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Ethiopia: Abala, The Border Town Left in Ruins As Ceasefire Takes Hold
The New Humanitarian, 2 June 2022
'The main thing we need is to return home, but we don't know if we can. Everything there is destroyed.' Read more »
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Ethiopia: 'They Were Firing Heavy Weaponry Onto the City Like Rain'
DW, 13 June 2022
Abala -- a border town between Tigray and Afar -- embodies the Tigray conflict like no other. Residents who used to be neighbors now accuse each other of committing massacres. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Oromia Police Release Journalist Sabontu Without Charges
Addis Standard, 30 May 2022
The police in Oromia state released journalist Sabontu Ahmed of Finfinnee Integrated Broadcasting (FIB) who was detained on Thursday 26 May and was initially taken to the Addis… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Over 30,000 People Living in Makeshift Shelters in Aftermath of War in North Wollo, Amhara
Addis Standard, 27 May 2022
The residents of Meket Woreda in the North Wollo zone of the Amhara region are living in makeshift homes, reports said. The woreda's city and infrastructure secretariat stated that… Read more »
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Ethiopia: SNNP President Vows to Take "Irreversible Action" Against Anti-Peace Elements
Addis Standard, 27 May 2022
Ristu Yirda, President of Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional state, said the region will be taking "irreversible action" against forces that are… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Senior Oromo Liberation Front Leader Free After Nearly Two Years in Detention
Addis Standard, 25 May 2022
Colonel Gemechu Ayana, senior leader Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), was today released after almost 2 years of detention, sources said. The Federal Supreme Court Cassation bench… Read more »
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Ethiopia: UN Says Ethiopia's Humanitarian Truce Accelerating Flow of Assistance
ENA, 26 May 2022
The humanitarian truce declared by the Government of Ethiopia is helping to maximize all opportunities in the flow of assistance commodities to conflict affected areas, UN Resident… Read more »