As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia
2 years ago

As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ethiopian security forces, Oromo insurgents and Amhara militia are all battling each other in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest region, said William Davison, an analyst with the International Crisis Group. “Amid an intensifying government struggle against the rebels, all three have targeted civilians, particularly ethnic Amhara, which has led to an increase in violence by Amhara militia claiming to be defending their communities,” he said. As Ethiopian federal security forces battle the Oromo Liberation Army, which the government has called a terrorist group, Oromo and Amhara residents and their armed allies also fight each other over grievances old and new. Last week, the government-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said “hundreds” of people had been killed in a “gruesome manner” in the past four months across 10 zones in the Oromia region, and it confirmed the presence of government forces, Amhara militia and the OLA in areas where repeated killings occur.

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Bloodbath in Ethiopia: 48 killed in restive Oromia region; what's the conflict all about?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bloodbath in Ethiopia: 48 killed in restive Oromia region; what's the conflict all about?

Firstpost  

A burned tank stands near the town of Adwa, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 18, 2021. Image used for representational purpose/Reuters Ethiopia’s human rights commission said Thursday it is investigating the killing of at least 48 people in the conflict-ridden Oromia region, attributing the massacre to armed rebels from the Oromo Liberation Army. The conflict in Oromia Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest region, …

Ethiopian forces killed ‘at least 45 citizens’ in Amhara, rights body says
10 months, 1 week ago

Ethiopian forces killed ‘at least 45 citizens’ in Amhara, rights body says

Al Jazeera  

The Amhara violence is Ethiopia’s most serious crisis since a 2022 peace agreement ended war in neighbouring Tigray. Ethiopia’s federal security forces killed at least 45 civilians in a massacre in Amhara state in late January, the independent state-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Tuesday. The killings in the Amhara town of Merawi follow months of clashes last year …

Latest peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and Oromo militants break up without an agreement
1 year, 1 month ago

Latest peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and Oromo militants break up without an agreement

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government and a militant group waging a long-running conflict in the country’s Oromia region have broken up in Tanzania without an agreement, both sides said Tuesday. The Oromo Liberation Army says it is fighting for greater determination for the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, who have long …

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts
1 year, 3 months ago

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts

Al Jazeera  

UN experts say Ethiopia and its allies, including Eritrea, are still violating human rights in the Tigray region. “While the signing of the agreement may have mostly silenced the guns, it has not resolved the conflict in the north of the country, in particular in Tigray, nor has it brought about any comprehensive peace,” Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the …

Ethiopia’s government recaptures Amhara region towns from militia, government and residents say
1 year, 4 months ago

Ethiopia’s government recaptures Amhara region towns from militia, government and residents say

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government and residents say the country’s military recaptured several areas in the embattled Amhara region from local militia fighters as details of dozens of civilian deaths began to emerge from the region amid an internet shutdown. The military reclaimed control of six towns, including the regional capital, Bahir Dar, and Amhara’s second-largest town, Gondar, according to …

What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple guide
1 year, 4 months ago

What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple guide

Al Jazeera  

Tensions between local militiamen and federal forces sparked Ethiopia’s most serious security crisis since the two-year civil war in Tigray. Fierce fighting broke out last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region. Tensions have been rising since April, when the federal government announced it was …

Ethiopia’s government says it lost control of some areas in the Amhara region to militia fighters
1 year, 4 months ago

Ethiopia’s government says it lost control of some areas in the Amhara region to militia fighters

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s federal government says it lost control of some districts and towns to militia fighters in the country’s Amhara region during the latest conflict emerging in Africa’s second most populous nation. The federal government has tried to centralize security powers after the end of a devastating two-year conflict in the country’s Tigray region, where Amhara regional forces …

Amhara Violence: Ethiopia Declares Six-Month ‘State of Emergency’
1 year, 4 months ago

Amhara Violence: Ethiopia Declares Six-Month ‘State of Emergency’

