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After nearly two months of silence, the former president of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, Debretsion Gebremichael, spoke in a recorded broadcast on Saturday on a Facebook page of Dimitsi Weyane. In a recorded message on the Facebook page of…
The minors as young as 11 and 12 arrested on suspicion of being members of OLF Shane in the western Gambella region were released a week ago and returned home, Gambella region president Omod Ojulu Obub told DW Amharic. In…
Outgoing United States Ambassador to Ethiopia Michael Raynor called for humanitarian assistance programs to be accelerated in the country’s Tigray region. As he prepares to finish his term next week, the ambassador said that after almost three months of the…
Three senior members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), including former foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin had been killed, the Ethiopian Defense Forces (EDF) announced on Wednesday. Seyoum Mesfin alongside Asmelash Woldeselassie, ex-parliamentary chief whip, Abay Tsehaye, former federal affairs…
A senior official of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Addisalem Balema appeared in court on Thursday a few days after being detained amid a month of conflict in the northern Tigray region. Addisalem Balema, who has served in a…
Mickaël Bethe-Selassié, a painter and sculptor whose colorful portraits of whimsical statue-like sculptures in papier mâché brought him international renown, has died at the age of 69. The artist has exposed his works in some prestigious museums at the group…
The Ethiopian government has reiterated that it will not sit for dialogue with the outlawed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Ambassador Dina Mufti, spokesman for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters on Friday there was no room for dialogue…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told parliament on Monday that a general in Ethiopia’s federal military’s Northern Command could have been poisoned. Two weeks before the launch of a military operation against Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), General Diriba, the commander…
Around 70 clandestine burial pits were found in the premises of Humera airport in the Tigray region, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) said on Sunday. The grave where the bodies were buried was found in the southern part of the airport’s…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of military operations in Tigray on Saturday evening after the government soldiers entered the regional capital, Mekelle. “I am pleased to share that we have completed and ceased the military operations in…