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(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…
The BBC reporter in Tigray has been released without charge. Girmay Gebru was taken from a café in the regional capital, Mekelle, on Monday, and detained by the military. A local journalist, Tamirat Yemane, and two translators – Alula Akalu…
The Ethiopian military has seized the towns of Axum and Adwa, state media announced. Tigray special forces battling the federal defence forces in both areas had surrendered, the state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday. The defence forces, “who were…
The South Sudan government is “concerned” about a rise in coronavirus infections in neighboring Ethiopia, an official said. Ethiopia is among the four nations worst hit in Africa by Covid-19, following behind South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco. From mid-March to…
(AP)-An official in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region says heavy flooding has displaced some 20,000 people from their homes. “The flooding has caused damages to properties and killed several dozens of animals,” Kulsuma Burhaba Ali, deputy head of the region’s disaster…
በር መሸጋገሪያ ነው፤ ከአዲስ ወደ አሮጌ መሻገሪያ፤ ከአሮጌ ወደ አዲስ መሻገሪያ። ከሞት ወደ ሕይወት። ከሠፈር ወደ ሌላ ሠፈር። ከዛሬ ወደ ነገ። ከሹመት ወደ ሽረት፤ ከሽረት ወደ ሹመት። ሽግግሩ አንዳንዴ በምርጫ ነው፣ አንዳንዴ ያለምርጫ። መወለድና ሞት በምርጫ ነው? ተሻግሮ ከበር ወዲያ…
Gunmen in Guji zone of Oromia regional state have killed twelve Oromia police members in the restive zone, a local official told BBC Amharic. Malicha Dika, Guji Zone Vice Administrator, told the BBC that the incident occurred in Gumi Eldelo…
US reports of gunfire in Addis Ababa Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that the military’s Chief of Staff, General Seare Mekonen has been attacked, although he did not provide clarifications. In a televised speech delivered after midnight wearing a…
Government says situation under control Press Secretary at the Prime Minister Office Nigussu Tilahun says there was an attempted coup in Amhara regional state on late Saturday. He says a “well-organized group” has attempted to overthrow the regional government but…
Former Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Army, Lieutenant General Tsadkan Gebretensae, said despite some positive developments and reforms being instituted by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the country is still in transition defined by no clear direction at all. “Ethiopia…