Ethiopia Crisis
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News- Ethiopia suspends license of largest gold mine in southern Ethiopia after at least two protesters were killed by regional security forces
Protest in Adola town on May 08/2018 Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, May 09/2018 – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and…
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News: UN Migration agency speaks of appalling, inhumane situation migrants are facing in Yemen. Ethiopians among them
Ethiopian migrants wait under trees Obock, Djibouti. Sana’a, May 09/2018 – Following a visit to Yemen this week (02-06/05) Mohammed…
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News: Ethiopia state of emergency command post says deadly Moyale violence serious, illegal arms trafficking increased
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, May 08/2018 – The Secretariat of the command post established to oversee the current state of…
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Fresh round of violence rocks Moyale town, leaving unknown number of causalities and fresh displacement in its wake
Pictures received by Addis Standard from sources in the town of Moyale after clashes erupted yesterday Liyat Fekade Addis…
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Commentary: The fears and concerns of the Afar people in Ethiopia
Commentary by Afar People’s Party Addis Abeba, April 26/2018 – The ongoing political subtleties in Ethiopia has ignited a new…
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“I was struck by the frank and robust expression of grievances by the Aba Gadas; impressed with the articulate expression of human rights demands by AAU students” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
Full statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at the end of his official…
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News: Ethiopian authorities cut short a meeting between international lawyer Georgette Gagnon and Ethiopian lawyers defending those charged with terrorism
The sideline meeting was part of UN’s human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein ongoing visit to Ethiopia Etenesh Abera…
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News: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visiting Ethiopia at the invitation of the government
Addis Abeba, April 23/2018 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein began his second official…
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News: Grenade explosion, gunshot kills three, wounds more than 50 in Moyale town
Moyale town communication and Oromia regional state administrative and security bureaus blamed “Liyu Police” and “armed forces from Ethio-Somali regional…
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News: PM Abiy Ahmed’s Welqait remark in Mekelle draws criticism
Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, April 16/2018 – Among the flurry of public tours and speeches Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, Dr.…
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