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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…
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…
Villagers describe ‘massacre’ in Amhara region

The villagers in Antsokiya-Gemeza woreda of North Shoa Zone lowered 51 bodies into a mass grave on Saturday. Fifteen of the dead were young girls and boys and ten of them elderly women. The rest were men. All had been…