Category: Politics
Religious tensions in Ethiopia have been heightened following deadly clashes in Gondar during the funeral of a Muslim elder four days ago. Religious leaders are calling for the arrest and prosecution of attackers before that violence escalates out of control.…
(The Guardian)-A video posted on social media showing armed men burning a man to death in the Benshangul-Gumuz has drawn condemnation and renewed fear over increasing horrific incidents of ethnic violence. Eleven people, including nine ethnic Tigrayans, were killed on…
More than 749 civilians have been killed in the Afar and Amhara regions since July, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said. EHRC has released on Friday its investigation into alleged human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in…
(Following is a translation of a report by the BBC Amharic about the increasing number of ethnically targeted attacks in Western Oromia and the West Shoa Zone, published on the news website on February 15, 2022.) Over the past three…
Rebels from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have mounted attacks around the town of Serdo in the Afar region in a fight for control of the highway linking Ethiopia to Djibouti, the Afar region officials said. Ahmed Kaloyta, a…
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) launched an unprovoked assault in the neighboring Afar region, the Afar region said on Monday, the latest sign in a flare-up of the conflict in the area. The alleged offensive targeted an area of…
Among health facilities damaged and destroyed as a result of the conflict in the Afar region, only eight of them have started functioning, according to the regional health bureau. Sixty-nine health facilities are still in need of repair and reconstruction,…
Heavy fighting took place on Friday and Saturday near the border area of Afar and Tigray regions, both sides said. The fighting broke out around in Fenti Rasu and Kilbeti zone of the Afar region, reportedly involving heavy artillery, with…
The UN human rights office expressed alarm at “multiple, deeply disturbing reports” of air strikes in the Tigray region, saying at least 108 civilians had been killed since the start of January. Liz Throssell, an Office of the United Nations…
(Following is a translation of a report by the BBC Amharic about women’s experiences of violence during the civil conflict in the Amhara region, published on the news website on Dec 23th, 2021.) A single mother aged probably above fifty…