Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. Afghanistan’s economy U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths appealed for flexible and sustained international funding before the end of this year to prevent the further collapse of Afghanistan’s economy. He told VOA […]
Continue ReadingA freelance video journalist accredited to the Associated Press and two other local journalists have been detained in Ethiopia, according to police and the country’s media regulator. Federal police accused the journalists in a statement late on Wednesday of “promoting terrorism” by interviewing members of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which parliament has designated a […]
Continue ReadingThe U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution to establish an International Commission of Human Rights Experts to investigate allegations of abuses committed by all warring parties in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. The resolution passed 21 to 15, with 11 abstentions at the end of a daylong special session to address the grave […]
Continue ReadingMost pro-TPLF Diaspora Tigrayans are sticking with the terrorist group because they have been direct financial beneficiaries and the elimination of the insurgent group means ending their source of income, a U.S-based Tigrayan revealed. Despite the countless evil acts of TPLF during its 27 years rule, the group has many Tigrayan supporters abroad. In an […]
Continue ReadingPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed conferred with Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan today on the sidelines of the 3rd Türkiye-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is to be recalled that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been in Istanbul, Turkey, to participate in the two-day third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit. Source: […]
Continue ReadingMember States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have welcomed the efforts being exerted by the government of Ethiopia to cooperate for joint investigation into the alleged violations of human rights in connection with Tigray conflict. It is to be recalled that the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and Office of the United Nations […]
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