News 18  

Ethiopia’s federal government on Friday declared a six-month “state of emergency” as violent clashes escalate between the national army and local fighters from the northern region of Amhara. The government communications service later said the measures would cover Amhara “for six months” but could be imposed “nationwide in relation to any situation or movement that aggravates the security problem”. On …

Multiple injuries as Ethiopian military, militia clash in Amhara: Sources
1 year, 4 months ago

Multiple injuries as Ethiopian military, militia clash in Amhara: Sources

Al Jazeera  

The Amhara militia was an ally of the Ethiopian army in the two-year-war against the Tigray region that ended in November. Ethiopia’s military has clashed with fighters from a militia in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in an escalation of a simmering feud between the two former allies that a doctor said had caused more than a dozen …

As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia
2 years ago

As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive what was once one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies. Ethiopian security forces, Oromo insurgents and Amhara militia are all battling each other in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest region, said William Davison, an …

Witnesses say dozens killed in new ethnic attack in Ethiopia
2 years, 3 months ago

Witnesses say dozens killed in new ethnic attack in Ethiopia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Residents in Ethiopia’s largest federal state, Oromia, say dozens of civilians were killed in an attack by an armed group on Monday, the latest mass violence along ethnic lines that challenges one of Africa’s most populous countries. Two residents of the restive Wollega region’s Horo Guduru area said an armed group from the ethnic Amhara community, known …

Ethiopian rebels propose humanitarian truce amid drought
2 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopian rebels propose humanitarian truce amid drought

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — An Ethiopian rebel group has proposed a humanitarian truce to facilitate assistance to hungry people in the country’s Oromia region as it warns of famine. The OLA offered “to cooperate with a declaration of humanitarian truce to allow humanitarian agencies to deliver assistance to affected areas,” the statement by spokesman Odaa Tarbii said. The group added it …

UN rights panel says it is alarmed over Ethiopia’s abuses
2 years, 5 months ago

UN rights panel says it is alarmed over Ethiopia’s abuses

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A United Nations rights panel focusing on Ethiopia says it’s alarmed over continued violations and abuses in the East African country. The Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia, created by the U.N. Human Rights Council to investigate abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia, warned the country is experiencing escalating violence and a dire humanitarian crisis. “The …

More than 100 killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Witnesses
2 years, 6 months ago

More than 100 killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Witnesses

Al Jazeera  

Witnesses say more than 200 people killed in the attacked blamed on the OLA rebels, but no official confirmation on casualty yet. More than 100 people, mostly from the Amhara ethnic group, have been killed in an attack in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to witnesses, who blamed the Oromo Liberation Army for one of the deadliest attacks in recent memory. …

Witnesses say more than 200 killed in Ethiopia ethnic attack
2 years, 6 months ago

Witnesses say more than 200 killed in Ethiopia ethnic attack

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, have been killed in an attack in the country’s Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group, which denies it. Federal army units have now arrived, but we fear that the attacks could continue if they leave.” Another witness, who gave only his first …

‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara
2 years, 9 months ago

‘I await divine justice’: Rebels bring woes to Ethiopia’s Amhara

Al Jazeera  

Amhara residents say Tigrayan fighters unleashed a campaign of horror during a five-month occupation of the area. Family members told Al Jazeera – as Tiru was unable to discuss the details without breaking into tears – that fighters loyal to the Tigray governing Tigray People’s Liberation Front saw the unarmed trio and “slowed their vehicle to shoot at them before …

‘You can’t even cry loudly': Counting Ethiopia’s war dead
3 years, 1 month ago

‘You can’t even cry loudly': Counting Ethiopia’s war dead

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — The man who counts the dead sees them everywhere. Desta’s list does not include ethnic Amhara, some of the war’s latest victims after Tigray forces started moving toward Ethiopia’s capital. ___ Victim Number 51: Haben Sahle Desta’s list includes 102 children. Spagat puts the chances of reaching a final toll at “possibly never.” ___ Victim on the Amhara …

