‘A hungry nation can eat its leaders and we have too many hungry mouths, too many hungry young people, and too many angry young people’ – Merara Gudina BY JOHN AGLIONBY | FINANCIAL TIMES Eleven days after Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina was released following two years in prison, he used a political rally to ramp up […]
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Angry protesters burned down the local court, government offices, and a police station as protests spread in the Amhara regional state BY ADDIS STANDARD At least eleven people “possibly more” were killed today in Mersa town, some 27 km before Weldiya, in North Wello zone of the Amhara regional state in northern Ethiopia. Several people […]
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called for an independent investigation into the killings of Epiphany goers in Woldia by security forces BY DAWIT ENDESHAW | THE REPORTER United Nation High Commission for Human Rights (UNHRC) condemned the recent incident in Woldia, North Wello Zone which claimed the lives of six civilians and one […]
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The security forces opened fire at festival goers in Weldiya town after people started shouting anti-government slogans BY TESFANEWS * The number of those killed in yesterday’s protest in Woldia Town in connection to the Epiphany festival reached seven after security forces opened fire at the festival goers, the Northern Wolo Zone Police Department Head, […]
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It’s the second high profile defection in a month after the defection of Mr. Baye Tadesse Teferi, Head of Protocol for the Prime Minister. BY ESAT NEWS An Ethiopian General has sought asylum in the U.S. after attending an international conference in Washington, DC last month. Brigadier General Melaku Shiferaw has served with the military […]
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The 2016 crackdown in Ethiopia followed years of systematic attacks that effectively closed political space and provide little room for dissenting voices. By Human Rights Watch, Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights during a state of emergency and continuing a bloody crackdown against largely peaceful protesters, Human […]
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Col. Demeke Zewdu, a former rebel and retired military officer, is considered by many as the leader of the Gondar uprising and resistance in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. By ESAT News, The 19th bench of the federal high court in Addis Ababa on Tuesday presided over the case of Colonel Demeke Zewdu and et al, […]
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The number of Ethiopians detained under a sweeping State of Emergency, according to the government’s own account, is actually 24,799 By Felix Horne | Human Rights Watch, It’s good news that Ethiopia’s government has announced the release of 9,800 people detained for their participation in anti-government protests. But they represent fewer than half of the […]
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