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The federal government of Ethiopia declared a state of emergency in Amhara region on 4 August 2023. A special session of parliament endorsed this decision, placing the administration of the country’s second largest region under the military. This followed clashes between federal troops and Amhara forces resisting a government order to disarm and demobilise regional special forces. Amhara region Read more
Daniel Ki(s)(b)ret: The Rasputin of Ethiopia? By Essayias Lesanu As I unsuspectingly browsed my Facebook, I was taken aback by a disheartening sight. There, glaring back at me, was Daniel Kibret’s page, awash with venomous barbs and scorn. The deep-rooted aspirations of the Amhara community were not only being trivialized but were subjected to blatant Read more
AFRICA, HORN OF AFRICA Date: 08/08/2023Author: Martin Plaut0 Comments By: Eyob Tilahun Abera Abiy’s regime is committing war crimes in the Amhara region of Ethiopia and violating international rules and conventions for civil aviation Even if attacks started earlier, since 7 August 2023, Abiy’s regime in Ethiopia has been attacking civilians using drones and rockets, particularly in the densely populated city of Debre Read more
June 29, 2023 To: UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), UNHRC Member States, and Delegation of the EU to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva Subject: Urgent Action to Protect the Amhara People of Ethiopia Against Ethnic Violence and Genocide We, the undersigned organizations of Ethiopians in the Diaspora, write this letter of appeal to Read more
Header image credit: face2faceafrica.com Isaiah Reynolds May 5, 2023, 1:29 PM EDT Prince Alemayehu Jabez Hughes/Victoria and Albert Museum Following the Battle of Magdala, orphaned Prince Alemayehu was taken by British soldiers to Britian. Taken under the wing of British nobility, Alemayehu was entirely severed from his life in Ethiopia. He is buried at Windsor Read more
On February 7, 2023, 4:42 PM More than 30 followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church have been killed over the last several days by security forces in the Oromia region amidst tension sparked by a breakaway faction, the privately owned Borkena news site reports. The circumstances of the trouble are unclear, but local news site Read more
By Desta Heliso February 4, 2023 (ANALYSIS) The schism in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), one of the most ancient and largest churches in the world, is another symptomatic evidence of the twin threats that Ethiopia is currently facing, namely ethnocentrism that results from fusing ethnicity with politics, and religious extremism that results from Read more
JANUARY 20, 2023 Ethnic Terrorism Continues to Stalk Ethiopia BY GRAHAM PEEBLES Where there is division there will be conflict. In a country such as Ethiopia with dozens of ethnic/tribal groups, the need for tolerance, cooperation and unity is essential if there is to be peace and social harmony. Where these are absent, where differences and Read more
A peace building organization, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has cautioned the European Union against unhelpful commentary on the ongoing peace process in Ethiopia. PeacePro also advised that, if the EU has any advice for Ethiopia, it should communicate with the government through respectable channel or the African Union which facilitated the Read more
Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank, stresses the importance of easy travel within Africa “similar to Abebe Bikila, the future of Africa will defy everyone’s expectations.” Photo: NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images) By Ciku Kimeria In 1960, the Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila made history in Rome as the first athlete from sub-Saharan Read more
African Union envoy holds a news conference on Ethiopia peace talks Hereward Holland and Tommy Wilkes Mon, November 7, 2022 at 3:42 AM By Hereward Holland and Tommy Wilkes NAIROBI (Reuters) -The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline to help maintain a ceasefire struck last week, and both sides met in Read more
AGREEMENT FOR LASTING PEACE THROUGH A PERMANENT CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA AND THE TIGRAY PEOPLE’S LIBERATION FRONT (TPLF) PREAMBLE Agreeing to peacefully resolve the violent conflict that erupted on November 3, 2020, in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia in a manner consistent with the Constitution of Read more
