Ethiopia

Ethiopia targets foreign media in Tigray conflict NAIROBI, Kenya - The Ethiopian government has now turned its attention to foreign media, which it accuses of spreading hatred and disinformation, amid the ongoing conflict in the Tigray region, where the federal army has carried out an operation targeting the Popular Front. Liberation of Tigray. . Media regulators have accused anonymous foreign…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Hundreds of Tigrayans have reportedly been detained in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, amid the conflict between the Tigrayan defense forces. and the federal government takes on a new dimension, probably at increasing levels. In a detailed report released by Reuters, police have been on the run, targeting innocent Tigray civilians, since the Ethiopian National Defense Forces lost Mekelle, the regional administrative capital of Tigray. The detentions in the Ethiopian capital are the third wave…

In Ethiopia, the Tigrayan rebel offensive continues in the north. Eight months after the start of the war, they captured the provincial capital of Mekele and the majority of Tigray province and are now trying to seize Wolkaït-Tegede, countries west of Tigray, captured in November by militiamen from the nearby Amhara region. They are determined to defend this territory today. Much more than a simple…

TDF releases prisoners of war as internal conflict escalates in northern Ethiopia NAIROBI, Kenya - A thousand prisoners of war were released by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray otherwise known as the Tigray Defense Forces , following their arrest and incarceration during the war in the region. Earlier this month, TDF marched thousands of Ethiopian national defense forces…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopian authorities on Thursday withdrew Addis Ababa Standard's license, a move widely condemned as a strategy to gag independent media in the conflict-ridden Horn of Africa country. Ethiopia has been embroiled in a deadly internal war for eight months between the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and its partners against the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray otherwise known as the Tigray Defense Forces . Earlier this week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed indicated the possibility of suspending…

In the city of Dansha, west of Tigray, the Amharase militias are preparing for the next Tigrayan offensive. Reportage. With our special correspondent in Dansha,Noé Rochet-Bodin When she is not patrolling the countryside, 33-year-old Fanos Tchekole finds her three children at the café she runs in Dansha. "We were told we would go on duty and we went out, we spent the week in the woods," she says. We can not find rest, we are still suffering, until now. I left these kids to go, I stayed there for 5 or 6 days without…

In Ethiopia, the media regulator on Thursday canceled the license for Addis Standard, one of the country's last independent publications, in the midst of an increasingly oppressive context in the capital, for journalists covering the war as well as for civilians of Tigraian origin. The media supervisor accuses Addis Standard of…

Ethiopia continues to carry out arbitrary detentions against dozens of ethnic Tigrayans in the country's capital Addis Ababa and elsewhere, as rebels regained control of the war-torn Tigray capital last month, Amnesty International said on Friday. The detainees have included activists and journalists, and some have been beaten and transported hundreds of kilometers from the capital, Amnesty said. The total number is likely to be in the hundreds, many of which are unknown, Amnesty said. Prime Minister…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The conflict in Ethiopia could escalate in the coming weeks following strong statements from Amhara regional forces and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who blamed the Tigray Defense Force of "challenge" throughout the unilateral ceasefire declared a few weeks ago. On Tuesday, the Tigray Defense Forces, also known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray captured the southern city of Alamata, dislodging regional Amhara forces that had been in control for several months. The Tigray Defense Forces…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble is again under pressure to issue a statement on the disappearance of young soldiers who are said to be training in Eritrea, but whose parents have questioned their parents. Over the past four months, hundreds of parents have demonstrated in Somalia, demanding to know the whereabouts of the young soldiers, who were reportedly airlifted to Eritrea in 2019-2020 for training. The government has remained silent although it admits that indeed soldiers are training…