Africa
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News Alert: PM Abiy confirms Air Force conducted targeted strikes in Mekelle and its environs
Addis Abeba, November 06/2020 – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has confirmed that the Ethiopian Air Force has conducted airstrikes yesterday…
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Breaking: ONLF vice chairman and veteran member Hassan Moalim resigns
Hassen Moalim. Picture: screen-grab from a recent interview Hassen has with Prime Media. By Bileh Jelan @Bilejelan Addis Abeba, November…
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News: As more troops mobilized to northern Ethiopia to join “aimless war” PM Abiy assures operations have “clear, limited & achievable objectives”
General Berhanu Jula said Ethiopia was forced to plunge into “unexpected, shameful and aimless war” . Picture: ENA Addis Abeba, November…
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A statement from Jakenn Publishing PLC regarding blockage of all means of communication in Tigray Regional State
Jakenn Publishing PLC, the publisher of Addis Standard online magazine expresses its deep regret that due to the blockage of…
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Breaking: National defense forces given order to “start military offensive against TPLF”: PM Abiy Ahmed
Addis Abeba, November 04/2020- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has just announced that the National Defense Forces (ENDF), led by a…
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News: Four Civilians Killed, Three Seriously Injured in Guji Zone, Oromia; Government Blames Rebel Group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA)
By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Gumi Eldalo Wereda, Guji Zone (Picture: Ethiopian Press Agency) Addis Abeba, November 03/2020 – Four civilians…
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News Alert: All parties as well as Ethiopia’s neighbors must act to reduce tension, eliminate inflammatory language and abstain from provocative military deployments: EU
High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell/ Pictures: EU Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the latest developments Addis Abeba, November 02/2020 –…
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“We have prepared our military of Special Force not in need of a war, but if the worst comes,” Debretsion Gebremichael
The following is a translation of Tigray Region president Debretsion Gebremichael’s major part of a 36 minutes presser which was…
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Analysis: Teachers, Doctors not spared as use of excessive force, extrajudicial killings in Oromia intensify. What we know so far
Fikadu Tolera (Picture: His Facebook page) By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne & Bileh Jelan @Bilejelan Addis Abeba, November 02/2020 – Several…
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Killing of civilians in West Wollega, Guliso wereda & gov’t reactions
Pinned: Guliso Werda, West Wollega Zone, western Oromia regional state Addis Abeba, November 02/2020 – In the early hours of November 02, news began to emerge…
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