of the homeland they fled in northern Ethiopia.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US says Eritrean forces should leave Tigray immediately
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States says all soldiers from Eritrea should leave Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “immediately.”
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US says Eritrean forces should leave Tigray immediately
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States says all soldiers from Eritrea should leave Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “immediately.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
WHO says Africa to see 1st vaccine doses from COVAX in March
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa should see the first COVID-19 vaccine doses in March from the global COVAX effort aimed at helping lower-income countries obtain the shots, the World Health Organization’s Africa chief said Thursday, as deaths on the continent are rapidly rising.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Official: Africa secures close to 300 million vaccine doses
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said Tuesday.
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Official: Africa secures close to 300 million vaccine doses
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said Tuesday.
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Official: Africa securing close to 300 million vaccine doses
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said Tuesday.
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Report: Hospitals in Ethiopia's Tigray struck by artillery
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Many of the hospitals in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region, outside its capital, have been struck by artillery during the two months of fighting, according to the first
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Report: Hospitals in Ethiopia's Tigray struck by artillery
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Many of the hospitals in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region, outside its capital, have been struck by artillery during the two months of fighting, according to the first
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
UN fears 'massive' COVID transmission in Ethiopia's Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations fears “massive community transmission” of COVID-19 in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, fueled by displacement and the collapse of health services, as humanitarian workers finally begin to access the region two months after fighting began.
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Seychelles to start vaccinations with Chinese-made Sinopharm
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles says it will begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations on Sunday with the 50,000 doses it has of the Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccine.
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Ethiopian army official confirms Eritrean troops in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A senior Ethiopian military official has confirmed the presence of security forces from neighboring Eritrea in the deadly conflict in his country’s northern Tigray region, contradicting the Ethiopian government’s denials.
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Reuters says Ethiopia releases its journalist without charge
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Reuters news agency says Ethiopia released one of its video journalists without charge on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after his detention led to criticism of the erosion of press freedoms in the country.
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Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly ethnic unrest in June and July following the killing of a popular singer, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly ethnic unrest in June and July following the killing of a popular singer, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly ethnic unrest in June and July following the killing of a popular singer, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly unrest in June and July after the killing of a popular singer. More than 30 others were beheaded, tortured or dragged in the streets by attackers amid ethnic …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Aid group says colleague 'murdered' in Ethiopia's conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Dutch aid group said Wednesday that one of its staff members was “murdered” at a refugee camp during the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, bringing the number of humanitarian workers killed during the nearly two months of unrest to five.
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Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed.
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Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg'
UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan (AP) — The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a single Ethiopian town.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg'
UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan (AP) — The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a single Ethiopian town.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg'
UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan (AP) — The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a single Ethiopian town.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Alarm as Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a development the United Nations called “disturbing,” Ethiopia on Friday said it is returning thousands of refugees who ran from camps in its Tigray region as war swept through, putting them on buses back to the border area with Eritrea, the country the refugees originally …
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Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting, to alarm
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a development the United Nations called “disturbing,” Ethiopia on Friday said it is returning thousands of refugees who ran from camps in its Tigray region as war swept through, putting them on buses back to the border area with Eritrea, the country the refugees originally …
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Ethiopia returning refugees who fled fighting in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of refugees fled camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region as war swept through, food
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Aid groups say staffers killed in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — International aid groups said Friday that at least four staff members have been killed in the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, while Ethiopia and a frustrated United Nations aired differing views on a growing humanitarian crisis as food and other supplies run out for millions of …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Aid group says staffer killed in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An international aid group said Friday that a staff member has been killed in Ethiopia’s conflict in its Tigray region.
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Aid group says staffer killed in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An international aid group said Friday that a staff member has been killed in Ethiopia’s conflict in its Tigray region.