Report says Ethiopia’s Tigray forces raped Amhara women
3 years, 1 month ago

Report says Ethiopia’s Tigray forces raped Amhara women

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s rival Tigray forces raped or gang-raped local women after attacking a community in the Amhara region as they pushed toward the country’s capital, a new Amnesty International report says, opening a new front of horror in the yearlong war. The report released early Wednesday, based on interviews with 16 women and local authorities, is the most …

Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday as rival Tigray forces threaten to move on the capital and the country’s yearlong war escalates quickly. The emergency declaration by Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers was the clearest sign of alarm yet from the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who a year ago this week allowed soldiers …

At scene of Ethiopia’s new killings, some fight, some flee
3 years, 3 months ago

At scene of Ethiopia’s new killings, some fight, some flee

Associated Press  

CHENNA TEKLEHAYMANOT, Ethiopia — The smell of death lingered for days after the killings. At the scene of one of the deadliest battles of Ethiopia’s 10-month Tigray conflict, witness accounts reflected the increasingly blurred line between combatant and civilian after the federal government weeks ago urged all capable citizens to stop the Tigray forces “once and for all.” When the …

Over 120 killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, officials say
3 years, 3 months ago

Over 120 killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, officials say

Al Jazeera  

Tigrayan forces reject allegations by local officials in Amhara region they killed scores of villagers earlier this month. Doctors and local officials have said more than 120 civilians were massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara region earlier this month, but forces from neighbouring Tigray rejected allegations they were responsible. He was quoted by Reuters as saying the killings were during the Tigrayan …

EXPLAINER: Why Ethiopia’s war crisis is deepening by the day
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why Ethiopia’s war crisis is deepening by the day

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States says it is sending a special envoy to Ethiopia as the fast-moving conflict in the Tigray region has spread into neighboring regions and Ethiopia’s government this week called on all able citizens to stop the resurgent Tigray forces “once and for all.” The widening war in Africa’s second-most populous country, with 110 million people, …

Death toll from clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara may be 200: Official
3 years, 8 months ago

Death toll from clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara may be 200: Official

Al Jazeera  

Country’s chief ombudsman says up to 200 killed in this month’s violence, up from the 50 previously reported. The death toll in clashes this month between Ethiopia’s two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and Amhara, in the northern Amhara region may be as high as 200, a senior official said on Sunday, up from previous reports of at least 50. …

Why is ethnic violence surging in Ethiopia?
3 years, 8 months ago

Why is ethnic violence surging in Ethiopia?

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds have lost their lives in recent months due to ethnic violence in Africa’s second most populous country. Ethiopia’s chief ombudsman, Endale Haile, told AFP news agency that violence in Amhara had already killed more than 300 people over several days in March. The Amhara region is dominated by the ethnic Amhara group – Ethiopia’s second largest – but the …

Amid violence, Ethiopia declares state of emergency in Amhara
3 years, 8 months ago

Amid violence, Ethiopia declares state of emergency in Amhara

Al Jazeera  

The defence ministry says deadly armed violence witnessed in parts of the Oromia special zones. In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry of Defense said the last three days saw deadly armed violence in the town of Ataye and several other areas in Oromia special zones. The Amhara region is dominated by the ethnic Amhara group – Ethiopia’s second-largest – …

Gunmen kill 30 people in western Ethiopia, witnesses say
3 years, 8 months ago

Gunmen kill 30 people in western Ethiopia, witnesses say

Al Jazeera  

Attack that wounded 15 others was blamed on a splinter group from the Oromo Liberation Front. Gunmen killed at least 30 civilians in an attack on a village in the Ethiopian region of Oromia, witnesses said on Wednesday, the latest outbreak of ethnic violence to challenge the federal government. Local authorities blamed the attack, in which 15 more people were …

Worsening violence in western Ethiopia forcing civilians to flee
3 years, 9 months ago

Worsening violence in western Ethiopia forcing civilians to flee

Al Jazeera  

Members of local communities say they plan to relocate after spate of attacks by armed militia targeting civilians of ethnic Amhara origin. “We aren’t safe here.” At least 12 people, including a seven-year-old child, were hacked to death in two particularly brutal attacks on February 25 in the villages of Boka and Nechlu, in the eastern part of Oromia, multiple …