October 29, 2022 Lawrence Abiy Ahmed, Africa, citizenship, Ethiopia, ethnicity, genocide, geopolitics, Horn of Africa, Mekelle, nation-state, oligarchy, Peace talks, Tigray, TPLF, US Lawrence Freeman interviewed by Hermela Aregawi, well known journalist and host of Eyes on Africa-eoanews.com , on October 27, 2022 In my most recent statement (see below) published by ENA on Oct 29, I discuss the intention of U.S. Envoy, Mike Hammer as a participant, not an observer, in Read more
Mary Kulundu, AFP Kenya Fri, October 21, 2022 at 8:50 AM Images showing smoke billowing from a building have been shared in Facebook posts claiming the scenes depict Ethiopia’s invasion of Shire, Tigray’s largest city. This is false; while Tigrayan rebels said Ethiopian and Eritrean forces had captured Shire, the photos circulating online were taken Read more
Human Rights / August 28, 2022 The Biden Administration Is Silent As TPLF Sends Child Soldiers And Uses Human Waves/Shields In Its Terrorist War On Ethiopia, The Prominent Political Science Scholar, Professor Almayehu G/ Mariam Said. The Terrorist TPLF Has Been Forcefully Conscripting The Youth In Tigray And Using Children As Cannon Fodder. The International Community Including Read more
Leaked reports marked Confidential from the UN’s Department of Safety and Security offer a picture of the TPLF’s lawless and despotic rule in Tigray over the spring and summer. For instance, according to the UN’s own documents, the TPLF rounded up several Tigrayans on April 17 ‘who [were] not willing to send their children to join TF Read more
Ethiopia first began electricity production at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in February Amanuel SILESHI By Aymeric VINCENOT August 11, 2022 Ethiopia kickstarted electricity production from the second turbine at its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Thursday, despite continuing objections by Egypt and Sudan over the project. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed also confirmed Read more
– State details more than 4,000 people in two-month crackdown – Al-Qaeda-linked group attacked towns near Somalia border By Samuel Gebre August 8, 2022 Ethiopia has arrested thousands of people suspected of being members of militias or terrorist organizations as it seeks to end instability. In an almost two-month crackdown in various regions including the Read more
– Beijing says first shipments have gone to Ethiopia and Djibouti, and aid for Somalia and Eritrea is ready to be shipped – Announcement of promised aid comes as Washington and Beijing have been pointing the finger over the global food crisis Jevans Nyabiage China has started shipping emergency food aid to countries in the Read more
July 12, 2022 Addis Ababa, June 26, 2022(Walta) – The ethnic national militias manipulated by dark forces from outside and inside the country want to make sure that Ethiopia is permanently destabilized, an American political-economic analyst told ENA. Lawrence Freeman strongly argues that the recent massacre against civilians in the Oromia region is a result of Read more
Letesenbet Gidey Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey won the gold medal in the women’s 10,000 metres race at the World Athletics Championship in Oregon, USA. It was a very competitive race and Letesenbet managed to cross the finishing line first in 30:09.94 minutes. After winning the race, she was seen kneeling and making the sign of the Read more
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund on Thursday called on creditor committees for Chad, Ethiopia and Zambia to quickly reach agreements with authorities to restructure the countries’ debts, saying this could unlock IMF financing programs and disbursements for them. IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told a news briefing that the Fund has made Read more
COMMENTARY by Ann Fitz-Gerald and Hugh Segal While most eyes stay understandably focused on Russian aggression in Ukraine, another war goes on that Canadians, Americans and Europeans barely know about, in Ethiopia. And what they’re told by much of the mainstream media fails to reflect reality on the ground. The New York Times, the Guardian and CNN have often Read more
By Hawi Dadhi Battling inflation is nothing new for Ethiopians. While global markets were stable, Ethiopia’s consumer good prices were wobbly. Only five years of the two decades since the 2000s have seen inflation below 10%. Now, for the first time in a decade, inflation in Ethiopia has remained above 25% for a year. This time around, Read more
