WHO chief breaks down describing “hellish” Gaza conditions
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The head of the World Health Organization called for a ceasefire and a “true solution” to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body’s governing body on Thursday where he described conditions in Gaza as “hellish”. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who lived through war as a child […]
Postcards: Ethiopians celebrate “Timket” festival that marks Jesus’ baptism
DAWIT ENDESHAW, of Reuters, reports from Addis Ababa…
Sudanese paramilitary leader Hemedti meets civilian leaders on tour
Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Cairo, EgyptReuters The leader of Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo met on Monday with civilian pro-democracy politicians in Addis Ababa, the latest stop in a foreign tour as his troops take the upper-hand in a devastating nine-month war. The meeting comes as General Dagalo, known as Hemedti, has appeared […]
Aerial strike on Ethiopia church grounds kills eight – witnesses
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters An aerial strike on the grounds of a church in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region killed eight people and injured five as they collected corn, two witnesses and an opposition political party said. Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu dismissed the accounts of the air strike as “an absolute lie”. Peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and […]
Ethiopia’s Oromiya region accuses OLA rebels of killing “many” people
Addis Abab, EthiopiaReuters The government of Ethiopia’s largest region, Oromiya, on Saturday accused the Oromo Liberation Army rebel group of killing “many civilians” in attacks that followed the failure of peace talks in Tanzania. At least 36 people were killed when unidentified attackers struck three villages in Oromiya’s Shirka district on 24th and 27th November, […]
Ethiopia talks with rebel group OLA end without deal
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters A second round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and a rebel group aimed at ending a decades-old conflict in the country’s largest region Oromiya has ended without a deal, both sides said on Tuesday. The negotiations in Tanzania between the government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) followed talks in April […]
Residents report gunfire in Ethiopian holy city, but government says all peaceful
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Fighting broke out on Wednesday between the army and a regional militia in Ethiopia’s medieval holy city of Lalibela, a World Heritage site, four residents told Reuters, but the government said the area was peaceful. Fano, a part-time militia in the northern Amhara region which has no formal command structure, […]
Clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region raise concern for historic churches
Nairobi, Kenya/Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Fresh fighting between the Ethiopian army and a local militia in the northern Amhara region has raised concerns among residents for the safety of historic rock-hewn churches in the holy town of Lalibela. Fano militiamen over-ran Lalibela and Gondar, the second-biggest city in the Amhara region, for several days in August […]
Conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara kills dozens, rights body says
Addis Ababa Reuters Dozens of civilians have been killed this month by drone strikes and house-to-house searches in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where authorities have touted security gains since conflict erupted in July, a state-appointed human rights commission said on Monday. The fighting between state forces and local militiamen, who accuse the federal government of marginalising […]
WFP resumes food distribution to refugees in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters The UN World Food Programme has resumed distribution of food to roughly 900,000 refugees across Ethiopia after revamping safeguards and controls, following reports of large-scale theft of its donations, it said in a statement. The WFP suspended food distributions in all of Ethiopia in June, a day after the United States announced […]