(Source: Addisstandard, By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne) – Addis Abeba, January 17, 2021- Six of the jailed members of the Karrayyu Gadaa leadership who were initially said to have gone missing after the unlawful deaths of 14 members of the Karrayyu Gadaa Michilee leaders were released on December 31, 2021 reports said. A survivor of …
(Source: Oryx, By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans) – ”Don’t bother to devote your energy to achieving impossible dreams. Just establish a bridge between us and them [western defence manufacturers], act as our translators, that’s enough.” (Address to Selçuk and Haluk Bayraktar by a bureaucrat at the Presidency of Defense Industries, mid-2000s) [1] …
Swarm-UAVs are coming – And Turkey just called Dibs Read More »
(Source: Oryx, By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans) – The discovery of Iranian Ghaem-5 precision-guided munition (PGM) remains near the town of Gidami in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia in early January 2022 was a first indication that the Ethiopian Air Force had forward deployed its Iranian-made Mohajer-6 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) …
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(Source: The Economist, Nairobi) – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s actions belie his words Jan 15th 2022 The mood at the international airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, is strikingly upbeat. In recent weeks arriving passengers have been met by smiling dancers and patriotic music. Garlands of flowers and bright yellow carpets adorn the arrivals …
Ethiopia promises peace but keeps bombing rebels and civilians Read More »
(Source: UN News) – 14 January 2022 Humanitarian Aid Aid and food distribution operations in northern Ethiopia are about “to grind to a halt” amid ongoing fighting, bloodshed and a lack of funding that is making humanitarian access impossible, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday. Escalating clashes in Tigray have …
Tigray: Aid operations ‘about to grind to a halt’, warns WFP Read More »
(Source: Quillette.com, By James Jeffrey) – Drones Over Ethiopia Less than two months ago, the Ethiopian government was on the brink of defeat as Tigrayan forces closed in on the capital. Now the Tigrayan troops have turned about and withdrawn north back into Tigray. The government’s use of foreign-supplied unarmed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and armed …
(Source: Tghat, By Mulugeta Gebregziabher, this article was first published on Tghat.com) – November 4, 2021, marked the 365th day of the war on Tigray that was waged by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his allies, the Eritrean government, Amhara forces, and other foreign actors. Since the war started, I have been reflecting and sharing …
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(By Yared Huluf, Warning Graphic Picture & Video at the end of this poem) – No choice you are natal chart delivered, Worse, there are those who did not get the chance that you were blessed. From the get go to your grave rest, You found out life is a challenge; Some you succeeded, …
(Source: GNN) – January 15, 2022 By Goitom A.(Dr.) Eskinder Nega, founder and Chairman of Balderas for the Genuine Democracy Party (Balderas) said “The federal government should go as far as it can to exterminate TPLF”, in a press briefing his party held on Thursday, January 13, 2022. “The TPLF still has the military capacity …
(Source: Science Norway, By Ida Irene Bergstrøm) – In competition with among others Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson, Abiy Ahmed has been named the worst head of state in 2021 by a panel of professors and researchers, on behalf of the Norwegian newspaper Morgenbladet. 2021 hasn’t just been affected by a pandemic, but also bad …
(Source: Human Rights Watch) – Eritrea Events of 2021 Eritrean government forces committed war crimes, possible crimes against humanity, and other serious violations against Tigrayan civilians during the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Eritrean forces also forcibly disappeared dozens of Eritrean refugees living there, raped several, coercively repatriated hundreds, and destroyed two Eritrean refugee camps. Eritrean forces also committed widespread pillaging with much of the plunder taken back to …
(Source: Refugees International, By Sarah Miller) – A Changing Battlefield, the Same Humanitarian Landscape Since November 2020, the world has watched Ethiopia turn on itself, starving its own people and destroying itself one day at a time. The fighting goes on, and a recent airstrike on a camp for internally displaced persons in Tigray killed …
(Source: France24) – Ethiopian government soldiers on a road near Agula in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 8, 2021. © Ben Curtis, AP/File At least 108 civilians have been killed this month in a series of airstrikes in the war-torn northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, the United Nations said Friday. The UN also …
