Rights Groups: Amhara forces committed atrocities in Tigray
(VOA)-Rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have committed a series of atrocities in the neighboring Tigray region. According to the two...
View ArticleEthiopian government forces retake Woldia
Ethiopian government forces have captured several towns from Tigray rebel forces, including Woldia and Kobo, head of the Government Communication Service said. According to Legesse Tulu, head of...
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Women raped by combatants of the TPLF recount ordeal
(Following is a translation of an article by Rosa Moussaoui, entitled “Nos corps sont blessés, nos consciences sont touchées” published in the French-language daily, L’humanité. (Humanity), Paris,...
View ArticleEthiopia’s dilemma: what to do with the military victory?
Without a doubt, the counter-attacks of the Ethiopian armed forces can be characterized as a success: they achieved the goal of ousting TPLF’s invading troops from Amhara and Afar regions in a...
View ArticleRape as a weapon of war
(Following is a translation of a report by the BBC Amharic about women’s experiences of violence during the civil conflict in the Amhara region, published on the news website on Dec 23th, 2021.) A...
View ArticleFighting reported along Afar and Tigray border
Heavy fighting took place on Friday and Saturday near the border area of Afar and Tigray regions, both sides said. The fighting broke out around in Fenti Rasu and Kilbeti zone of the Afar region,...
View ArticleUN decries Tigray air strikes; says dozens killed this month
The UN human rights office expressed alarm at “multiple, deeply disturbing reports” of air strikes in the Tigray region, saying at least 108 civilians had been killed since the start of January. Liz...
View ArticleOnly eight medical facilities in Afar started functioning
Among health facilities damaged and destroyed as a result of the conflict in the Afar region, only eight of them have started functioning, according to the regional health bureau. Sixty-nine health...
View ArticleTPLF forces have “unleashed an attack” at neighboring Afar
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) launched an unprovoked assault in the neighboring Afar region, the Afar region said on Monday, the latest sign in a flare-up of the conflict in the area....
View ArticleAfar region accuses TPLF of mounting attacks for control of the...
Rebels from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have mounted attacks around the town of Serdo in the Afar region in a fight for control of the highway linking Ethiopia to Djibouti, the Afar...
View ArticleTargeted attacks spread from Western Oromia to the West Shoa Zone
(Following is a translation of a report by the BBC Amharic about the increasing number of ethnically targeted attacks in Western Oromia and the West Shoa Zone, published on the news website on...
View ArticleMore than 749 civilians killed in the Afar and Amhara regions: rights body
More than 749 civilians have been killed in the Afar and Amhara regions since July, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said. EHRC has released on Friday its investigation into alleged human...
View ArticleVideo of armed men burning man alive in the Benishangul-Gumuz region sparks...
(The Guardian)-A video posted on social media showing armed men burning a man to death in the Benshangul-Gumuz has drawn condemnation and renewed fear over increasing horrific incidents of ethnic...
View ArticleA wave of religious violence sweeps following the attack in Gondar
Religious tensions in Ethiopia have been heightened following deadly clashes in Gondar during the funeral of a Muslim elder four days ago. Religious leaders are calling for the arrest and prosecution...
View ArticleFlareup on Ethiopia-Eritrea border after clashes in Rama and Badme
On Sunday, May 8, Tigrayan forces launched a heavy artillery attack over the Eritrean border at the town of Rama and Badme, BBC reported citing credible sources. Heavy fighting lasted for a few hours...
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The Afar region ravaged after three months of occupation
In Ethiopia, while a humanitarian truce came into effect at the end of March, the Tigrayan rebels continue to occupy part of the Afar region. They left behind a region in ruins: buildings, factories,...
View ArticleEthiopia expels Economist correspondent Tom Gardner
(CPJ)-The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday condemned Ethiopia’s expulsion of Economist correspondent Tom Gardner, following the revocation of his press accreditation on Friday, May 13....
View ArticleA Gallop in Ethiopia: Wax, Gold & the Abyssinian Pony
Richard Dowden in his acclaimed book, “Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles” has this piece of advice for those who wish to explore the continent. ‘’The best way to find out is to go, not as a...
View ArticleTPLF says its fighters clash with the Eritrean army
Rebel forces in the Tigray region say fighting has broken out again with neighbouring Eritrea. The Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)’s spokesman Getachew Reda said on Twitter on May 31 that...
View ArticleExcerpt: A Gallop in Ethiopia: Wax, Gold & the Abyssinian Pony
Yves-Marie Stranger came to Addis Ababa in 2000, planning to stay a few months. He stayed for fifteen years, working as a book editor, interpreter, and translator and as an owner of an equestrian...
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