July 4, 2022 – By Lawrence Freeman Ethnicity can and should contribute to the beauty and enrichment of a civilization. Ethno-nationalism is entirely different. It functions as a cancer on society, which if allowed to exist, will undermine, and eventually destroy the Nation State. On Saturday-July 2, I was pleased to participate in a Read more
Friday, 1 July 2022, 5:53 am Article: Alastair Thompson Are There TPLF Ethiopia Insurgency Training & Support Operations In Uganda? Mystery Document Alleges: Covert Operation has US/Egypt Support Operations Coordinated between South Sudan, TPLF and Uganda Planning began December 2021 By Alastair Thompson The document that follows below was provided to Read more
Associated Press Sat, June 25, 2022 at 9:38 AM The Amhara Association of America says more than 500 civilians were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region The heavily armed men appeared around the small farming village in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, frightening residents already on edge after recent clashes between government troops and rebels. “The militants assured Read more
By Cnaan Liphshiz June 14, 2022 11:53 am GONDAR, Ethiopia (JTA) — It was love at first sight for Wesom Mellesse when his wife stepped into his metal shop 17 years ago. “Her dad took her into my shop because he needed me to fix their plow and when I saw her, we understood that Read more
By Natalia Marques June 11, 2022 “They told you and me we came from the Congo. Isn’t that what they told you? I mean, isn’t that what they taught us in school? So we came from the Congo. We are savages and cannibals and all that kind of stuff from the Congo; they’ve been Read more
Above:Filimon, 18, a captured fighter from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), sits in a guarded hospital room in Dubti Referral Hospital, Afar region, Ethiopia February 24, 2022. Picture taken February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Tiks By Giulia Paravicini and Katharine Houreld ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI, May 16 (Reuters) – Authorities in Ethiopia’s war-shattered Tigray region are forcing young Read more
Fri, June 3, 2022, 4:25 AM NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Once a key ally of Ethiopia’s federal government in its deadly war in the country’s northern Tigray region, the neighboring Amhara region is now experiencing government-led mass arrests and disappearances of activists, journalists and other perceived critics. More than 4,500 people have been arrested in Read more
Posted on May 23, 2022 by SOCEPP-CAN ከኢፖአኮ-በካናዳ የቀረበ መግለጫ የኢትዮጵያ የፖለቲካ እስረኞች አንድነት ኮሚቴ-በካናዳ (ኢፖአኮ-በካናዳ)፣ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ በዜጎቸ ላይ እየደረሰ ያለውን የሰብዓዊ ሆኑ ሌሎችም መሠረታዊ የሰውለጆች መብት ጥሰትን አሁንም እንደበፊቱ በቅርብ እየተከታተለ በደል የሚፈጽሙ ግለሰቦች ይሁኑ መንግሥታዊ አካላትና ተቋማትን ጉዳዩ ለሚመለከታቸው ሁሉ በዓለምአቀፍ ደረጃ በማሳወቅ ተጠያቂ እንዲሆኑ ሲያደርግ የቆየ ህጋዊ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋች ተቋም ነው። ኢፖአኮ-በካናዳ አሁን Read more
ህውሃት ደሴንና አካባቢውን ወሮ በቆየበት በአጭር ጊዜያት ውስጥ ያደረሰው ከባባድ ጥፋቶች The horrible and nasty destruction of TPLF during their short invasion of DESSIE በደሴ አጠቃላይ ስፔሻላይዝድ ሆስፒታል ደሴ ከተማና አካባቢ ለሚኖሩ፣ ደቡብ ወሎ፣ ሰሜን ወሎ፣ ዋግህምራና ኦረሚያ ልዩ ዞን በከፊል ለሰሜን ሸዋ ነዋሪዎች አገልግሎት የሚሰጥ በተጨማሪም አጎራባች ክልሎች በከፊል ትግራይና አፋር ክልል ሙሉ አቅሙን Read more
Charné Hundermark The Republic of South Sudan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with regional neighbor Ethiopia for the purchase of 100 MW of electricity over the next three years. With plans to gradually increase imports to 400 MW, the MoU is key to meeting electricity demand in South Sudan, while increasing revenue for Read more
Michael McCaul (R-TX) is the richest member of the U.S. House of Representatives with assets of nearly $126 million. As a member of Congress, McCaul earns $174,000 a year. But for Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) who is worth over $200 million, McCaul would have been the filthy richest member in the entire legislative branch of the U.S. government! For Read more
HUMAN RIGHTS This message is prepared in consultation with members of the Executive Committee of OTAGE as a follow up to an earlier letter (attached below) sent to the UN Secretary General and the President of the UN Human Rights Council. Despite our good faith efforts, the two organizations have turned deaf ears to our Read more
