Ethiopia Crisis
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News: UN rights body says ready to support impartial investigation into the assassination of Haccaaluu and subsequent violence
Prominent Oromo artist Haccaaluu Hundessa was assassinated in the capital Addis Abeba. Addis Abeba, September 22/2020 – In her latest…
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News: Federal court ordered release of 19 ONN journalists and others on bail; nine of them have contracted COVID-19
By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 18/2020 – Judges at the Federal First Instance Court Arada Branch ordered the…
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Analysis: Weeks long attacks on civilians leave several dead, injured in Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz region
The ENDF western Command has released a statement today in which it admitted the attacks on civilians on September 04…
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News update: Prosecutors file terrorism, criminal charges on Eskinder Nega et.al
From left: Eskinder Nega, Sintayehu Chekol and keleb Seyoum. Picture: Balderas/Social media By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 09/2020…
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News: Police bring several ONN journalists, others to court; seek charges on links with armed group, inciting violence
____________________________________________________________ By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 10/2020 – The federal police have brought 22 people, including eight journalists,…
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News: Tigray warns against obstructing its upcoming election, says it’s tantamount to “declaration of war”
Members of Parliament of Tigray have passed a unanimous vote today asking Tigray representatives of the HoF to boycott tomorrow’s…
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News: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church releases grim report on recent attacks on parishioners
Photo: DW/S. Muche By Medihane Ekubamichael Addis Abeba, August 26/2020 – In a statement released today by the Holy Synod…
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Op-ed: Peaceful transition to democracy in Ethiopia: why is it so enigmatic?
On April 02/2018 the outgoing PM Hailemariam Desalegn handed over power to the current PM Abiy Ahmed in what was…
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News: Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council expresses grave concern after security forces’ shooting death of Imams, attack on Muslim scholars
Addis Standard Staffs Addis Abeba, August 24/2020 – The Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council (EIASC) expressed grave concern after the…
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Analysis: Oromia reeling from state violence after security forces kill, injure a staggering number of protesters
Doctors and nurses in two hospitals in east Hararghe were scrambling to save the lives of gunshot victims as the…
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