At a makeshift shelter in a school in Mekelle, capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Gezae Wolderaphael, an aquiline-featured young sesame farmer, shows what he…
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We are back to the red terror era of the Megistu regime in Oromia. Abiye ordered to kill young men and women…
US calls for withdrawal of Eritrean forces in Ethiopia following investigation into massacre
(CNN) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday for the withdrawal of Eritrean and Ethiopian regional forces from the Tigray region…
Massacre in the mountains | AddisNews.net
They thought they’d be safe at a church. Then the soldiers arrived Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn’t…
Death toll from attack in western Ethiopia reaches 222, Red Cross says
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The death toll from a Wednesday attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has risen to 222 people,…
Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be ‘tip of the iceberg’
UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan (AP) — The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a…
Ethiopia: Bill Threatens Free Expression
(Nairobi, December 20, 2019) – Ethiopian lawmakers should significantly revise the draft law on hate speech and disinformation currently before parliament, Human Rights Watch…
Ethiopia’s surveillance network crumbles, meaning less fear and less control
Reuters -DEBARK, Ethiopia – Rahmat Hussein once inspired fear and respect for the watchful eye she cast over her Ethiopian neighborhood, keeping…
Ethiopians Abused on Gulf Migration Route
Human Rights Watch (Addis Ababa) – Ethiopians undertaking the perilous journey by boat across the Red Sea or Gulf of Aden face exploitation and…
28 years later, Ethiopia’s ruling party must end impunity for human rights abuses
By Fisseha Tekle A loud explosion shook the ground in the early afternoon of 28 May 1991. It was followed by a…