Ethiopia

Protesters marched on the streets of Addis Ababa on Sunday, May 30, 2021, to condemn US sanctions against Ethiopian and Eritrean officials. Washington is concerned about human rights abuses during the Tigray War. RFI was able to document a massacre perpetrated by the Eritreans, the allies of the Ethiopian troops. In Goda, soldiers led residents around a bottle factory. They performed them on the…

Thousands gathered in Addis Ababa to protest foreign pressure on the government over its brutal war in Tigray. Protesters at the rally in the Ethiopian capital carried banners criticizing the United States and others in the international community expressing concern over the atrocities in Tigray, where Ethiopian forces are chasing the region's outcast and now fleeing leaders. Troops from the neighborhood of Eritrea are fighting in Tigray on the side of Ethiopian government forces, contrary to…

One week after the imposition of US sanctions on Ethiopia, Addis Ababa is mobilizing and countering. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have expressed their dissatisfaction with the government's call. On the capital streets, the slogan was: "Hands off Ethiopia". as reported from Addis Ababa, Noé Rochet-BodinUS sanctions come…

It has been almost seven months since the conflict began in Tigray, a province in northern Ethiopia. Abuse of civilians as well as clashes between federal Ethiopian troops, Eritrean forces and Amhara's militias on the one hand and rebels favorable to Tigray's previous power on the other have left thousands dead. The war reduced the economy and impoverished the population. Now, everywhere on the roads…

PM Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea's Afwerki were dragged into the Tigray genocide ADDIS ABEBA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki should take full responsibility for the ongoing massacre in the Tigray region, a doctor working in the war-torn area has suggested amid the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. . Goitom Aregawi, also known as activist…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopia's National Defense Forces serving in the Missionary Forces of the African Union in Somalia has been trained in civil protection, in which aims to reduce the number of accidents during operations. More often than not, there are massive civilian complaints when AMISOM troops carry out operations in Somalia, which often results in serious civilian casualties. AMISOM has rarely acknowledged such cases before. But on Friday, ENDF troops conducted training on respect for human rights, which is…

Eritrean troops blow up Tigray despite withdrawal WASHINGTON, USA - Eritrean troops have been linked to ongoing rape, torture and massacres in the Tigray region, reports suggest, despite persistent calls to withdraw them from the area, a step that could lead to further international sanctions, according to security experts. The most affected people are women who are being raped and tortured, the…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday expressed deep concern over reports that soldiers had taken hundreds of people from IDP camps in the war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia earlier this week, saying such places should be a safe haven. . Three aid workers and a doctor told Reuters this week that Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers forcibly detained more than 500 young men and women from four camps for displaced people in the northern region of Shire on Monday night. "We…

This Friday, May 28, we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the overthrow of the terrorist regime led by Mengistu Hailé Mariam, now in exile. This national holiday truly greets the fall of a 17-year-old tyrannical system, but also the memory of a very special day. The sun has not yet risen over Addis Ababa. In a week since dictator Mengistu Hailé Mariam quickly left the former imperial palace ahead of the rebels' progress, residents of the Ethiopian capital have been waiting for the next battle in anxiety. Officially,…

Since November, the Ethiopian federal army has launched a large-scale military operation against TPLF, the power in Tigray province on the border with Eritrea. Violence continues and the humanitarian situation continues to worsen: 5.2 million people are in need, according to the UN humanitarian agency OCHA. That is 700,000 more than at the beginning of May. Humanists cannot keep pace at the moment as…