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At least 30 civilians were killed in drone strikes in the Amhara region, BBC Amharic reported citing residents. The drone attacks were carried out on two locations in Quarit on Sunday, September 17, the report said. Civilians walking together were…
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said several people have been shot by government security personnel for allegedly concealing weapons in some parts of the Amhara region. In a statement issued on September 15, 2023, the EHRC said that the…
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) conducted a visit to detainees in the Awash Arba area in the Afar Region on Friday, September 1, the Commission said Saturday. The EHRC’s visit to over 53 detainees, including notable figures like Christian…
A reported airstrike has killed at least 26 people, while more than 50 are estimated to be wounded in the attack. The attack that occurred on Sunday morning in Finote Selam, a town in Amhara’s West Gojjam zone, is one of…
(Following is a translation of a report by the BBC Amharic about the outbreak of violence in the Amhara region between government forces and Fano militias, and the profound tragedy and human impact of the situation, published on the news website on…
Several civilians have been killed during the ongoing clashes between security forces and militant groups in the Amhara region, BBC Amharic reported citing hospital sources and residents. At least 20 people have died and more than 200 people injured in…
Christian Tadelle, an MP representing the opposition National Movement of Amhara (NAMA), was taken from his home on Friday night in Addis Ababa. Eyewitnesses told BBC Amharic the operation to detain Christian was carried out by forces in federal police…
The first Amahric production of ‘Death of a Salesman’, a play written by one of America’s leading playwrights Arthur Miller (1915-2005) opened at the Ethiopian National Theatre Sunday, almost seventy years after the original American production. The play, the story…
The supreme body of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Holy Synod, has issued a strongly worded protest against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who cast the recent tension in the Church as “an internal matter” and “an ordinary dispute and personal disagreement…
US President Joe Biden nominated State Department diplomat Ervin Jose Massinga as ambassador to Ethiopia. A Foreign Service Minister Counselor and the State Department’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, Ervin Massinga served as the Acting…