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Amhara Town Massacre: The Horrifying Truth behind Abiy Ahmed’s Ethno-Fascist

Amhara Town Massacre: The Horrifying Truth behind Abiy Ahmed’s Ethno-Fascist

The Amhara conflict broke out less than a year after the government reached a peace deal in November 2022 to end a two-year civil war in the neighboring Tigray region that killed “hundreds of thousands”.     Ethiopian soldiers killed more than 50 civilians this week in a town in the Amhara region during house-to-house searches that […]

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Critical Update: KillerAbiy Ahmed Extends State of Emergency in Amhara

Critical Update: KillerAbiy Ahmed Extends State of Emergency in Amhara

Ethiopia’s parliament on Friday extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency in the northern region of Amhara that has resulted in hundreds of deaths and drawn accusations of widespread human rights abuses. Fighting erupted in Amhara last July between federal forces and a local militia called

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The False Promise of “Afro Democracy” – Ethiopia in Troubled Waters

The False Promise of “Afro Democracy” – Ethiopia in Troubled Waters

by Michelle Gavin Council on Foreign Relations Ethiopia has struggled to recover from the fallout of the Tigray conflict, with few signs of improvement for 2024. The False Promise of “Afro Democracy” A year ago, the world was celebrating the signing of agreements to end the brutal war waged in Ethiopia’s Tigray region from late

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Appeal To Appeal To Reprimand the 2019 Peace Award Recipient PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia Recipient PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia

Appeal To Appeal To Reprimand the 2019 Peace Award Recipient PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia Recipient PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia

The Nobel Foundation P.O. Box 5232, SE-102 45 Stockholm, Sweden Street address: Sturegatan 14, Stockholm Dear Nobel Prize Foundation Directors, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in Ethiopia in 2018 after an internal power shift triggered by massive discontent and unrest. As soon as he came to power, he made surprisingly popular measures

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Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia made an urgent call to action against Forced repatriation of Amhara genocide survivors

Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia made an urgent call to action against Forced repatriation of Amhara genocide survivors

NEWS PROVIDED BY Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia December 25, 2023, 23:24 GMT DAVON, DELAWARE, USA, December 25, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Alarmed by the increasingly deteriorating human rights situation in Ethiopia, the USA based NGO, Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia, has been sounding early warnings, red alerts, and atrocity reports regarding the ongoing war on ethnic Amharas

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Ethiopia peace minister arrests for being critical of PM Abiy held for suspected coup plot

Ethiopia peace minister arrests for being critical of PM Abiy held for suspected coup plot

Reuters December 12, 2023 Reuters Ethiopia’s state minister of peace has been fired and arrested on accusations he conspired with rebel groups to overthrow the government, state media reported on Tuesday. The move against Taye Dendea, a senior member of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party, follows a series of social media posts he has made

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Urgent Appeal to Halt UAE’s Drone Supply in Ethiopian Crisis

Urgent Appeal to Halt UAE’s Drone Supply in Ethiopian Crisis

December 11, 2023 Your Excellency, Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations 315 E 46th Street New York, NY 10017, United States Your Excellency, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C. 3522 International Ct NW #100, Washington, DC 20008,

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Ethiopian authorities detain Ethio News chief editor Belay Manaye without charge

Ethiopian authorities detain Ethio News chief editor Belay Manaye without charge

CPJ Nairobi, December 4, 2023—Ethiopian authorities should unconditionally release Belay Manaye, chief editor of Ethio News, who has been detained without explanation for three weeks, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. On November 13, a group of uniformed police officers and other security personnel in civilian clothes arrested Belay in the capital, Addis

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Identifying the Drone-Launched Munitions Used in Ethiopian Air Strikes

Identifying the Drone-Launched Munitions Used in Ethiopian Air Strikes

Amnesty International In a very short period of time, since armed conflict broke out in the country’s northern Tigray region in November 2020, the Ethiopian Air Force has become a major operator of the world’s second-tier armed drone platforms. Produced by Turkey, China, and Iran, these aircraft are affordable, effective, and (most importantly) available for

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