Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass detentions, killings, and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in the Western Tigray territory of northern Ethiopia, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. Tigrayan civilians attempting to escape the new wave of violence have been attacked and killed. Scores in detention face life-threatening conditions including […]
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IGAD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Information Sheet
Introduction The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is one of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) consisting of eight member states, namely, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. IGAD, as one of the pillars of the African Union (AU) is committed to enhancing regional integration using education in general and scholarships in […]
Pro-Ethiopian Government Forces Behind New Wave of Violence in Tigray, Rights Groups
Pro-government forces in Ethiopia are responsible for a new wave of violence in the country’s northern Tigray region involving “mass detentions, killings and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans,” two human rights groups said Thursday. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International issued a joint statement based on interviews with more than 30 witnesses and relatives who […]
Rights Groups: Amhara Forces in Ethiopia Committed Atrocities in Tigray
ADDIS ABABA — Rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have committed a series of atrocities in the neighboring Tigray region. According to the two group’s reports, released Thursday, Amhara region militia forces are carrying out mass detentions and killing civilians in western Tigray. Joanne Mariner, Director of Crisis […]
Federal Police Arrests Three Journalists Linked with Shene Terrorist Group
Ethiopian Federal Police says it has arrested three journalists who were working to promote the terrorist Shene in the West Shoa Zone of Oromia Regional State. The first suspect arrested by the police was an Associated Press journalist, Amir Aman, the second suspect, Cameraman, Thomas Ingida and the third FBC journalist Addisu Muluneh. According to […]
Ethiopians, Friends of Ethiopia in Den Haag, Netherlands join #NoMore Movement
Ethiopians, people of Ethiopian origin, and friends of Ethiopia in Den Haag, the Netherlands, have staged a peaceful demonstration on Wednesday as part of the #NoMore movement that protests undue interventions in the domestic affairs of Ethiopia. #NoMore is a campaign being held across the globe with the core objective of opposing the interference of […]