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 between Ethiopia’s military and Fano, a “self defence” organisation with no publicly known command structure that draws volunteers from the local population. The Amhara violence is Ethiopia’s most serious crisis since a peace agreement was signed in November 2022 to end a two-year conflict in the neighbouring region of Tigray. Amhara regional forces including Fano fought alongside federal troops against Tigrayan rebels but ties frayed in April last year when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government decided to dismantle state paramilitaries across the country.

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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, …

Deadly Attack by Sudanese Paramilitary Group on Village near Khartoum, Sudan Leaves 124 Dead
Trending News
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Deadly Attack by Sudanese Paramilitary Group on Village near Khartoum, Sudan Leaves 124 Dead

CNN  

At least 124 people were killed in an attack by the Sudanese paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village south of Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Friday. The attack follows the defection of the RSF commander in Al-Jazirah, the region where the massacre allegedly took place. The true number of victims may be significantly higher, with over 200 …

Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report

Al Jazeera  

Report says Ethiopia and allies had ‘intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group’ and calls for prosecution at ICJ. There is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war, a new report has concluded. Issued on Tuesday by the United States-based New Lines Institute, the 120-page draft quotes multiple, widespread and credible independent reports that …

Ethiopia protests US ambassador’s speech after he calls for release of political prisoners
7 months, 1 week ago

Ethiopia protests US ambassador’s speech after he calls for release of political prisoners

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia lodged a complaint Thursday over statements by the U.S. ambassador after he said the release of political prisoners could help the country engage in a productive dialogue and that detaining critics won’t resolve the country’s issues. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement that Ambassador Ervin Massinga’s speech on policy and human rights contained “allegations” …

Addis summit raises questions about AU’s muted stance on Ethiopia rifts
10 months, 1 week ago

Addis summit raises questions about AU’s muted stance on Ethiopia rifts

Al Jazeera  

For years, AU officials have refrained from addressing atrocities in Ethiopia. The only to express concern was Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame who had asked the international community to prioritise the Tigray war in early 2021.” No scrutiny Formally established in 2002, the AU’s precursor, the Organisation for African Unity was founded in Addis Ababa in 1963 to lobby for the …

Ethiopian Forces Killed 'at least 45 Civilians' in January Massacre: State-affiliated Rights Body
10 months, 1 week ago

Ethiopian Forces Killed 'at least 45 Civilians' in January Massacre: State-affiliated Rights Body

News 18  

Ethiopia’s government 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 Tuesday. A statement said the EHRC had confirmed “the identity of at least 45 civilians who were extrajudicially killed by government security forces” in the town of Merawi for allegedly supporting an ethnic Amhara …

Eritrean troops are accused of abducting farmers and stealing livestock in Ethiopia’s Tigray
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Eritrean troops are accused of abducting farmers and stealing livestock in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

Eritrean troops are abducting farmers and stealing hundreds of livestock in border regions of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, 15 months after a cease-fire ended a civil war there and called for their withdrawal, according to an aid memo seen by The Associated Press. Yemane Gebremeskel, Eritrea’s information minister, denied the allegations, telling the AP on Friday that the reports of livestock …

‘Collective punishment’: Ethiopia drone strikes target civilians in Amhara
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Collective punishment’: Ethiopia drone strikes target civilians in Amhara

Al Jazeera  

Weeks after a deadly drone attack on November 30 killed five civilians in the town of Wegel Tena in Ethiopia’s Amhara region about 570km north of the capital, Addis Ababa, a witness is still reeling from the trauma. The incidents highlight what UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango referred to as the “devastating impact of drone strikes and other …

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 …

32 killed in attacks in the Abyei region, which is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan
1 year, 1 month ago

32 killed in attacks in the Abyei region, which is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Heavy fighting Sunday in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people, a regional official said. Abyei information minister Bolis Kuoch said 32 people including women and children were killed and 20 others wounded, “but the clashes have now stopped and the situation calmed down.” He initially reported that a …

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 …

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence
1 year, 3 months ago

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence

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. Read our privacy policy U.N.-backed human rights experts say …

Ethiopian airstrike on a town square in the restive Amhara region kills 26, health official says
1 year, 4 months ago

Ethiopian airstrike on a town square in the restive Amhara region kills 26, health official says

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — An airstrike on a crowded town square in Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 55 others, a senior health official said Monday, days after authorities asserted that calm had been restored in the area. “When it fell, lots of people were killed and injured.” The state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission …

