JamesTown.Org | Terrorism Monitor Volume: 20 Issue: 17 Ethiopian forces in July contained and repulsed an attack conducted in the eastern part of the country by Somalia-based al-Shabaab. Fighters from the militant group entered from southwestern Somalia and targeted four border towns in Ethiopia’s Somali regional state known as Ogaden Region. The estimated 500 al-Shabaab […]
Source: IPIS Briefing September 2021 The IPIS briefing offers a selection of articles, news and updates on natural resources, armed conflict, Business & Human Rights and arms trade. Every month, an editorial and related publications shed a light on a specific topic in IPIS’ areas of research. State-Sponsored Cover-Up of the War on Tigray | September 30, 2021 […]
Source: IPIS Briefing August 2021 The IPIS briefing offers a selection of articles, news and updates on natural resources, armed conflict, Business & Human Rights and arms trade. Every month, an editorial and related publications shed a light on a specific topic in IPIS’ areas of research. U.S. Response To The Human Rights Crisis In Ethiopia’s […]
Source: IPIS Briefing June/July 2021 The IPIS briefing offers a selection of articles, news and updates on natural resources, armed conflict, Business & Human Rights and arms trade. Every month, an editorial and related publications shed a light on a specific topic in IPIS’ areas of research. Ethiopia accuses international community of ‘double standards’ in Tigray […]
Source: IPIS Briefing May 2021: “Ethiopia Tigray crisis – Warnings of genocide and famine” The IPIS briefing offers a selection of articles, news and updates on natural resources, armed conflict, Business & Human Rights and arms trade. Every month, an editorial and related publications shed a light on a specific topic in IPIS’ areas of research.
Source: USIP April 29, 2021 | Amid ongoing violence across the country, the vote may offer opportunities to support political dialogue and decrease polarization. Ethiopia is approaching parliamentary elections on June 5. This will be the first vote since the process of reform launched in 2018 by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and the stakes are […]
Source: IPIS Briefing April 2021: “In Tigray, Sexual Violence Has Become A Weapon Of War” The IPIS briefing offers a selection of articles, news and updates on natural resources, armed conflict, Business & Human Rights and arms trade. Every month, an editorial and related publications shed a light on a specific topic in IPIS’ areas […]
Source: IPIS Briefing March 2021 Ethiopian police arrest 359 for suspected murder and illicit arms trade | 29 March 2021 | Xinhua The Ethiopian Federal Police Commission disclosed the arrest of 359 people on suspicion of murder, illicit arms trade, money laundering and auto theft, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported Sunday. Scale of Tigray horror […]
Foreign Policy | Recent human rights investigations confirm the atrocities that journalists reported in November. A strong multilateral push can force an Eritrean withdrawal and put the region on the path to peace. In November 2020, as war broke out in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the scale of the suffering was already apparent to anyone […]
HRW | UN Should Urgently Investigate Atrocities by All Parties (Nairobi) – Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of civilians, including children as young as 13, in the historic town of Axum in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in November 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations should urgently establish an independent inquiry into war crimes […]