Tag Archive for: Politics
“They Have Destroyed Tigray, Literally”: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot speaks from the mountains of Tigray
Transcript Call between Mulugeta Gebrehiwot and Alex de Waal 27 January 2021
Additional background information and audio are available on the WPF blog, “Reinventing Peace.” For more information: worldpeacefoundation.org
Listen to the interview…
Chinese ambassador, Ethiopia capital mayor agree to enhance economic partnership
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia Zhao Zhiyuan and Mayor of Ethiopia's capital city Adanech Abiebie agreed on Friday to enhance the economic partnership between the two countries.
In a press statement, Abiebie…
Were Orthodox Christians massacred in Ethiopia?
American Magazine | The Jesuit Review | Kevin Clarke
With journalists, aid workers and U.N. officials largely cut off and local internet and mobile services blocked, much remains unknown about what has been happening in Ethiopia’s Tigray…
Joint NGO Letter call for a Special Session on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ethiopia
28 January 2021 | OPEN LETTER |
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland
Your Excellency,
We, the undersigned human rights non-governmental organizations,…
Retired US Ambassadors to Ethiopia write an open letter to Prime Minister Abiy
Ethiopian Reporter | Four retired US ambassadors to Ethiopia write an open letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) stating their concerns about recent political developments in the country.
The letter sent exclusively to The Reporter is signed…
‘Choose – I kill you or rape you’: abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia’s war
Reuters | The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice.
“He said: ‘Choose, either I kill you or rape you’,” the 25-year-old…
Sudanese patrol shelled by Ethiopian forces. Ethiopia asks Sudan to pull troops out for border talks
Sudanese patrol shelled by Ethiopian forces.
Tension has escalated between Sudan, Ethiopia along their borderline.
A Sudanese patrol came under shelling from Ethiopian forces on Sunday near the border with Ethiopia, according to local media.
Sudan…
Departing US Envoy Warns Ethiopia Against Violence
VOA News | ADDIS ABABA - Calling Ethiopia “the critical actor in Horn of Africa stability,” outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Michael Raynor voiced confidence in a strengthened bilateral relationship but warned that violence – especially…
Sudan Responds with Force to Border Attack from Ethiopia
Asharq Al-Awsat | The Sudanese military responded with artillery fire to an attack from Ethiopia against its forces deployed on a share border region with its neighbor.
Ethiopian forces struck the Jabal Abutiour border region on Sunday. The…
Sudan prevents ambassador from travelling back to Ethiopia by land
MEMO | Sudan has prevented Ambassador Yibtalal Amero from travelling overland back to Ethiopia due to tension on the border between the two countries.
A security source told Anadolu Agency that the Ethiopian ambassador submitted a request…