2 year agoFano Militias Open Fire on Civilians In Oromia @Henry_Wilkins: "VOA spoke to witnesses who got caught up in the fighting when militants from the Fano militia group, on the border of the Oromia zone, in Amhara, allegedly opened fire on civilians close to the town of Shewa Robit
2 year agoThousands of Muslims in Addis took to the streets demanding justice in front of the Anwar Mosque. The rally came after "Christian extremists" attacked mourners at a funeral of a prominent local Sheik in Gondar city
2 year agoAt least 21 Muslim worshippers killed in Ethiopia's Amhara region after being attacked by Fano militia in Gonder city yesterday. Mosques and Qurans were burned down, women raped and properties belonging to Muslims in the city were destroyed - Islamic Affairs' High Council says
At least 20 killed in Ethiopia's Amhara region after unidentified armed men attacked Muslim worshippers – Islamic Affairs' High Council
2 year agoLarge protests erupted in Addis Ababa Ethiopia against the Fano militants who killed 21 Muslims & torched 5 Mosques in the town of Gonder yesterday 4/26/2022. The Fano are also committing unspeakable crimes in Tigrai & Oromia
The Ethiopian security announces that it has thwarted an attempt to carry out a terrorist attack by Al-Shabab in the capital, Addis Ababa and other regions
Tigray: In a statement Thursday, the Ethiopian government said it "reaffirms its commitment to work closely with the international community and other stakeholders to ensure proper access to humanitarian aid".
2 year agoHangasa Ibrahim, an MP from Oromia, recently admitted that OLA controls some "396-98" local districts in Oromia therefore state of emergency should stay on
2 year agoUS "reiterates its grave concern over continuing reports of ethnically-motivated atrocities committed by Amhara authorities" in western Tigray, Ethiopia, says @StateDeptSpox
According to Tigrai TV, @ICRCEthiopia in Tigray announced today that it is suspending ambulance service due to the blockade. Before the war, Red Cross was operating 257 ambulances. Following the war most of them have been either looted or destroyed
Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch said Ethiopia has committed Crimes Against Humanity in Western Tigray. The campaign of killings, rape, mass detentions, and forcible transfers amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity
Ethiopia releases former Tigray government officials - lawyer
Tigrayan fighters agree to 'cessation of hostilities'
2 year ago230 buses carrying Ethiopian soldiers went through Dessie in the direction of Kobo today from 8 am to 1:30pm local time with heavy military equipment still moving
Secretary Antony Blinken:We welcome the statement by the Tigray regional authority in response to the declaration by the Government of Ethiopia expressing Tigrayan commitment to immediate cessation of hostilities and to all necessary measures to assure unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance
In response to Ethiopia Govt declaration of humanitarian truce, Tigray vowed to implement a cessation of hostilities effective immediately if the people of Tigray receive humanitarian aid equivalent to their needs within a reasonable time frame - statement
2 year agoStatement by the Government of Tigray on Cessation of Hostilities. March 24, 2022
Federal government declares humanitarian truce in Tigray effective today; says move paves way for resolution of conflict The statement concluded by calling on Tigrayan forces to withdraw from areas they have occupied in neighboring regions
Senator Menendez called on Pre Biden to assess whether parties to the conflict in Ethiopia are guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide. Citing evidence and reports of extra-judicial killings, massacres, sexual and gender-based violence
MSF: We urge the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) to respond to the @nytimes investigation published on 17 March. The memory of María, Tedros and Yohannes, the pain of their close relatives, friends and colleagues need solace and closure
UN rights chief says air strikes have killed hundreds since Nov. in Ethiopia Bachelet told the UN HR Council her staff had recorded 304 deaths & injuries to 373 people in air attacks "apparently carried out by the Ethiopian Air Force" in Tigray & Afar
On the Afar front, captured & killed Eritrean soldiers are found carrying two identity cards: Eritrean and local Afar identity cards. The Eritrean government, encouraged by the success of pitting Tigray and Amhara, has started to do the same with Tigray-Afar
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed officially inaugurates as the GERD Nile dam starts generating electric power, local media. More than 60 percent of the Ethiopian population does not have access to electricity - FANA
Attack on refugee camp in Ethiopia kills 5, displaces thousands: UN
2 year agoNew footage from @BBC out of Ethiopia shows remnants of Turkish Rocketsan MAM-L missiles fired by Bayraktar TB-2 armed drones at TPLF militants in the Gashena region, dated late October 2021
2 year agoState Department says the lifting of the state of emergency in Ethiopia is a step toward paving the way for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict. It called for the release of all those who were arrested or detained without charge under the emergency order
Unidentified armed group in Amhara region loot weapons, break inmates out of prison Regional police commission & prison commission said that an organized group operating in the guise of Fano is behind it
2 year agoEthiopia-Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday held bilateral talks with PM @AbiyAhmedAli on the sidelines of the AU summit. The two discussed a wide array of bilateral & multilateral subjects among them ongoing efforts to end the conflict in Tigray
Egyptian Presidency: Al-Sisi discusses with the Chinese President in Beijing the Renaissance Dam and the files of Libya and Syria
WFP says nearly 40% of Tigrayans face "extreme lack of food" and 83% are food insecure. Earlier Friday OCHA said all intl aid groups had run out of fuel in Tigray and were "delivering the little remaining humanitarian supplies and services on foot"
