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Ethiopia PM orders final offensive against dissident Tigray leaders
AFP, Published on 26/11/2020
» ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday ordered Ethiopia's army to launch a final offensive against Tigray's dissident leaders in their regional capital Mekele, saying the deadline for surrender had expired.
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UN warns of war crimes in Ethiopia conflict
AFP, Published on 13/11/2020
» ADDIS ABABA: The United Nations warned Friday of possible war crimes in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray, after 10 days of fighting that the country's prime minister claimed had his enemy "in the final throes of death".
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Tigray forces fire rockets into neighbouring Ethiopian region
AFP, Published on 21/11/2020
» BAHIR DAR (ETHIOPIA) - Tigray forces fired rockets into a neighbouring Ethiopian state on Friday, heightening fears the internal conflict could spread to other parts of the country, a day after the federal government said its forces were closing in on the dissident region's capital.
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Ethiopia army threatens 'no mercy' in assault on regional capital
AFP, Published on 22/11/2020
» ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's military on Sunday warned of an all-out assault on Mekele, capital of the Tigray region, telling civilians to flee while they still can.
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Ethiopian PM rejects 'interference' ahead of surrender deadline
AFP, Published on 25/11/2020
» ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday said he rejected international "interference" in Ethiopia's affairs, hours before a deadline for Tigray's rebellious leaders to surrender or face an assault on their capital.
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Questions linger among the corpses of an Ethiopian massacre
AFP, Published on 25/11/2020
» MAI-KADRA (ETHIOPIA) - Scores of freshly-dug graves fill the church compound in Mai-Kadra. Shovels abandoned by weary hands are strewn on the dirt among empty cans of lemon air freshener that fail to mask the stench of death.
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Amnesty says scores dead in Ethiopia 'massacre' as conflict escalates
AFP, Published on 13/11/2020
» ADDIS ABABA - Amnesty International said Thursday that scores of civilians were killed in a "massacre" in Ethiopia's Tigray region that witnesses blamed on forces backing the local ruling party in its fight against the federal government.
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Cave raiders: Thai archaeologists hunt ancient artwork
AFP, Published on 06/10/2020
» An antelope, a lonely figure, a family linking arms -- Kanniga Premjai shines her flashlight across a cave to reveal long-hidden paintings, a stunning discovery for her scrappy band of archaeologists.
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Activist Arnon joins Chiang Mai protest following sedition charges
AFP, Published on 09/08/2020
» Prominent activist Arnon Nampa took aim at the government for "threatening" the pro-democracy movement at a protest Sunday -- a day after his bail release on sedition charges for his role in a recent rally.
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Elephants' migration to village brings new stress
AFP, Published on 11/06/2020
» MAE CHAEM, Chiang Mai: A thousand elephants threatened by starvation have journeyed through the hills of northern Thailand, making a slow migration home from tourist sites forced shut by the pandemic.
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