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 …

Ethiopia declares state of emergency following clashes in Amhara
1 year, 4 months ago

Ethiopia declares state of emergency following clashes in Amhara

Al Jazeera  

The announcement comes as fighting across Ethiopia’s second most populous region develops into a security crisis. Ethiopia’s federal government on Friday declared a state of emergency following days of clashes in the Amhara region between the military and local armed fighters. “It was found necessary to declare a state of emergency as it had become difficult to control this outrageous …

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 …

Ethnic violence in Sudan raises genocide alarm as war rages on
1 year, 6 months ago

Ethnic violence in Sudan raises genocide alarm as war rages on

Al Jazeera  

Activists and observers have warned that unchecked violence could prove worse than Darfur’s previous cycle of killings. The rapidly rising levels of ethnic violence in Sudan are raising alarm about genocide as fierce fighting between warring generals of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces nears the end of its second month. There have been numerous reports …

Ethiopia rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusation in western Tigray
1 year, 6 months ago

Ethiopia rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusation in western Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch accuses government-backed militias and officials of committing ‘war crimes and crimes against humanity’ in the region. The Ethiopian government has rejected a report by Human Rights Watch that alleges an “ethnic cleansing” campaign is under way in western Tigray despite a truce signed in November. The HRW issued a report last week saying the November peace agreement …

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw
1 year, 7 months ago

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw

Al Jazeera  

Tigray residents say Ethiopia’s allies – Eritrean troops and soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region – are yet to leave, despite a truce. Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region to demand the return of people displaced by a two-year war there and the withdrawal of outside forces now that the conflict has ended. They held …

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?
1 year, 7 months ago

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?

Al Jazeera  

The countries have a long history of getting involved in each other’s affairs, leading to fears of a regional crisis as fighting in Sudan persists. With the tables now turned, Amhara armed groups could take advantage of the civil war in Sudan by launching an attack on the Sudanese army in el-Fashaga, according to Hubert Kinkoh, an expert on the …

Ethiopia: Aid group says 2 workers killed amid violence
1 year, 8 months ago

Ethiopia: Aid group says 2 workers killed amid violence

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Two aid workers with Catholic Relief Services were killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the aid group said Monday, amid a wave of civil unrest linked to a government decision to dissolve the security forces of the country’s 11 federal states and fold them into the federal forces. The unrest came after the government announced its intention …

Aid group says two workers shot dead in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
1 year, 8 months ago

Aid group says two workers shot dead in Ethiopia’s Amhara region

Al Jazeera  

Two aid workers with Catholic Relief Services have been killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the charity said, amid civil unrest triggered by a federal government decision to disband regional special forces units. The unrest came after the government announced its intention to dissolve the federal states’ security forces it said pose a threat to the country’s security and to “build …

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. He said after “careful review of the law and facts” he had determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara …

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict

Al Jazeera  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces committed crimes against humanity. The United States government has concluded that all sides involved in a brutal conflict in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes, including rapes, massacres of civilians, forcible deportations and ethnic cleansing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday …

Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region
1 year, 11 months ago

Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

Forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region who fought in support of federal troops during the two-year civil war in neighbouring Tigray have withdrawn in line with an African Union-backed ceasefire, the army says. The agreement was signed by Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a party that dominates the region. The restoration of basic services in Tigray, resumption …

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 …

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 …

Eritrean forces killing Tigray civilians in Ethiopia despite peace deal, report says
2 years ago

Eritrean forces killing Tigray civilians in Ethiopia despite peace deal, report says

LA Times  

Lead negotiator for Ethiopia’s government, Redwan Hussein, left, and lead Tigray negotiator Getachew Reda, right, sign documents Nov. 2 during the peace talks in Pretoria, South Africa. Eritrean troops have continued killing dozens of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and committing other abuses weeks after the two main warring parties signed a peace deal, according to an official document seen …

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline
2 years, 1 month ago

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at some of the most important events of the two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s northernmost region. March 10: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemns acts of “ethnic cleansing” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, as he calls for “full accountability” and the departure of troops from neighbouring Eritrea and other fighters. August 26: As fighting continues in the …

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years

Associated Press  

PRETORIA, South Africa — Ethiopia’s warring sides agreed Wednesday to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a conflict believed to have killed hundreds of thousands, but enormous challenges lie ahead, including getting all parties to lay down arms or withdraw. A draft text of the agreement, shared with The Associated Press by a diplomat, says Tigray forces will be disarmed, …

