When black lives don’t seem to matter
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…
Ethiopia: Concern grows over health of jailed political leaders
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…
Ethiopia: Journalist attacked and threatened with death
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…
Ethiopia Confirms Rapes ‘Without a Doubt’ in Tigray Conflict – AP
Associated Press | CARA ANNA | A senior Ethiopian official says rape has occurred “conclusively and without a doubt” in the country's embattled Tigray region.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rape has occurred “conclusively and without a doubt”…
S&P joins Fitch in downgrade of Ethiopia on potential debt restructuring
(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings on Friday downgraded Ethiopia’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘B-’ from ‘B’ on potential debt restructuring, announcing the move days after Fitch Ratings downgraded…
Ethiopian Journalist Attacked in Her Home, Questioned on Tigray Connections
VOA | Freelance journalist Lucy Kassa was working on a story at her home in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday morning when she heard a knock at the door.
"I opened and there were three men. They knocked me down and they entered the…
How to Stop Ethnic Nationalism From Tearing Ethiopia Apart
Foreign Policy | The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution celebrated self-determination, but it laid the groundwork for today’s violence. Devolution could offer a way out.
On Nov. 28, 2020, Ethiopia’s military took control of Mekele, the capital…
In Sudan Border Town, Desperate Ethiopians Find ‘Second Mother Country’
New York Times | Abdi Latif Dahir | Tens of thousands of Christian refugees, fleeing the violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, have been given a warm welcome by the residents of a sleepy Sudanese town: “We are brothers.”
HAMDAYET,…
The Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region: What to Know
Council on Foriegn Relations | Michelle Gavin | The military campaign has resulted in a humanitarian crisis and fears of regional instability. A path forward will require international cooperation, careful diplomacy, and an inclusive political…
Ethiopia confirms widespread rape in conflict-hit north
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Scores of women have been raped in Ethiopia’s northerly Tigray region, authorities have confirmed, in the chaotic aftermath of an armed conflict last year that ousted the local ruling party.
“We have received the report…