Category: Politics
Heavy fighting took place on Friday and Saturday near the border area of Afar and Tigray regions, both sides said. The fighting broke out around in Fenti Rasu and Kilbeti zone of the Afar region, reportedly involving heavy artillery, with…
The UN human rights office expressed alarm at “multiple, deeply disturbing reports” of air strikes in the Tigray region, saying at least 108 civilians had been killed since the start of January. Liz Throssell, an Office of the United Nations…
(Following is a translation of a report by the BBC Amharic about women’s experiences of violence during the civil conflict in the Amhara region, published on the news website on Dec 23th, 2021.) A single mother aged probably above fifty…
(Following is a translation of an article by Rosa Moussaoui, entitled “Nos corps sont blessés, nos consciences sont touchées” published in the French-language daily, L’humanité. (Humanity), Paris, Saturday Dec 25th, 2021.) She was seated on a swing wooden bench set…
Ethiopia’s government forces are in control of the historic town of Lalibela Ethiopian government forces have captured several towns from Tigray rebel forces, including Woldia and Kobo, head of the Government Communication Service said. According to Legesse Tulu, head of…
(VOA)-Rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have committed a series of atrocities in the neighboring Tigray region. According to the two group’s reports, released Thursday, Amhara region militia forces are carrying out…
Wollo University, which was reportedly damaged and looted by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, would need two years of repair, reequip and refurbishment before it becomes operational again, it was said. The University has been shut down owing…
The United States has never encouraged the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to expand its military operations in order to topple the Abiy Ahmed administration or enter the capital, the State Department said. The State Department was responding to remarks…
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces have looted and destroyed more than sixty health facilities in Afar region during their occupation of many towns in the region, according to Yassin Habib, head of the region’s health bureau. “One hospital…
The historic town of Lalibela had been recaptured by rebellious Tigrayan forces, Reuters agency reported on Sunday, citing witnesses, less than two weeks after government forces and their allies took control on December 1. The Tigray forces took control of…