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Day: July 1, 2025

High stakes in Tigray army as factions contest leadership changes

High stakes in Tigray army as factions contest leadership changes

July 1, 2025 | by Ethiopia Observer | 1
Tensions that escalated when Tigrayan leaders Debretsion Gebremichael and Getachew Reda clashed were ultimately resolved after Debretsion’s forces prevailed. This victory led to the appointment of Tadesse Werede—who had sided with Debretsion—as the new head of the Tigray administration. Getachew…
Arbitrary arrests targeting Tigrayan youths in Addis Abeba

Arbitrary arrests targeting Tigrayan youths in Addis Abeba

July 1, 2025 | by Ethiopia Observer |
Authorities in Addis Ababa are rounding up Tigrayan youths in arbitrary arrests, targeting them solely because of their ethnic background and holding them without due process or formal charges, according to former detainees and their families. Human Rights First Ethiopia…
Four dead, including children, in mortar attacks on Amhara’s North Wollo zone

Four dead, including children, in mortar attacks on Amhara’s North Wollo zone

July 1, 2025 | by Ethiopia Observer |
Four people, including children, were killed and seven others injured in a series of mortar attacks in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara region on Sunday, June 29, 2025, according to eyewitnesses and local officials who spoke to the…
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