By ELIAS MESERET, ASSOCIATED PRESS German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled support for protesters demanding wider freedoms in Ethiopia during a visit to the country on Tuesday, saying “a vibrant civil society is part and parcel of a developing country.” After meeting with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Merkel said Germany has offered to train Ethiopia’s police…
BBC-Ethiopian troops fighting militant Islamist group al-Shabab have withdrawn from a key military base in central Somalia’s Hiran region, residents say.y. Al-Shabab fighters have taken control of el-Ali village following the withdrawal, the residents added. Ethiopian forces had destroyed the base before abandoning the area, a radio station run by al-Shabab said. The troops withdrew…
Eprdf officially suspends half of the Constitutionally guaranteed rights by declaring a State of Emergency. here is How. 1.”The Law works retroactively” In violation of Art. 22 of the Constitution 2.“Media platforms that appeared as Security threats could be shut down” In violation of Art. 29 of the Constitution 3.“The right to Assembly and Demonstration…
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights experts urged Ethiopia on Monday to allow an international investigation into its violent crackdown on peaceful protests that monitors say have led to more than 500 deaths since November 2015. “The scale of this violence and the shocking number of deaths make it clear that this is a calculated…
The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency effective immediately following a week of anti-government violence that resulted in deaths and property damage across the country, especially in the restive Oromia region. (Karel Prinsloo, File/Associated Press) By Elias Meseret | AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency effective immediately…
Security officials watch as demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, on October 2, 2016. HRW The following questions and answers are critical to understanding recent events inEthiopia. Responses are written by Felix Horne, senior Ethiopia researcher at…
Addis Abeba. As a valuable friend, the EU needs to push Ethiopia to respect divergent views, and rein in forces who rapidly turn to bullets, beatings, and mass arrests. (Photo: Henrik Berger Jorgensen) By FELIX HORNE EU Obserrver In January, the European Parliament passed a 19-point resolution condemning the Ethiopian government’s brutal crackdown on protests that…
EYEWITNESS / This is Africa, and nobody cares how many protesters the dictatorial government kills. Not the UN, not the State Department, not Black Lives Matter, and not CNN TimesofIsrael In the Amhara region, the eye of the storm, an Israeli witnesses deadly clashes that threaten to plunge the nation into chaos BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia:…
Egypt has denied reports that it is behind the opposition demonstrations in Ethiopia. Yasser Hakim has more from Cairo.
CCTV-Africa Sacked South Sudanese first vice president Riek Machar may be headed to South Africa after the country agreed to host him, a leading newspaper in Kenya reports. Machar fled the capital Juba in July, just four months after he returned, in a peace deal that saw the formation of a transitional unity government. Forces…