Tigrayans

Abiy Invites Tigrayans to Nominate Interim Leaders Amid Political Turmoil AX – Addis Ababa – In a move to inject some semblance of order amidst the swirling political storm, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reached out to the people of Tigray with an unusual request on a routine Wednesday morning. Imagine opening your inbox to pretty mundane emails, and there it is: a call from the Prime Minister to nominate leaders via email. Yes, you read that correctly. The digital age just took a more participatory turn, with…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Human Rights Watch report suggests Ethiopian authorities arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, and committed other abuses against Tigrayans in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in what now Tigray Defense Forces confirms allegations of mass killings in the Tigray region. HRW now wants the Ethiopian authorities to immediately report on the enforced disappearance of the Tigrayans, release those detained without credible evidence of a crime, and end all discriminatory treatment. On June 28, after…

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…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The conflict in the Tigray region may have been planned by the Addis Ababa authorities, a senior Finnish official said, long before the Ethiopian National Defense Forces even. were deployed to the area after the attack on the Northern Command. For nearly eight months, the ENDF reinforced by Eritrean troops have descended on the Tigray region, triggering a humanitarian crisis that has drawn international attention. Thousands of Tigrayans are believed to have been killed in what some call genocide. But…

In Mekelle, the provincial capital, residents say they are cut off from the world. With our special correspondent in Mekelle (the capital of Tigray), Sebastien nemethHomesweetland School employees print, punch paper, sell books and music. Additional activities to survive. The classes are interrupted due to Covid and its…

In Ethiopia, fighting continues in the Tigray region in the absence of independent witnesses. Federal troops are trying to take the region's capital and capture the leaders of the Tigrayan party that controls it, the TPLF. In the other provinces of the federation, and especially in the capital, there is growing concern among Tigrayans about the fear of arrest or ethnic retaliation.…