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
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA AND THE TIGRAY PEOPLE’S LIBERATION FRONT (TPLF)
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
Is U.S. Threatening Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed, to Maintain TPLF Legitimacy at Peace Talks?
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
Images show building on fire in Addis Ababa and not Ethiopian forces invading Tigray’s Shire
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
All Tigrayans Children Are In War Front! Int’l Community Asked To Condemn
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
Land of the Lawless: A Snapshot of Tigray Under TPLF Rule Over Spring and Summer, According to Confidential UN Documents
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 Starts Power Generation From Second Turbine At Mega-dam
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
Thousands Arrested as Ethiopia Acts Against Suspected Militants
– 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
China sends food aid to drought-stricken Horn of Africa as accusations fly
– 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
Dark Forces Manipulating Ethnic Based Militias to Destabilize Ethiopia – American Analyst
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
Ethiopia – Oregon World Marathon Heroes :: Letesenbet Giday (ለተሰንበት ጊደይ) – Tamirat Tola(ታምራት ቶላ)
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
IMF calls for quick creditor agreements on Chad, Ethiopia, Zambia debts
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
Tigrayans Fleeing the TPLF: Their Opinions Ignored within Today’s Most Misunderstood War
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
Hyperinflation in Ethiopia is the product of cascading missteps
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
Ethno-nationalism Threatens The Very Existence of The Ethiopian Nation-State
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
Are There TPLF Ethiopia Insurgency Training & Support Operations in Uganda?
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
‘Total bloodbath’: Witnesses describe Ethiopia ethnic attack
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
How Israel’s Falash Mura immigration from Ethiopia became a painful 30-year saga, with no end in sight
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
Pan-Africanism takes center stage in discussions at the People’s Summit for Democracy
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
Some Ethiopians claim forced recruitment by Tigrayan forces
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
Ethiopia’s mass arrests show rift with former Amhara allies
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
የብልጽግና ፓርቲ በዜጎች ላይ እያደረሰ ያለውን የመብት ጥሰት እንዲያቆም በጥብቅ እንጠይቃለን
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
በደሴ አጠቃላይ ስፔሻላይዝድ ሆስፒታል የትግራይ ወራሪ ሀይል ያደረሰው ተቋማዊ ጉዳት – Facility assessment report after TPLF terrorist left of @ Dessie
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
South Sudan, Ethiopia Sign 100 MW Electricity Trade Agreement
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
Filthy Rich Texas Congressman Michael McCaul Gunning for Poor Ethiopia!
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
Speaking Truth to Power: United Nations Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch
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
The frontline voices: Tigrayans speak on the realities of life under an insurgency regime
The frontline voices:Tigrayans speak on therealities of life under aninsurgency regime Ann Fitz-Gerald Ethiopians of Tigrayan descent, residing both inside and outside of Tigray, have contacted this researcher to request greater scrutiny of grassroots Tigrayan opinion on the ongoing conflict in Northern Ethiopia. These “silenced voices” have been characterized by many Western analysts and English-language Read more
Rigging the Game: Western Attempts to Marginalize Ethiopian Sovereignty
Why does the West want to dismiss an already existing credible international investigation regarding the current conflict in Ethiopia and have their own appointed investigators? This begs the questions of the US and UN priorities and policy towards Ethiopia. They have amplified and echoed concerns for Tigray and TPLF’s talking points. They have turned a Read more
The Rise of Ethnic Extremism in Ethiopia is an Opportunity for Failure
Do the current boxes of ethnic regions represent the diverse nature of Ethiopians’ identities? Thousands of identities are possible if we explore the three-generation family tree of Ethiopia’s population. While the unity within this diversity of Ethiopians has overcome generational challenges, including the victory of Adwa, tribalistic agendas continue to thrive at home and in Read more
Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor 13 Apr 2022 BAR Contributing Editor Ann Garrison reports from Ethiopia. I’m writing from Ethiopia, where the war that began in November 2020 continues, with the US backing their former puppet, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), who ruled Ethiopia with an iron fist from 1991 to 2018, when they Read more
Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia – Part II
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor 20 Apr 2022 BAR contributing editor Ann Garrison continues her reporting from Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is experiencing a building boom, which includes all the foreign embassies near the airport. The din of construction is non-stop on weekdays. Lots of sky high office buildings and condos underway. Even Read more
“A BLOODBATH SITUATION”
Rasmus Sonderriis Dec 22, 2021 Ethiopia at the receiving end of Biden’s ‘woke’ foreign policy: “A BLOODBATH SITUATION” Pacifist virtue-signaling at the expense of American values and interests. This sums up the Biden administration’s backstabbing of a hard-won democracy in Ethiopia, executed by a veritable pantheon of villains to conservatives, from Obama era officials to Read more
Send Ethiopian treasures back, former Archbishop of Canterbury tells British Museum
former Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the British Museum to return a collection of Ethiopian religious treasures to Africa. Lord Carey said he hoped the museum would act with “urgency” and give the artefacts — called Tabots — back to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. He said he was frustrated the artefacts, considered sacred in Ethiopia, Read more
Explanation of vote after the vote by the delegation of Eritrea
Explanation of vote after the vote by Amanuel Giorgio Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the UN During the 11th Special Emergency Session Of the United Nations General Assembly 2 March 2022, New York Mr. President, Eritrea is taking the floor in explanation of vote after the vote on the draft resolution A/ES-11/L1 Read more
Embrace Victory at Adwa and GERD to Unify All Citizens From U.S. Attack on Ethiopian Sovereignty-Defeat HR6600
February 28, 2022 Lawrence Adwa, Africa, Berlin Conference, citizen, colonialism, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian identity, ethno-nationalism, GERD, HR6600, human rights, Italy, Meles Zenawi, Menelik II, Nation State, sovereignty, Tigray Celebrate Ethiopia’s March 1, 1896 Victory at Adwa- A Victory For Africa and All Nations Lawrence Freeman February 28, 2022 This year’s celebration of the victory at Adwa, 126 years ago, has special significance. Although the war against the TPLF has largely been won, Ethiopia is under attack Read more
To End Ethiopia’s War, Biden Needs to Correct Course
A one-sided U.S. approach provided political cover to the TPLF insurgency. Washington now has an opportunity to create the conditions for peace. By Bronwyn Bruton, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, and Ann Fitz-Gerald, the director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and a professor of international security at Wilfrid Laurier University. DECEMBER Read more
