The western media seem to decide to entirely accept terrorist TPLF victim card playing though the TPLF provoked that war after being ousted, so stated an independent journalist, Ann Garrison. In an interview with the Taylor Report on CIUT 89.5 FM, Ann Garrison explained that the terrorist TPLF attacked the federal army base [Northern Command […]
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Ethio-Somali coalition for peace and cooperation has censured the Joe Biden administration sending of Jeffrey Feltman, its especial envoy, to Ethiopia and Horn of Africa. As to the information obtained from the coalition, US has been criticized over sending its envoy without changing its policy towards Ethiopia and it is a clear indication of undermining […]
Since its establishment as a state in 1948, Israel has placed great importance on foreign policy. This is because it had been under a political and economic boycott by surrounding Arab states. The boycott has been falling apart since the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. But it is still in place with countries such as […]
An Ethiopian Diaspora scholar said that the TPLF terrorist group has to be buried soon and swept from this soil as it been committing atrocious massacres, getting many displaced, recruiting child soldiers, blocking humanitarian aid routes via disseminating false propaganda to local and international community. Lecturer of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College in the […]
ADDIS ABABA – Citizens displaced from their homes in Alamata town said that the terrorist TPLF clique has committed grave atrocities against civilians in different parts of the North Wollo Zone of Amhara State during unilateral ceasefire the Federal Government set on humanitarian grounds. The citizens who are now sheltered in Dessie town of the […]
The Ethiopian government on Thursday downplayed a new military alliance announced by the country’s two major rebel groups. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) on Wednesday announced inking a military alliance to overthrow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government in Addis Ababa. However, at a news conference on Thursday afternoon, the […]
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia denounced Thursday a “destructive alliance” unveiled this week between rebels from war-torn Tigray and a group from Oromia, the country’s largest region. The Oromia group – which calls itself the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) but which federal officials refer to as OLF-Shane — went public with the purported alliance on Wednesday, […]
Addis Abeba — Ministry of Health (MoH) previously said that studies and research were underway to investigate the emergence of the COVID Delta variant in Ethiopia. While briefing journalists on July 13, 2021 regarding the spread of the new COVID- 19 Delta variant, Health Minister Leah Tadesse(Ph.D) said that Alpha and Beta strains of the […]
The U.S. State Department said in a statement that U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, will travel to Djibouti, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates from August 15 to August 24. “Special Envoy Feltman will meet with senior officials in the three countries to discuss opportunities for the United States to […]
Washington — Amnesty International says Ethiopian government forces, Amhara region’s militia group and Eritrean forces have been systematically raping and abusing hundreds of women and girls in the conflict in the country’s northern Tigray region. As part of a new report, Amnesty spoke to 63 survivors of rape and sexual violence from Tigray, in addition […]
Addis Ababa — The latest report of Amnesty International is based on a flawed methodology and relies heavily on interviews conducted in refugee camps in the Sudan and remote interviews facilitated by ‘community workers’, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the statement regarding the latest ‘report by Amnesty International on the alleged rape and […]
The Ethiopian government on Wednesday dismissed a fresh report by Amnesty international which details how Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are systemically committing large-scale rape in the country’s northern Tigray region. The report said soldiers have raped hundreds of women and girls there, while also subjecting many to sexual slavery and mutilation. According to Amnesty’s report, […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — August 3, 2021 – The Mastercard Foundation Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) Resilience Facility has impacted more than 10,000 businesses and saved over 50,000 jobs since its inception, according to mid-term results released earlier today. The USD 24.8 million Facility was created in 2020 through a partnership between the Mastercard Foundation, the […]
Welcome to allAfrica’s Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I am Mantsadi Sepheka from allAfrica and today our focus is Ethiopia.Fisseha Tekle is a researcher for Amnesty International and Zelalem Teferra, Senior legal officer of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights are with us today. I’d like […]
Updated August 10, 2021 08:12 PM – The Ethiopian government appealed Tuesday for its citizens to join the military to fight the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the embattled northern Tigray region. The appeal from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office follows the government’s unilateral declaration of a cease-fire in June as its military retreated […]
Forces aligned to the Ethiopian government subjected hundreds of women and girls to sexual violence Rape and sexual slavery constitute war crimes, and may amount to crimes against humanity Women and girls in Tigray were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by fighting forces aligned to the Ethiopian government, Amnesty International said today in […]
Addis Ababa — Earlier today, at the Saro-Maria hotel in Addis Ababa, five startups, graduated from a four-month business development program ran by Orbit Innovation Hub under the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works initiative. The startups were: Medket, Tena, Gebeta, Temaribet, and New Era Research and Development (NERD). The first two—MedKet and Tena—are developing health-focused […]
Hundreds of people were killed after a relief camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia’s Afar region was attacked by an armed group. Regional officials on Monday reported that over 200 people, including more than 100 children, were killed in the attack that they say happened on Friday. Sources told Nation.Africa that the incident […]