Category: Politics

Fighting reported along Afar and Tigray border

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…
Rape as a weapon of war

(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…
Women raped by combatants of the TPLF recount ordeal

(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…
Ethiopian government forces retake Woldia

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…
Rights Groups: Amhara forces committed atrocities in Tigray

(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…
Lalibela recaptured by Tigrayan forces

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…