Category: Politics

Armed group takes control of towns in Oromia

The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an armed group classified as a terrorist organisation by the Ethiopian government, is said to have taken control of some territory in the West Wollega zone of the Oromia Region and kidnapped some government officials,…

Rebel forces in the embattled Tigray region on Sunday summoned all the public of the region to war, urging them to join to crush the enemy’s forces. In a statement read on the regional broadcaster Dimtsi Woyane last night, the…
More than 200,000 displaced in Afar: Official

The Afar region official has announced that more than 200,000 people have been displaced following the eruption of renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia this past week. The region’s head of disaster prevention and risk management Mohamed Hussein told VOA’s Amharic…
Tigray forces say hospital targeted in drone strikes

Tigrayan regional authorities accused the federal government of carrying out drone strikes in the city of Mekelle on the night of Tuesday, August 30. “Nighttime drone attack in Mekelle, no conceivable military targets,” tweeted Getachew Reda, the TPLF spokesperson, adding…