Ex-Peace Corps volunteers plead with US for help on Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 350 former Peace Corps volunteers and a trio of former U.S. ambassadors have written to U.S. congressmen urging them to condemn the violence in…
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Ethiopian politician facing terror trial goes on hunger strike
AFP | A prominent Ethiopian opposition politician charged last year with terrorism faces “permanent health problems” after going on hunger strike for more than a week, his lawyer told AFP…
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Press Release – 05/02/2021
ADDIS ABABA: SITUATION OF PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has deployed a monitoring mission to Kaliti Correctional Facility and Kilinto Prison to monitor the situation…
Statement by the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on the situation in Ethiopia, February 2021
OFFICIAL STATEMENT | The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, is alarmed by the continued escalation of ethnic violence in Ethiopia and allegations of…
Uro i Etiopia: krig, sult og etnisk vold — NRK
FN bekymret for etnisk vold FN advarer mot økningen av etnisk vold i Etiopia og uttrykker bekymring for anklager om krigsforbrytelser i krigsherjede Tigray. Det meldes om seksuelle forbrytelser, plyndring,…
Fellesrådet avlyste Afrika-webinar etter trusler mot innlederne
©Bistandsaktuelt | Trusler og trakassering av innledere førte til at Fellesrådet for Afrika onsdag avlyste et webinar som skulle ha fokus på den store vannkraftutbyggingen i Etiopia. – Vi måtte prioritere…
FN slår alarm om sult i Tigray
ABC Nyheter | Livet for sivile i Etiopias krigsherjede Tigray-provins er ekstremt urovekkende, fastslår FN i en rapport. Pågående krigføring gjør det vanskelig å få inn nødhjelp til millioner av…
In Ethiopia’s digital battle over the Tigray region, facts are casualties
The Washingtonpost | Alexi Drew and Claire Wilmot | Claims about disinformation may be undermining online activism. Nearly three months have passed since the conflict between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)…
Ethiopia Faces a New Crisis
Bloomberg | First there was a war, now Ethiopia faces a debt crisis. The nation’s request to restructure its external debt under a Group-of-20 program highlights how much circumstances have changed for…
UN still hoping for humanitarian access to Tigray
UN (US) (AFP) | Every member of the UN Security Council called for increased aid during a closed-door meeting Wednesday to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia,…