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4 million citizens need urgent food aid’ affected by drought in Ethiopia

Kidus TekleyohannesJan 12, 2024October 11, 20240

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that about 4 million citizens in six drought-stricken regions of Ethiopia need

Somalis protested the agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland

Kidus TekleyohannesJan 11, 2024October 11, 20240

Somalis are holding a protest called “One Million March” against the agreement of independent Somaliland with Ethiopia. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the capital Mogadishu

Ethiopia is among the countries that cannot pay their debts

Kidus TekleyohannesJan 4, 2024October 11, 20240

Ethiopia has been classified as one of the default countries because it failed to pay the interest on the one billion dollar bond that it

Mr Taye Dedea was arrested

Kidus TekleyohannesDec 12, 2023October 11, 20240

Mr. Taye Dendea, who was removed from his position as Minister of Peace yesterday by the Prime Minister, was arrested on suspicion of “plotting to

Journalist arrested under state of emergency

Kidus TekleyohannesDec 4, 2023October 11, 20240

In the year On November 13, 2023, Belay Manaye, the founder of Ethio News and a YouTube news channel presenter, was arrested in Addis Ababa,

At least 200 civilians are believed to have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region

Kidus TekleyohannesSep 30, 2023October 11, 20240

CNN — At least 200 civilians were killed by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) insurgents in Ethiopia’s Oromia region on Saturday, according to reports, rights

Mass arrests in Addis Ababa city

Kidus TekleyohannesSep 24, 2023November 25, 20240

The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (Esmegu) has announced that mass arrests continue to take place in Addis Ababa city, some of which do not follow

Councilors arrested during the state of emergency prevented from talk to they lawyers

Kidus TekleyohannesAug 20, 2023October 11, 20240

One of their lawyers told the BBC that they were prevented from meeting the members of the federal and Addis Ababa councils who were arrested

civilians were killed by government forces in western Oromia

Kidus TekleyohannesAug 13, 2023October 11, 20240

It was reported that many civilians were killed by government security forces in various areas of West Showa Zone of Oromia region. Survivors and bereaved

Five countries said they are concerned about the ongoing conflict in Amhara and Oromia regions

Kidus TekleyohannesAug 12, 2023October 11, 20240

Five countries announced in a joint statement that they are concerned about the recent conflicts in the Amhara and Oromia regions of Ethiopia. In a