Africa
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News: Opposition party in restive Benishangul region asks immediate elections in constituencies skipped for security, condemns claims of ‘ancestral land ownership’
Members of the BDP Executive committee. Photo: BDP Addis Ababa – Boro Democratic Party (BDP) has urged the National Electoral…
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In-depth: Oromia’s makeshift prisons where “there are neither rights nor humanity”: testimonies of former prisoners
Graphic design: Addis Standard Addis Abeba – Disappearance in police custody and remaining behind bars despite acquittal by the court…
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News: Army threatens to eradicate Oromo armed group, again, claims success in liberating villages
Joint forces of ENDF, Oromia Police and local militia consulting with locals in Southern Oromia – Photo: ENDF/Facebook Addis Ababa…
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News: Ethiopian Media Authority urges judicial bodies to refrain from obstructing investigative journalism
A picture showing the police carrying a team of journalists from FBC on a pickup has widely circulated on social…
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News: Newly formed Southwest Ethiopia State establishes 70-members regional council
Partial view of Council members of the Southwest Ethiopia People’s Regional State. Photo: Regional Communication Bureau Addis Abeba – Newly…
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Commentary: Why Tigray needs technocratic interim government now
Tigray region leader Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) welcoming former President ofNigeria and High Representative for the Horn of Africa H.E Olusegun…
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