At least 108 civilians killed so far in January in Tigray airstrikes, UN says Read More »
(Source: AP, BY JAN M. OLSEN) – COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, on Thursday issued a very rare admonition to the 2019 winner, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, over the war and humanitarian crisis in his country’s Tigray region. “As prime minister and winner of …
(Source: The Guardian) – Supplies for more than 5 million people in need of food are running out, says World Food Programme The Tigray region of northern Ethiopia stands on the edge of a humanitarian disaster, the UN has said, as fighting escalates and stocks of essential food for malnourished children run out. The …
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(Source: DW) – While drone attacks kill dozens of people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed continues to push for national dialogue to end the conflict. Will his plan succeed? The Tigray conflict has now entered its fourteenth month Pressure from the international community to resolve Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has never be higher. …
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(Source: Tghat, By Temesgen Kahsay) – My parents, both from Tigray, migrated and settled in Asmara, Eritrea, in the early 1960s. The first few years of my childhood were spent under the Derg regime, a military junta that ruled Ethiopia between 1974-1991. My father was a soldier who served in the army under the Derg …
Why erasing Tigray to build a modern day babel fails? Read More »
(Source: Aljazeera) – Tigray is under what the United Nations calls a de facto blockade that is preventing life-saving medicine and food from reaching millions. Published On 12 Jan 2022 A blockade preventing medicines and other life-saving supplies reaching Ethiopia’s Tigray has created “hell” in the war-ravaged region, and is “an insult to our humanity”, …
Blockade creates ‘hell’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray: WHO Read More »
(Source: The National) – Monday’s call was the first between the two and was requested by the US President, the White House said Joyce Karam Washington Jan 12, 2022 President Joe Biden’s first call to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has prompted a debate about whether the US could be shifting towards the conflict in …
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(Source: Addisstandard) – How our lives “turned into a joke” We used to have this inside joke in my friend circle long before the war started. It started as a witty comment made to mock one of our friends who has a habit of evading splitting the bill whenever we go out together. Our group …
(Source: German Federal Foreign Office) – 12.01.2022 – Press release I was shocked by reports of drone attacks on refugee camps in Ethiopia last week, in which numerous civilians were killed. One of the drone strikes was on a camp for internally displaced persons and claimed the lives of 56 people. These attacks not only …
(Source: Arab Center Washington DC, Khalil Al-Anani) – On October 25, 2021, Sudan’s General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan staged a coup, declared a state of emergency, dissolved the power-sharing Sovereign Council, sacked the civilian government, and temporarily detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his ministerial team as well as other activists and political figures. While the international …
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Oromo Federalist Congress Press statement Statement from OFC leaders upon their release from wrongful imprisonment We were released on the 7th of January 2022 after 18 months of wrongful imprisonment. It bears repeating that our arrest and detention in the aftermath of the assassination of the iconic Oromo artist, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, was motivated by …
(Source: GNN, By Elias Dawit) – Buddha says there are three things that cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth. Beginning with his declaration of victory over Tigrayan Defense Forces (TDF) just weeks after the fighting began in November 2020, Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed has mastered the art of dealing with ferenjis (foreigners). He lies …
Abiy Ahmed’s playbook for dealing with Ferenjis (Foreigners): Lie and then lie again Read More »
(Source: Somali Guardian, January 11, 2022) – MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – More than 400 Somali recruits were killed by Eritrean troops in several training camps, thousands of others were deployed to take part in Ethiopia’s conflict and many more have been thrown into forced labor, an escaped recruit has told local media on Monday. Abdulkadir Abshir, who …
Over 400 missing Somali recruits killed in Eritrea, escapee says Read More »