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African health official blasts 'terrible' vaccine inequality
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — “It will be extremely terrible to see” rich countries receiving COVID-19 vaccines while African countries go without, especially as a new surge in cases begins on the continent of 1.3 billion people, Africa’s top public health official said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN: Ethiopia's conflict has 'appalling' impact on civilians
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's situation is “spiraling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned Wednesday. But Ethiopia is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly fighting in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia rejects independent probes into Tigray conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly conflict in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a baby-sitter.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia's forces shoot at, detain UN staffers in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's security forces shot at and detained United Nations staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled Tigray region, a senior official said Tuesday, and he blamed the U.N. staffers for trying to reach areas where “they were not supposed to go.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN upset that aid still blocked to Ethiopia's Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Impatience is rising as humanitarian officials say they still don’t have access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region more than a week after Ethiopia’s government and the United Nations signed a deal to allow in desperately needed food and other aid.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Impatience rises as aid still blocked to Ethiopia's Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Impatience is rising as humanitarian officials say they still don’t have access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region more than a week after Ethiopia’s government and the United Nations signed a deal to allow in desperately needed food and other aid.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia's conflict stokes humanitarian and virus crisis
HAMDAYET, Sudan (AP) — Ethiopia’s month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts to fight one of Africa’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, as the fighting has displaced almost 1 million people and strained local humanitarian services to the breaking point.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia's conflict stokes humanitarian and virus crisis
HAMDAYET, Sudan (AP) — Ethiopia’s month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts to fight one of Africa’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, as the fighting has displaced almost 1 million people and strained local humanitarian services to the breaking point.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Thousands killed in Ethiopia's conflict, Tigray side asserts
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Several thousand combatants have been killed in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, an official with the fugitive regional government is asserting, although claims remain difficult to verify after a month of fighting between Ethiopian and regional forces.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Official: Africa needs COVID-19 vaccine for 60% in 2-3 years
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s top public health official says 60% of the continent’s population needs to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the next two to three years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN, Ethiopia sign deal for aid access to embattled Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a breakthrough a month after deadly conflict cut off Ethiopia’s Tigray region from the world, the United Nations on Wednesday said it and the Ethiopian government have signed a deal to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access, at least for areas under federal government control after the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN, Ethiopia sign deal for humanitarian access to Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says it and Ethiopia's government have signed a deal to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region, at least the parts now under federal government control after the prime minister's declaration of victory in the deadly conflict over the weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN: Food has run out for nearly 100,000 refugees in Ethiopia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 refugees from Eritrea who have been sheltering in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which has been cut off from the world for nearly a month amid fighting.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
'Stop the madness,' Tigray leader urges Ethiopia's PM
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region on Monday called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to “stop the madness” and withdraw troops from the region as he asserted that fighting continues “on every front” two days after Abiy declared victory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Report alleges Burundian refugees were disappeared, tortured
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The men kicked down the door well before dawn. They shoved their way into the home of the Burundian refugee and put him in handcuffs, while asking why his wife was standing there crying.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN: Ethiopia's victory claim doesn't mean war is finished
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's announcement that it has completed its military offensive in its defiant Tigray region “does not mean the conflict is finished,” the U.N. refugee chief said Sunday, adding he is very concerned about the fate of nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees there amid reports that some have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US reports several explosions heard in Eritrea's capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Eritrea says six explosions were heard Saturday night in the capital, Asmara. It follows an embassy report of another “loud noise, possibly an explosion” in the city on Friday, nearly two weeks after the government of neighboring Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US reports several explosions heard in Eritrea's capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Eritrea says six explosions were heard Saturday night in the capital, Asmara. It follows an embassy report of another “loud noise, possibly an explosion” in the city on Friday, nearly two weeks after the government of neighboring Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia declares victory as military takes Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's military has gained “full control” of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, the army announced Saturday, and the prime minister said the taking of Mekele marked the “completion” of an offensive that started nearly four weeks ago. The regional government said the city of …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia says its military now controls the Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's military has gained “full control” of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, the army announced Saturday, after the Tigray government reported that the city of a half-million people was being “heavily bombarded" in the final push to arrest the region's leaders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia's Tigray capital reported to be 'heavily bombarded'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's military launched an offensive on the Tigray regional capital Saturday in a quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders, and the city was being “heavily bombarded,” Tigray TV reported.
