Anadolu Agency | ‘War is not an agenda. If mediation is offered by Turkey, Ethiopia will appreciate it,’ says Foreign Ministry spokesperson ANKARA If offered, Ethiopia would appreciate the Turkish government’s mediation on the recent border conflict with Sudan, said the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Ambassador […]
Foreign Lobby | Ethiopia has hired a new lobbying firm for outreach to Congress and the Joe Biden administration as the country battles a diplomatic crisis with Egypt and ethnic strife at home. The Ethiopian Embassy in Washington signed a $35,000-per-month contract with DC-based law firm Venable on Feb. 1. The contract is for an initial three months but can […]
International Crisis Group | Pending comprehensive national dialogue, Addis Ababa should ease Tigray’s immediate predicament, engaging elements of the authorities it unseated to govern the area and ensure that aid reaches the millions in need. What’s new? After weeks of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, federal troops removed the regional government and declared victory. Yet […]
Fox News | If the fighting doesn’t end soon, an American woman with family in the region said, “we’ll be left without families” Many women have “conclusively and without a doubt” been raped in the Tigray region, home to Ethiopia’s secretive conflict – which may have left tens of thousands of civilians dead – the […]
The Spectator | A man is filmed dying under a policeman’s knee in Minneapolis. Riots break out, statues are toppled and the Western world erupts with civil unrest. More than 50,000 people are massacred, tortured and raped, leaving orphaned children to forage for food and find their drinking water in puddles. Some of it is […]
Bistandsaktuelt | MENINGER: Den nye partnerlandstrategien baseres kun på «de gode historiene om Abiy Ahmeds regjering». Hvorfor tør ikke Norge å stille tydelige krav til Etiopias myndigheter? spør Dereje T. Asefa. Jeg fikk tilsendt den nye partnerlandstrategien for Etiopia som Norge vil følge. Etter gjennomlesning forstår jeg hvorfor Kjetil Tronvolls kalte den «utdatert» i en […]
Al Jazeera | Several Ethiopian opposition figures charged with ‘terrorism’ last year began a hunger strike in late January, Concerns are growing about the health of several imprisoned Ethiopian opposition figures who launched a hunger strike some two weeks ago, with protests erupting in Oromia to demand the release of some of the region’s most […]
International Federation of Journalists | Ethiopian freelance journalist Lucy Kassa was attacked at her home in Addis Ababa on 8 February by three unidentified armed men in plain clothes who threatened to kill her for her reporting. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the attack and demands the government take urgent steps to ensure […]
VG | Mandag skal tre bevæpnede menn i sivilt tøy ha tatt seg inn i leiligheten til Bistandsaktuelt korrespondent, Lucy Kassa (29), i Addis Abeba. Kassa har vært Bistandsaktuelts korrespondent i to år. Hun sier til VG at hun først ikke forsto hva mennene lette etter da de snudde leiligheten hennes på hodet. – Så […]
NTB | Etiopias kvinneminister sier at det utvilsomt har skjedd voldtekter i den krigsherjede Tigray-regionen i Etiopia. Uttalelse er en sjelden innrømmelse av at kvinner og jenter i Tigray er blitt utsatt for seksuelle overgrep under regjeringsstyrkenes offensiv. Kvinneminister Filsan Abdullahi Ahmed kom med uttalelsen etter at en gruppe fra etiopiske påtalemyndigheter besøkte Tigray for […]