(Source: Council on Foreign Relations, By Michelle Gavin) – Recent signs out of Ethiopia are encouraging, but major issues standing in the way of a sustainable peace remain unresolved. News coming out of Addis Ababa suggests that the conflict in Ethiopia is entering a new phase. For over a year, momentum seemed to be …
Ethiopia conflict dynamics shift as new U.S. envoy takes over Read More »
(Source: GNN, By Mussie, Zst-SA) – There is growing Pressure on the Prime Minister by Pro-Amhara-Led Imperial Ethiopia elements in his government with apparent signs of trying to undermine his power following release of political prisoners, notably media mogul and prominent Oromo politician Jawar Mohammed. Ethiopia’s Amhara regional state president, Yilkal Kefale, made …
(Source: 1945, ByMichael Rubin) – On Monday, January 10, President Joe Biden spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia. The readout of their conversation was boilerplate. “Both leaders underscored the importance of the U.S.-Ethiopia relationship, the potential to strengthen cooperation on a range of issues, and the need …
Did Joe Biden inadvertently greenlight genocide in Ethiopia? Read More »
(Source: Eri-TV) – Analysis Giving agenda to Tigray: he repeatedly reiterated that the TPLF leadership made military and political blunders that caused the loss of thousands of Tigrayan lives. This is likely to add further fuel to increasingly vocal opposition against TPLF’s political failure. A subtle warning for TPLF leadership not to make another ‘miscalculation’ …
(Source: Aljazeera Inside Story) – Abiy Ahmed pardoned political prisoners and called for ‘national dialogue’, but air raids continue to kill civilians. Ethiopia’s government appears to be offering an olive branch to end more than a year of conflict in the northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is releasing several high-profile political prisoners, including …
Does Ethiopia’s PM want a peaceful end to the Tigray war? Read More »
(By Yared Huluf) – You may tell a lie as many a time; Canard a story baseless. Likewise, You may suppress truth, You may commit wanton wanton unperturbed, You may feel Justices delayed, Is justices denied; But in the end You would be exposed With no defence, As all, be it the lies, truth and …
For Immediate Release January 10, 2022 PUBLIC STATEMENT HIBIR Ethiopia Multinational Federalists (HIBIR for short) welcomes the release, on January 7, 2022, of a few political prisoners such as Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba, Eskindir Nega, Sebhat Nega, and their colleagues. We also welcome the realization on the part of Abiy Ahmed’s regime that these prisoners …
(Source: The Herald) – An Ethiopian drone strike has killed 17 civilians in the Tigray region on the day President Joe Biden spoke in a call with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to express concern about such attacks, local authorities said. A report by the zonal administration said women at a flour-grinding mill made up most …
(ብያሬድ ሑሉፍ) – ዓዲ ሃሎ ስርዓት ዓዲ ሃሎ መዲመድሂን በራድ ዝተኽሎ ንየው: ዓኽ እንትፍ በሎ ናብአካል ነቭስኻ ከይሰረፀ ከሎ:: ናይ ወዲ ሰብ መሰል ድልየት ብኽሳድ ማእገረን ረጊፁ ዝዓብለለን:: ሰላም ፍትሒ: ኽይነፍስ ምዑቡል ሕዝቢ: ኸይፈልስ ኸይወግሕ: ብርሃን ኸይነግስ ኸይፅልምት: ዓርሕዪ ኸይድቅስ ኸይማሃር: ኸይቅድስ ኸይኹትኹት: ኸይህንድስ ኸይዘርዕ: ኸይሓርስ ኸይፃሂ : ኸይኹልስስ ኸይዛመድ: ኸይታሓዋወስ ኸየፍቅር : ከይሕጎስ ሲኦል …
(By Dereje T. Asefa) – The ethno-federalism arrangement of Ethiopia established in 1991 created new regions in Ethiopia to replace the previous administrative provinces. One of them is the Amhara Regional State, which is composed of parts of former geographical administrative regions of Begemeder (Gonder), Wollo, North Showa, and Gojjam. Its creation has taken the …
The Tigray-Amhara boundary should be resolved by constitutional means Read More »
(Source: The white House) –Briefing Room January 10, 2022 • Statements and Releases President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia and opportunities to advance peace and reconciliation. President Biden commended Prime Minister Abiy on the recent release of several political prisoners, …
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(Source: The White House) – Briefing Room January 10, 2022 • Press Briefings Via Teleconference 3:12 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Thank you very much. And good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for joining the NSC press call on Ethiopia. As a reminder, this call will be on background, attributed to a “senior administration official,” and the …
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(Source: Oryx, By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans) – An air bridge between Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran has sought to equip Ethiopia with the weapons it needs to defeat the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) in the Tigray War. Despite totalling some 140 flights by January 2022, relatively little is …
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