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Ethiopian PM rejects Tigray conflict talks in AU meeting
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed again ruled out dialogue with the leaders of the defiant Tigray region Friday but said he was willing to speak to representatives "operating legally” there during his meeting with three African Union special envoys trying to end the deadly conflict between …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia's PM rejects dialogue in meeting with AU envoys
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed again ruled out dialogue with the leaders of the defiant Tigray region Friday but said he is willing to speak to representatives "operating legally” there during a meeting with three African Union special envoys trying to end the deadly conflict between …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopians flee Tigray capital in fear of imminent assault
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — People continued to flee the capital of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region in fear of an imminent assault after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the army had been ordered to move in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Africa CDC sees COVID-19 vaccinations in 2nd quarter of 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Vaccinations against COVID-19 in Africa might not start until the second quarter of next year, the continent's top public health official said Thursday, adding that it will be “extremely dangerous” if more developed parts of the world vaccinate themselves and then restrict travel to people with …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
'Why now?' Dismay as US considers troop pullout from Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — No country has been involved in Somalia’s future as much as the United States. Now the Trump administration is thinking of withdrawing the several hundred U.S. military troops from the Horn of Africa nation at what some experts call the worst possible time.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Africa CDC sees COVID-19 vaccinations in 2nd quarter of 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Vaccinations against COVID-19 in Africa might not start until the second quarter of next year, the continent's top public health official said Thursday, adding that it will be “extremely dangerous” if more developed parts of the world vaccinate themselves and then restrict travel to people with …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopian PM says troops ordered to move on Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister said Thursday the army has been ordered to move on the embattled Tigray regional capital after his 72-hour ultimatum ended for Tigray leaders to surrender, and he warned the city's half-million residents to stay indoors and disarm.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopian PM says troops ordered to move on Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister said Thursday the army has been ordered to move on the embattled Tigray regional capital after his 72-hour ultimatum for Tigray leaders to surrender ended, and he warned residents to stay indoors and disarm.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN warns of 'very critical' shortages in Ethiopia's Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says shortages have become “very critical” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region as its population of 6 million remains sealed off and its capital is under threat of attack by Ethiopian forces seeking to arrest the regional leaders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopian leader rejects international 'interference' in war
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister is rejecting
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With Ethiopia on brink of escalation, diplomacy in doubt
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Alarm spiraled Tuesday over Ethiopia's imminent tank attack on the capital of the defiant Tigray region and its population of half a million people, while the U.N. Security Council met for the first time on the three-week-old conflict amid warnings that food in the region is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia warns Tigray residents that 'anything can happen'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government is again warning residents of the besieged capital of the embattled Tigray region as the clock ticks on a 72-hour ultimatum before a military assault, saying “anything can happen.”
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Ethiopia warns civilians of 'no mercy' in Tigray offensive
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s military is warning civilians in the besieged Tigray regional capital that there will be “no mercy” if they don’t “save themselves” before a final offensive to flush out defiant regional leaders — a threat that Human Rights Watch on Sunday said could violate international law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Ethiopia civilians warns of 'no mercy' in Tigray offensive
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s military is warning civilians in the besieged Tigray regional capital that there will be “no mercy” if they don’t “save themselves” before a final offensive to flush out defiant regional leaders — a threat that Human Rights Watch on Sunday said could violate international law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
She fled Ethiopia's fighting. Now she warns of 'catastrophe'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Shaken by the gunfire erupting around her town in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the woman decided to get out. She joined a long line at the local government office for the paperwork needed to travel. But when she reached the official, he told her she had …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
UN prepares for up to 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency says about 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region into neighboring Sudan, and it is preparing for up to 200,000 in the next six months if necessary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Official: Ethiopia's latest airstrike hits Tigray university
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A university official says the latest airstrike by Ethiopia’s military has struck the school in the capital of the defiant Tigray region and caused major damage, while the United States says neither side in the conflict is heeding calls for de-escalation.
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Official: Ethiopia's latest airstrike hits Tigray university
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A university official says the latest airstrike by Ethiopia’s military has struck the school in the capital of the defiant Tigray region and caused major damage, while the United States says neither side in the conflict is heeding calls for de-escalation.
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WHO chief denies Ethiopia's claim of backing Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The World Health Organization's director-general on Thursday denied an allegation from his own country, Ethiopia, that he was lobbying neighboring nations to provide arms and other support to the defiant Tigray region, which has been clashing with the Ethiopian government for two weeks.
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Ethiopia’s multiple crises: War, COVID-19, even locusts
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia could hardly bear another emergency, even before a deadly conflict exploded in its northern Tigray region this month. Now, tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing into Sudan, and food and fuel are running desperately low in the sealed-off Tigray region, along with medical supplies …
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Ethiopia claims WHO chief is backing Tigray without evidence
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s army chief has accused the head of the World Health Organization, a fellow Ethiopian, of lobbying neighboring countries to provide arms and other support to the defiant Tigray region, which the central government has been fighting for two weeks. He did not cite any evidence.
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African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa has surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as the continent's top public health official warned Thursday that “we are inevitably edging toward a second wave” of infections.
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African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge.
