Illegitimate to Pick Up Arms While Opportunities Are Available to Address Concerns: State Minister

No one would have any legitimate and honorable reason to pick up arms while there is every opportunity to sit down and discuss and solve problems and also address concerns in a civil manner, Foreign Affairs State Minister Redwan Hussien told Smile Jamaica Television. In an exclusive interview with Smile Jamaica TV, the state minister said […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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