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“I Always Remember That Day”: Access to Services for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

November 10, 2021November 11, 2021User2

Ethiopia: Blocking Tigray Aid Harms Rape Survivors Urgently Allow Entry of Food, Medicine; Support International Investigations The Ethiopian government’s blocking of aid with health facilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region destroyed is preventing sexual violence survivors from getting post-rape care. The government’s effective siege of Tigray since June is doubly victimizing survivors by denying them […]

Ethiopia: Survivors of TPLF attack in Amhara describe gang rape, looting and physical assaults

November 10, 2021November 11, 2021User2

Women raped at gunpoint, robbed and assaulted Lack of medical care after TPLF fighters damaged and looted hospital Abuses committed as Tigray conflict has spilled over into Amhara region Sixteen women from the town of Nifas Mewcha in Ethiopia’s Amhara region told Amnesty International they were raped by fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front […]

Press Secretary Exposes Malicious Intentions of Int’l Media against Ethiopia

November 10, 2021November 11, 2021User2

Press Secretary Billene Seyoum pointed out that framings of the international media have malicious intentions against Ethiopia. The press secretary, who was interviewed by Cable News Network (CNN), said CNN has for instance covered the conflict in northern Ethiopia over the past year with a manner that is highly biased and detached from the context. She […]

Gov’t Urges Amnesty’s Report on Atrocities Committed by TPLF Should be condemned by All

November 10, 2021November 11, 2021User2

Amnesty International’s reports on the atrocities committed by the terrorist TPLF should be condemned by all, Government Communication Service urged. In a statement it issued today that the government has been repeatedly exposing the human rights abuses committed by the TPLF in areas under its attack. The current Amnesty International report also reveals that committing […]

Speedy Completion of GERD Vital to Get Strong Leverage in Ongoing Negotiation: Water Experts

November 10, 2021November 11, 2021User2

The speedy completion of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is vital to force the lower riparian countries into a negotiated agreement, said, senior Ethiopian water experts. Water Experts approached by ENA said the construction of the dam is progressing well particularly since the past three years. Water Supply and Environmental Engineering Assistant […]

City Council Calls for Organized Effort to Take Terrorist TPLF to Int’l Criminal Court

November 10, 2021November 11, 2021User2

A campaign to hold the terrorist TPLF accountable for the heinous ethnic-based Maikadra Massacre at the International Criminal Court should be launched soon, according to Gondar City Administration. A candlelight vigil was held yesterday evening for victims of the Maikadra Massacre in commemoration of the first year of the massacre. Gondar City Council Speaker, Tsegaw […]