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People go hungry in Ethiopia's Tigray as conflict marches on
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — People are going hungry in Ethiopia’s rebellious northern Tigray region as roads are blocked, airports are closed and the federal government
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People go hungry in Ethiopia's Tigray as conflict marches on
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — People are going hungry in Ethiopia’s rebellious northern Tigray region as roads are blocked, airports are closed and the federal government
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Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Abiy Ahmed left Ethiopians breathless when he became the prime minister in 2018, introducing a wave of political reforms in the long-repressive country and announcing a shocking peace with enemy Eritrea.
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Ethiopia's PM vows 'final and crucial' offensive in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister on Tuesday declared “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country’s rebellious Tigray region, while the United Nations warned of a “full-scale humanitarian crisis” with refugees fleeing and people in Tigray starting to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia's PM vows 'final and crucial' offensive in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister says “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country’s rebellious northern Tigray region.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia’s Tigray leader confirms firing missiles at Eritrea
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighboring Eritrea’s capital and is threatening more, marking a huge escalation as the deadly fighting in northern Ethiopia between Tigray forces and the federal government spills across an international border.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Diplomats: Rockets fired at Eritrea amid Ethiopian conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rockets were fired at Eritrea's capital on Saturday, diplomats said, as the deadly fighting in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region appeared to spill across an international border and bring some of observers' worst fears to life.
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Ethiopia's Tigray region bombs airports as conflict spreads
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray regional government said Saturday it fired rockets at two airports in the neighboring Amhara region as a deadly conflict threatens to spread into other parts of Africa’s second-most populous country.
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As Ethiopia's conflict rages, ethnic targeting turns deadly
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethnic Amharas killed. Ethnic Tigrayans arrested, in hiding or cut off from the world. Ethiopia’s
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
First witness account emerges of Ethiopians fleeing conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The sound of heavy weapons erupted across the Ethiopian border town, and immediately Filimon, a police officer, started to run.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia conflict tensions spread as 150 'operatives' held
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tensions over the deadly conflict in Ethiopia are spreading well beyond its cut-off Tigray region, as the federal government on Thursday said some 150 suspected “operatives” accused of seeking to “strike fear and terror” throughout the country have been detained.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia conflict tensions spread as 150 'operatives' held
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tensions over the deadly conflict in Ethiopia are spreading well beyond its cut-off Tigray region, as the federal government says some 150 suspected “operatives” accused of seeking to “strike fear and terror” throughout the country have been detained.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Sudan braces for up to 200,000 fleeing Ethiopia fighting
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Up to 200,000 refugees could pour into Sudan while
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Sudan braces for up to 200,000 fleeing Ethiopia fighting
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Up to 200,000 refugees could pour into Sudan while
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia's conflict spills over border as thousands flee
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s deadly conflict with its northern Tigray region spilled over the border Tuesday as several thousand people fled into Sudan, along with soldiers seeking protection, while the Tigray regional leader accused Eritrea of attacking at the request of Ethiopia’s federal government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopian troops, refugees fleeing fighting cross into Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 30 armed Ethiopian troops and “large numbers” of refugees fleeing the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have crossed the border into Sudan, the state-run SUNA news agency reported, while one diplomat on Tuesday said hundreds of people have been reported killed on both …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia says its jets are 'pounding' targets in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's air force is “pounding targets with precision," a military official said Monday, as the federal government continues its offensive against the heavily armed northern region of Tigray and no clear route to peace is seen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia reshuffles top officials as Tigray conflict grows
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister announced major changes to his government's military and intelligence leadership on Sunday as he sought to defend a growing military action against the country's defiant Tigray region, and urged citizens not to target the ethnic Tigrayan people amid fears of civil war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia reshuffles top leadership as Tigray conflict grows
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister announced major changes to his government's military and intelligence leadership on Sunday as he sought to defend a growing military action against the country's defiant Tigray region, and urged citizens not to target the ethnic Tigrayan people amid fears of civil war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopian leader defends military conflict in defiant Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister has sought to defend a major military action against the country’s defiant Tigray region Sunday, and urged citizens not to target the ethnic Tigrayan people amid fears of civil war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia to replace Tigray region leadership as forces clash
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership of the country’s defiant northern Tigray region, where deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia to replace leadership of Tigray region amid clashes
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership in the country’s defiant northern Tigray region, where clashes between regional forces and those of the federal government have led to
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia aims to remove leadership of defiant Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership in the country’s northern Tigray region, where clashes between regional forces and those of the federal government have led to
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia set to remove leadership of defiant Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament voted Saturday to set up an interim administration in the country’s Tigray region, where fighting this week between regional forces and those of the federal government led to
