Category: Political News

Despite setbacks and challenges, Sudan continues its transition towards democracy, the head of the UN special political mission in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday. Volker Perthes, head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), briefed on the authorities’ efforts to address violence in the volatile Darfur region and the […]

GENEVA – U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet warns the increasingly brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region threatens to spill over to the whole Horn of Africa. Preliminary findings of a joint investigation by the U.N. Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission into alleged violations in Tigray have been submitted to […]

Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Tanzania Yonas Yosef has held discussion with Tanzania’s Director General of African Affairs Naimi Aziz. According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Office, the ambassador and general-director have discussed on current affairs of Ethiopia and bilateral relations of the countries. During the occasion, the causes of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the […]

For years, it’s been common knowledge that children (under 18s) are routinely recruited into the TPLF in Ethiopia.By Doreen NicollThe TPLF is both highly centralized as well as regimentalized down to the village level. Their militaristic preparations b…