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years

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. African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo, in the first briefing …

Ethiopia: Government, Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia: Government, Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war

Al Jazeera  

African Union says Ethiopia’s government and Tigrayan forces formally agree to end fighting after talks in South Africa. The parties in the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray have agreed on a “permanent cessation of hostilities”, the African Union mediator said, just more than a week after formal peace talks began in South Africa. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, …

Sudan officials: Tribal clashes kill 170 in country’s south
2 years, 2 months ago

Sudan officials: Tribal clashes kill 170 in country’s south

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Tribal clashes in Sudan’s southern province of Blue Nile have killed at least 170 people over the past two days, two Sudanese officials said Thursday, the latest in inter-communal violence across the country’s neglected south. Tribal clashes that erupted in July killed 149 people by early October, and last week, renewed clashes killed another 13 people, according to …

Ethiopia: UN truck hit by debris from apparent drone strike
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia: UN truck hit by debris from apparent drone strike

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Flying debris from an apparent drone strike has damaged a World Food Program truck in Ethiopia’s besieged Tigray region, the U.N. agency said Monday, after Ethiopian forces and rival Tigray ones recently chose renewed fighting over peace. The government accused Tigray forces of transporting fighters in trucks “illegally” painted with U.N. logos, and it warned humanitarian groups …

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict
2 years, 3 months ago

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

Associated Press  

GENEVA — U.N.-backed investigators said Thursday they have turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military — including rape, murder and pillage — over the nearly two-year war centering on Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. The Commission of Inquiry on Ethiopia, which is working under a mandate from the U.N.'s …

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict
2 years, 3 months ago

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

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. Read our privacy policy U.N.-backed investigators said Thursday they …

UN: Warring sides committing atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray
2 years, 3 months ago

UN: Warring sides committing atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Al Jazeera  

The UN’s International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia says it has found evidence of widespread violations by all sides since fighting erupted in 2020. UN experts on Monday said that there are reasonable grounds to believe that “war crimes and crimes against humanity” have been committed by the Ethiopian government in the Tigray region, warning that renewed conflict …

Airstrikes kill 10 in Ethiopia’s Tigray capital, doctor says
2 years, 3 months ago

Airstrikes kill 10 in Ethiopia’s Tigray capital, doctor says

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Two airstrikes hit the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region Wednesday morning, killing 10 people, many of them first responders, the director of the city’s flagship Ayder Referral Hospital said, as Ethiopia’s government gave no sign of taking up the Tigray forces’ offer to stop fighting and pursue talks. “Three of the victims need urgent major surgery, in …

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 …

‘Large-scale’ fighting shatters lull in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Large-scale’ fighting shatters lull in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

LA Times  

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. Ethiopia’s military has launched a “large-scale” offensive for the first time in a year in the country’s northern Tigray region, Tigray authorities alleged Wednesday, while the government countered that Tigray forces attacked first. But …

Amnesty Urges Probe Into 'horrific' Ethnic Massacre in Ethiopia That Killed Over 400 Amhara Civilians
2 years, 5 months ago

Amnesty Urges Probe Into 'horrific' Ethnic Massacre in Ethiopia That Killed Over 400 Amhara Civilians

News 18  

Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into a massacre of more than 400 Amhara civilians in Ethiopia’s Oromia region last month, citing eyewitnesses who blamed a local rebel group for the killings. “These horrific killings in Tole, allegedly at the hands of the Oromo Liberation Army, reveal its perpetrators’ utter disregard for human life,” Deprose Muchena, Amnesty’s director …

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 …

African Union urges calm in Ethiopia-Sudan border dispute
2 years, 5 months ago

African Union urges calm in Ethiopia-Sudan border dispute

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The African Union says it is deeply concerned by “the escalating military tension” between Ethiopia and Sudan after seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian were killed in a border dispute. Sudan’s Foreign Ministry reported the eight victims had been taken into Ethiopia after the soldiers were held captive in an area inside Sudan on June 22. Sporadic …

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 …

Can Ethiopia build on a truce to end war in Tigray?
2 years, 7 months ago

Can Ethiopia build on a truce to end war in Tigray?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, May 25 at 19:30 GMT: A recent declaration by Tigrayan forces fighting Ethiopia’s federal government that it will release thousands of prisoners of war is fuelling optimism the warring sides are moving towards direct talks – but obstacles to peace remain. The move comes weeks into an “indefinite humanitarian truce” in northern Ethiopia that was first announced by …

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