Category: Politics
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…
Tigray rebel forces killed more than 200 civilians in a village in Amhara region, residents and local officials said. The killings in a village called Chenna Teklehaymanot of Dabat woreda took place during the rebel forces’ five days presence in…
The Ethiopian government said Monday it had driven the Tigray rebels out of the garrison of Debre Zebit, a hilltop town located along “the China road”, that links the 300km east-west road from Woreta to Woldiya. The state media said…
Tigray rebel forces were responsible for the attack, a spokesman for Afar region says At least 200 people, including more than 100 children, were killed in an attack on a village in the Afar region of Ethiopia, regional officials and…
Tigray rebel forces pushed out of Adi Arkay Intense fighting has been reported along several fronts in and around the town of Lalibela on Friday, in a bid to recapture the tourist town, seized by the rebel forces from the…