Tag: Ethiopia

ETHIOPIA – Reuters cameraman ‘arrested, held without charge’ in Ethiopia (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopian police have arrested a Reuters cameraman at his home in Addis Ababa last week and have kept him in custody without charge, the...

ETHIOPIA – Toll from attack in western Ethiopia region rises to 222, Red Cross says (Al Arabiya)

The death toll from a Wednesday attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has risen to 222 people, a volunteer from the country’s...

ETHIOPIA – As violence grips Ethiopia, June parliamentary vote announced (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, 2021, its National Electoral Board has said on Friday, after postponing the vote from August...

ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian military ‘kills 42 people involved in deadly attack’ (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s military has killed 42 armed men accused of taking part in a massacre in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, state-affiliated Fana TV reported on Thursday. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/ethiopia-says-forces-have-been-sent-into-benishangul-gumuz-region

SUDAN/ETHIOPIA – Sudan, Ethiopia to hold border demarcation talks week after clash (Al Jazeera)

Sudan and Ethiopia will hold negotiations next week to delineate their shared border, a statement from Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s office said on...

ETHIOPIA/TIGRAYAN LEADERS – Ethiopia offers reward for intel on fugitive Tigrayan leaders (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia is offering a 10 million birr ($260,000) reward to anyone with information on the location of fugitive leaders of the rebellious force in...

ETHIOPIA – IOM Rehabilitates Educational Institutions in Ethiopia (IOM)

More than 500 pupils attend Bilisuma primary school in Gursum District in Ethiopia’s Oromia Regional State, despite there being, until recently, no school to attend. The...

ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia rejects independent probes into Tigray conflict (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s government is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly conflict in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a babysitter”. The declaration by...

ETHIOPIA – Researchers on Tigray conflict: establishing a democratic approach spares Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa turmoil (AL Jazeera Centre for Studies)

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies organized a webinar in collaboration with Al Jazeera Mubasher entitled, “The Domestic Effects and Regional Implications of Ethiopia’s Tigray...

ETHIOPIA – Abiy’s efforts to unify Ethiopia could lead to its disintegration (Abdullahi Boru Halakhe, Al Jazeera)

Today, Ethiopia is once again in crisis. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s efforts to re-centralise all state powers in Addis Ababa and dismantle the multi-ethnic...

ETHIOPIA – Thousands killed in Ethiopia’s conflict, Tigray side asserts (Al Arabiya)

Militia members from Ethiopia's Amhara region ride on their truck as they head to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara...

ETHIOPIA – The conflict in Ethiopia and TPLF’s ultra-nationalist ideology (Mustafa Omer, Al Jazeera)

The Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) is at the heart of an ongoing bloody conflict with the federal government of Ethiopia. The TPLF was established...

ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia’s war is threatening domestic and regional stability (Mehari Taddele Maru, Al Jazeera)

On Sunday, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of his government’s military offensive on Tigray after Tigrayan forces withdrew from the regional capital, Mekelle. Debretsion...

ETHIOPIA/UN – Ethiopia gives UN ‘unimpeded’ access to Tigray to deliver aid (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia and the United Nations have reached an agreement to channel desperately needed humanitarian aid to a northern region where a month of war...

ERITREAN REFUGEES/ETHIOPIA – Food has run out for Eritrean refugees in Tigray camps, UN warns (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has sounded the alarm over the severe effect of food shortages on the nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees sheltering in camps in...