U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday called on the African Union and other international partners to help address a deepening crisis in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region as he condemned alleged atrocities in fighting there. Blinken's statement suggested growing frustration with the response so far from Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea to what America's top diplomat described as a "worsening humanitarian crisis." His remarks came a day after Amnesty International released a report accusing Eritrean forces of killing hundreds of civilians in Tigray in a 24-hour period last year, an incident it described as a potential crime against humanity.
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The East African
Wednesday January 20 2021
Ethiopians from the Tigray region hold a protest in Pretoria, South Africa, on November 25, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
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The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia said it confirmed the party s involvement in the violence, citing statements made by the party and publicly available facts to determine whether the TPLF was involved in the violence.
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The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has revoked the legal status of the Tigray People s Liberation Front (TPLF) as a political party, it announced.
The board said it conducted an evaluation process which confirmed that TPLF has engaged in armed rebellion and hence can no longer meet the board s criteria for a legal status.