Ethiopian evangelical church told to vacate after 10 years
World Watch Monitor An evangelical church in central Ethiopia has been ordered to vacate its building, 10 years after it started meeting there, and churches elsewhere in the region say pressure is increasing on them, too. The Mekane Yesus Evangelical Church in the town of Robe in Bale zone, about 400 kilometres south-east of the […]
LAND RIGHTS: “BETTER TO KILL US” – ETHIOPIAN RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTIONS FROM SATELLITE TOWNS
TOM GARDNER reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on an Ethiopian community’s fight against eviction…
Ethnic Somali Christian policeman forced to relocate after talking about his faith in Ethiopia – sources
World Watch Monitor An Ethiopian police officer was arrested, dismissed and forced to move to another part of the country after he told colleagues about his Christian faith. The 25-year-old man, who grew up in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region as a member of the nearly 100 per cent Muslim Somali tribe, became a Christian two […]
Ethiopian PM sends condolences to Orthodox Church after 15 priests killed
World Watch Monitor Ethiopia’s prime minister visited the leader of the country’s Orthodox Church on Saturday to express his condolences after 15 priests were killed and 10 Orthodox churches damaged in the eastern Somali region last week. Among the priests killed were Rev Kidane Mariam Nibretu, Rev Yared Hibu, Father Gebiremariam Asfaw, and Abreham Tigabu, […]