Category: Politics
Outgoing United States Ambassador to Ethiopia Michael Raynor called for humanitarian assistance programs to be accelerated in the country’s Tigray region. As he prepares to finish his term next week, the ambassador said that after almost three months of the…
Three senior members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), including former foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin had been killed, the Ethiopian Defense Forces (EDF) announced on Wednesday. Seyoum Mesfin alongside Asmelash Woldeselassie, ex-parliamentary chief whip, Abay Tsehaye, former federal affairs…
A senior official of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Addisalem Balema appeared in court on Thursday a few days after being detained amid a month of conflict in the northern Tigray region. Addisalem Balema, who has served in a…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told parliament on Monday that a general in Ethiopia’s federal military’s Northern Command could have been poisoned. Two weeks before the launch of a military operation against Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), General Diriba, the commander…
Around 70 clandestine burial pits were found in the premises of Humera airport in the Tigray region, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) said on Sunday. The grave where the bodies were buried was found in the southern part of the airport’s…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of military operations in Tigray on Saturday evening after the government soldiers entered the regional capital, Mekelle. “I am pleased to share that we have completed and ceased the military operations in…
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says at least 600 civilians have been killed in a massacre in the town of Maikadra, a small town located in the western Tigray region, confirming killings first reported by human rights group Amnesty…
TPLF troops had destroyed Axum’s airport-Ethiopian gov’t Three rockets exploded around Bahir Dar city, the capital of Amhara region, residents said, in the third such attack since the start of the conflict between Ethiopia’s military and forces backing the leadership…
A rocket fell around Bahir Dar city in the Amhara region on Friday, residents and the regional administration said. Several residents of the city said a rocket blast was heard in the city at around 1:40 a.m. The regional media,…
The Ethiopian government said on Thursday that its army was marching to Tigray’s capital, Mekelle. “Our defense forces are moving forward and closing in on Mekele,” Redwan Hussein, Ethiopia’s state minister of foreign affairs told reporters in Addis Ababa. “There…