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Eritrean cyclist makes Tour de France history

Sports

The World’s host Carol Hills speaks with CEO of Team Africa Rising Kimberly Coats about Biniam Girmay’s historic Tour de France win and cycling’s increasing popularity in East Africa.

Captured members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force are marched through the streets to prison under guard by Tigray Forces

‘Eritrean forces have to get out of Ethiopia,’ analyst says

Global Politics
The British Embassy is shown in the distance through a closed metal gate with a Chinese paramilitary police officer standing guard.

China announces ban on British politicians, organizations

The Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum is shown with its three rounded arcs with stain-glass windows and several people out from.

Amnesty report describes Axum massacre in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Conflict
Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, Nov. 21, 2020. Huge unknowns persist in the deadly conflict, but details of the involvement of nei

Tigray region faces deteriorating crisis 3 months into conflict

Conflict
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Three Ethiopian travelers sit inside a blue bus with white-bordered windows, saying goodbye to someone whose arms rest on the window frame.

Tensions mount at Sudan-Ethiopia border as refugees flee Tigray conflict 

Borders

More than 50,000 Ethiopian refugees have fled the conflict in Tigray. With heightened insecurity at the Sudan-Ethiopia border, many refugees are reluctant to return home, despite the reassurance of a return to normal.

Early Moderna data shows coronavirus vaccine 94.5% effective; Violence in Ethiopia threatening international conflict; 15 Asia-Pacific economies sign RCEP

Top of The World

Moderna’s early data shows its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective; And, the violence in Ethiopia’s north is threatening to become an international conflict; Also 15 Asia-Pacific economies, making up 30% of the world’s population and gross domestic product, signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal on Sunday.

Ethiopia’s Tigray leader confirms firing missiles at Eritrea

Conflict & Justice

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.

Several people are shown standing and sitting at a tea room with several wearing face masks.

As Ethiopia’s conflict rages, ethnic targeting turns deadly

Conflict & Justice

An Amnesty International report suggests that scores, perhaps hundreds, of civilians in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, were “hacked to death” in the streets of a single town has sent already dangerous tensions soaring.

A man is shown wearing a face mask and holding a magazine with dozens of other magazines for sale and set on the ground.

Ethiopia’s conflict spills over border as thousands flee

Conflict & Justice

Ethiopia’s deadly conflict with its northern Tigray region spilled over borders Tuesday as several thousand people fled into Sudan, while the Tigray regional leader accused Eritrea of attacking at the request of Ethiopia’s federal government.

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