The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency effective immediately following a week of anti-government violence that resulted in deaths and property damage across the country, especially in the restive Oromia region. (Karel Prinsloo, File/Associated Press) By Elias Meseret | AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency effective immediately…
Security officials watch as demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, on October 2, 2016. HRW The following questions and answers are critical to understanding recent events inEthiopia. Responses are written by Felix Horne, senior Ethiopia researcher at…
Addis Abeba. As a valuable friend, the EU needs to push Ethiopia to respect divergent views, and rein in forces who rapidly turn to bullets, beatings, and mass arrests. (Photo: Henrik Berger Jorgensen) By FELIX HORNE EU Obserrver In January, the European Parliament passed a 19-point resolution condemning the Ethiopian government’s brutal crackdown on protests that…
EYEWITNESS / This is Africa, and nobody cares how many protesters the dictatorial government kills. Not the UN, not the State Department, not Black Lives Matter, and not CNN TimesofIsrael In the Amhara region, the eye of the storm, an Israeli witnesses deadly clashes that threaten to plunge the nation into chaos BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia:…
Egypt has denied reports that it is behind the opposition demonstrations in Ethiopia. Yasser Hakim has more from Cairo.
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By J. David Thompson U.S. Representatives push for legislation targeting Ethiopia after Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch document human rights abuses. A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives has proposed legislation targeted at the government of Ethiopia, after Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch documented hundreds of cases of alleged human rights abuses. House Resolution…
Abdulaziz Osman VOAFILE – Al-Shabab fighters sit on a truck as they patrol in Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 30, 2009. The U.S. military says its airstrike killed at least nine militants. However, the Somalia government says its soldiers were killed in the strike. Somalia’s government is demanding an explanation from the United States for Wednesday’s deadly airstrike…