By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
Illustrative image · Evon2023The resumption of fighting in Ethiopia has displaced thousands of civilians, many of whom now live in camps where humanitarian aid is dwindling. Budget cuts and several years of war have reduced food distributions and assistance to displaced people, reports France 24 Afrique.
More than 750,000 people displaced by the Tigray war are still waiting to return home, four years after the Pretoria peace agreement, according to RFI. Nearly 50,000 live in the Seba Kare camp, outside Mekelle, while their region of origin, Western Tigray, is administered by Amhara; RFI gathered their accounts of their living conditions and expectations.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Source: RFI ·
Around 36,000 people have fled clashes in southern Ethiopia for Kenya, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Food aid, clean water, shelter, sanitation and healthcare are priorities for the displaced, Le Monde reports.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Source: Le Monde ·
The TPLF claims to have killed 500 Ethiopian soldiers and wounded 800 others in fighting near Aksum, in Tigray. The toll, which has not been independently verified, follows weeks of clashes raising fears of a new major war in northern Ethiopia, according to Africanews.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Source: Africanews ·
The bombing of a shelter set up in a school in Komychouvakha, in Zaporizhzhia oblast, killed 37 people, according to the Ukrainian authorities. A three-tonne guided bomb struck the site on Monday during an aid distribution, Le Monde reports.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Source: Le Monde ·
Ethiopia expels six Sudanese diplomats over rebel support claimsEthiopia has ordered six members of Sudan’s consulate in Assosa to leave the country within 48 hours amid mutual accusations of supporting enemy forces. Khartoum accuses Addis Ababa of aiding the Rapid Support Forces, while Ethiopia accuses Sudan of supporting Tigray rebels, Sowetan reports.
Xasan Sheekh dismisses Somalia’s Supreme Court presidentSomali President Xasan Sheekh Mohamud dismissed the president of Somalia’s Supreme Court. The decision changes the leadership of the country’s highest court, Somali media outlet Caasimada reports in its announcement of the judicial change.The week in Africa
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