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nations long targeted by US chide Trump’s claims of fraud
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Demands to stop the vote count. Baseless accusations of fraud. Claims that the opposition is trying to “steal” the election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopian PM announces airstrikes in country's Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister on Friday said his government has carried out airstrikes against the forces of the country's well-armed Tigray region, asserting that strikes in multiple locations “completely destroyed rockets and other heavy weapons" and made a retaliatory attack impossible.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
AP Explains: Why Ethiopia is suddenly on brink of civil war
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Suddenly Ethiopia
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopian PM defends military operations in Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister on Friday defended military operations against the country’s well-armed Tigray region after accusing its government of a deadly attack on a military base this week, asserting that months of patiently trying to resolve differences have “failed” because of the leadership’s “criminal hubris and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
AP Explains: Why Ethiopia is suddenly on brink of civil war
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Suddenly Ethiopia
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia says forced into 'aimless war' as bombings alleged
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s army said Thursday the country has been forced into an “unexpected and aimless war” with its well-armed Tigray region, while Tigray asserted that fighter jets had bombed areas around its capital — a marked escalation with little sign of the two sides willing to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia's conflict continues as PM vows further operations
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s conflict in its powerful Tigray region continued Thursday after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the nation the military will carry out further operations this week in response to an
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ethiopia near civil war as PM sends army into defiant region
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia approached civil war on Wednesday as its Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister ordered the military to confront the country's well-armed Tigray regional government, accusing it of a deadly attack on a military base and declaring “the last red line has been crossed" after months …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Tanzanian opposition: Colleagues face terror-related charges
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanian opposition leaders said Monday that police arrested key colleagues and charged them with “terrorism-related offenses” and sealed off areas where a peaceful protest was to begin over
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Tanzania's opposition says police blocking protest over vote
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Tanzanian opposition leader says police have arrested several opposition figures and sealed off areas where a peaceful demonstration was to begin Monday morning over
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Tanzania, once envy of the region, watches democracy slide
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Vote-counting was far from over when Tanzanian opposition leader Seif Sharif Hamad was frustrated enough to call people onto the streets. As thwarted observers alleged the most blatant election fraud in the country’s history, and with no way to challenge the results in court, there was …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Tanzania's opposition says vote 'spit in face of democracy'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Whatever happened on Wednesday wasn't an election and was like “spitting in the face of democracy," Tanzania’s leading opposition candidate said Thursday, while the United States noted “credible allegations of significant election-related fraud and intimidation.” The other main opposition party said several leaders were arrested after …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Tanzanian opposition leader rejects presidential election
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s leading opposition candidate has rejected Wednesday’s presidential vote after alleging widespread irregularities, saying on Thursday that whatever happened was not an election and was like “spitting in the face of democracy."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Africa faces an ‘existential threat’ as virus cases spread
Police herd hundreds of homeless into a stadium in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, where tents were erected for shelter and methadone was provided for many
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US again accused of killing civilians in Somalia airstrikes
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military is facing more allegations of killing civilians with airstrikes in Somalia, and now says it will address the issue more fully in upcoming public reports.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons.
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JOHANNESBURG — Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons.
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Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Africa lockdowns begin as coronavirus cases above 1,000
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Lockdowns have begun in Africa as coronavirus cases rise above 1,000, while Nigeria on Saturday announced it is closing airports to all incoming international flights for one month in the continent's most populous country.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Zimbabwe has 1st COVID-19 case while Africa cancels flights
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Anxiety rose in Africa as two major airlines announced sweeping cancellations of international flights on Friday over the coronavirus, the continent's busiest airport blocked foreigners from disembarking and Zimbabwe announced its first case — in one of Africa's most visited tourist spots. The pandemic now threatens a …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Africa sees 'extremely rapid evolution' of pandemic, UN says
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More African countries closed their borders Thursday as the coronavirus’ local spread threatened to turn the continent of 1.3 billion people into an alarming new front for the pandemic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Africa should 'prepare for the worst' with virus, WHO says
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization's director-general said Wednesday, while South Africa became the continent's new focus of concern as cases nearly doubled to 116 from two days before.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
New Africa coronavirus crisis looms with internal spread
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The coronavirus has now been confirmed in at least 30 of Africa’s 54 countries, officials said Monday, and regional power South Africa warned of a new crisis once the virus begins to spread at home and into crowded low-income communities.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
American, 13, climbs Everest, calls his mom
BEIJING - The youngest climber to reach the peak of Mount Everest hugged his tearful companions and told them he loved them. Then 13-year-old Jordan Romero took the satellite phone and called his mom.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
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