Ethiopia rejects US allegations of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray
3 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia rejects US allegations of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Ethiopia has rejected United States allegations of acts of ethnic cleansing in its embattled Tigray region, calling them a “completely unfounded and spurious verdict” against the government in Addis Ababa. Testifying before Congress on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he wanted to see forces from neighbouring Eritrea and those from the Amhara region replaced in Tigray by …

Ethiopia’s Amhara rejects charge of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray
3 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia’s Amhara rejects charge of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Amhara spokesperson dismisses top US diplomat’s accusations of its troops’ involvement in atrocities in Tigray. Ethiopia’s Amhara region has rejected allegations of its forces’ involvement in “ethnic cleansing” in the country’s embattled Tigray region after the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for Amhara troops to leave the area. Last week, Tigrayan officials accused forces from neighbouring Amhara …

UN: Thousands flee Ethiopia violence, seek asylum in Sudan
3 years, 10 months ago

UN: Thousands flee Ethiopia violence, seek asylum in Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — At least 7,000 people who fled escalating ethnic violence in western Ethiopia have sought asylum in neighboring Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions between the two Eastern African nations. Tensions escalated in the past three months in Metekel Zone, prompting Ethiopia’s government to declare a state of emergency in the area on Jan. 21, …

‘I would never go back': Horrors grow in Ethiopia’s conflict
3 years, 11 months ago

‘I would never go back': Horrors grow in Ethiopia’s conflict

Associated Press  

HAMDAYET, Sudan — One survivor arrived on broken legs, others on the run. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner for political reforms that also marginalized Tigray leaders, continues to reject global “interference” amid pleas to allow unimpeded humanitarian access and independent investigations. “Everyone looks at you and points out the part of you that doesn’t …

‘I would never go back’: Accounts of atrocities grow in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
3 years, 11 months ago

‘I would never go back’: Accounts of atrocities grow in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

LA Times  

Abrahaley Minasbo, 22, has wounds on his face and his partially amputated hand from an attack by Ethiopian militia members. In this fragile refugee community on the edge of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, those who have fled nearly two months of deadly fighting continue to bring new accounts of horror. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner …

Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be ‘tip of the iceberg’
4 years ago

Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be ‘tip of the iceberg’

Associated Press  

UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan — The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a single Ethiopian town. Witnesses in Mai-Kadra told the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International that ethnic Tigrayan forces and allies attacked Amhara — one of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic groups but a minority in Tigray. “Anyone they found, they …

As Ethiopia’s conflict rages, ethnic targeting turns deadly
4 years, 1 month ago

As Ethiopia’s conflict rages, ethnic targeting turns deadly

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethnic Amharas killed. Abiy, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, also accuses the regional government of “unceasing hate and fear propaganda.” On Friday, speaking in the Tigrinya language, he urged its forces to surrender “in the next two to three days.” The allegations, combined with the severing of communications with the Tigray region and growing reports of …

War crimes feared in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
4 years, 1 month ago

War crimes feared in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

CNN  

Fighting between Ethiopian government forces and rebellious northern leaders could spiral out of control and war crimes may have been committed, the United Nations said on Friday, as repercussions spread around the volatile Horn of Africa. The 10-day conflict in Tigray region has killed hundreds, sent refugees flooding into Sudan, and raised fears it may draw in Eritrea or pressure …

Survivors count 54 dead after Ethiopia massacre, group says
4 years, 1 month ago

Survivors count 54 dead after Ethiopia massacre, group says

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Survivors of a massacre by rebels in western Ethiopia on Sunday counted 54 bodies in a schoolyard, the latest attack in which members of ethnic minorities have been deliberately targeted, Amnesty International said Monday. The head of the Oromia region police commission, Ararsa Merdasa, told the state broadcaster the death toll was 32 and “some 200 …

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