Category: Politics
Sudanese refugees in a camp in Ethiopia share how they were forced to take up arms for government forces or paramilitaries, writes Augustine Passilly, a French journalist based in Addis Ababa. Her eyes became moist, her voice started to crack.…
The Ethiopian Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force has announced the arrest of at least 50 people whom it alleged attempted to create chaos in Addis Ababa and and its surrounding areas. The suspects were found in possession of weapons,…
Five employees of the Wonji Sugar Factory, who were abducted by gunmen two weeks ago, were killed, an official from the factory said Friday. The official, who preferred not to be named, told the BBC Amharic that the remains of…
The former president of Somalia region, Abdi Mohamoud Omar, commonly known as ‘Abdi Iley’, was released from prison, his lawyer said. Abdi Iley was arrested in August 2018 in Addis Ababa, shortly after stepping down as the region’s president, and…
Heavy fighting has broken out in several areas in the capital of the Amhara region, Bahir Dar between Fano rebels and federal troops, reports say. Large-scale fighting erupted in three kebeles of the city early Friday morning, the BBC reported,…
More than 50 civilians were killed in an attack on Monday in Merawi town, the North Gojjam Zone of the Amhara region, the BBC reported citing families, and eyewitnesses. In the town of Merawi, situated approximately 35 kilometers from the…
Dessalegn Chanie, a member of the House of People’s Representatives representing the opposition party National Movement of the Amhara (Nama), has been arrested by government security forces in Addis Ababa on the evening of Wednesday, a family member said. Four…
The majority of the 10 thousand people living in the Jara IDP site, situated in Habru Woreda, North Wollo Zone of the Amhara regional State, have not received any form of assistance for the past two months, the Voice of…
The Ethiopian Federal Ombudsman Institute, which assessed the drought impact in the Amhara and Tigray regions, has called on the government to issue an official declaration regarding whether the situation qualifies as a drought or famine. The Institute dispatched a…
We have heard a lot about the Central Prison in Addis Ababa, where numerous human rights abuses have taken place in recent decades. Countless terrifying stories also emerged from the Ogaden Jail. However, relatively little has been said about the…