(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 single mother aged probably above fifty…
(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, Saturday Dec 25th, 2021.) She was seated on a swing wooden bench set…
Ethiopia’s government forces are in control of the historic town of Lalibela 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…
Wollo University, which was reportedly damaged and looted by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, would need two years of repair, reequip and refurbishment before it becomes operational again, it was said. The University has been shut down owing…
The United States has never encouraged the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to expand its military operations in order to topple the Abiy Ahmed administration or enter the capital, the State Department said. The State Department was responding to remarks…
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces have looted and destroyed more than sixty health facilities in Afar region during their occupation of many towns in the region, according to Yassin Habib, head of the region’s health bureau. “One hospital…
The historic town of Lalibela had been recaptured by rebellious Tigrayan forces, Reuters agency reported on Sunday, citing witnesses, less than two weeks after government forces and their allies took control on December 1. The Tigray forces took control of…
The Ethiopian government said on Monday it had recovered two strategic towns in the Amhara region on a key highway to Addis Ababa, after they were seized at the end of October by fighters from the rebel group in Tigray.…
The Lalibela Airport, which was under the control of Tigrayan rebel forces for about four months, has sustained heavy damage, the state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) reported. Images shown on the national broadcaster revealed the extent of the damage to…
Ethiopian federal troops have recaptured the historic town of Lalibela which had been under Tigrayan rebel forces control for months, officials say. The government’s communication service said the town had been cleared of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters…