Category: Politics
Tigrayan rebels have ransacked and destroyed key infrastructure in Kombolcha town almost immediately after they arrived in the town two weeks ago, South Wollo Zone Chief Administrator Abdi Hussein told the Reporter newspaper on Sunday. Although it is difficult to…
(Aljazeera)-Tigrayan rebels have killed more than 150 civilians in the Amhara region on suspicion of being informants or offering aid to federal forces, the government-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said in a report. The investigation, published on Saturday, which draws…
The Ethiopian government on Thursday outlined three necessary conditions for possible discussions with the Tigrayan rebels if the one-year war in northern Ethiopia is to end. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dina Mufti said the TPLF must withdraw from Amhara and Afar…
Tigray fighters raped, robbed, and beat up local women after attacking a town in the Amahra region, according to a new Amnesty International report released on Wednesday. Amnesty’s investigation is based on interviews with 16 sexual assault survivors and local authorities…
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is the AU’s special representative for the Horn of Africa, has said that he has not faced any resistance in his efforts to mediate between the Ethiopian federal government and rebel groups, he told…
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said Sunday that multiple arrests have been made in what seemed targeting people based on their ethnic origin, following the declaration of a state of emergency covering on 02nd of November. The rights group…
Many people are dying of hunger and starvation in the Wag Hemra zone of north Wollo in the Amhara regional state, residents who fled to Bahir Dar and Ebnat, as well as local officials, told the BBC Amharic. Tesfaye Gebre,…
Rebels from the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) killed more than 100 youths in an unprovoked attack on civilians in Kombolcha, one of two towns the rebel group captured over the weekend, the Ethiopia Government Communication department said. “The terrorist…
Health facilities across Amhara and Afar regions have been deliberately vandalized and destroyed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health announced. The ministry said more than 1,500 health facilities have been severely damaged in Amhara and Afar states in a deliberate attack…
Hundreds of civilians have fled Kobo, a town in north Wollo, after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters attack last week that left “many” dead. The TPLF fighters attacked the town of Kobo and surrounding rural towns of Wollo…