Renewed Somali ‘Liyu Police’ Attack in Oromia Left Scores Dead, Homes Destroyed

BY MOHAMMED ADEMO | OPRIDE At least four people were killed and five others wounded in renewed cross-border attacks this week by the Ethiopian Somali State Liyu Police in Oromia’s East Hararghe zone. More than 250 houses were razed to the ground and hundreds of civilians are internally displaced, according to locals and media reports.

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TPLF Campaign to Dislodge ARDUF Fighters Aggravates the Security Situation

Rebel group warns foreign nationals from travelling to the Afar region of Ethiopia ARDUF PRESS RELEASE A heavy fighting that raged for several weeks between TPLF forces assisted by Afar Liyu Hayle started a military campaign to dislodge the ARDUF (UGUUGUMOO) fighters from their bases in the mountain areas of Mogorros Afar Region.

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Analysis: Rising Death Toll, Displacement and Protests in Eastern Ethiopia

BY LIYAT FEKADE | ADDIS STANDARD Increasing numbers of civilian casualties due to military actions in parts of east, south and south east Ethiopia over the last weeks has now led to fresh protests, more deaths and displacements in several places in eastern Ethiopia. On the other hand, federal and regional authorities have gone from […]

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Conflict in Eastern Ethiopia Leaves Dozens Dead

BY ADDIS STANDARD Intense fighting between the Ethiopian Somali and the Oromo ethnic groups in the eastern Ethiopia has left “more than 30 people”, including “more than a dozen army members”, dead and several others injured, Addis Standard learned. According to three residents of Mieso town, west Hararghe zone, who contacted Addis Standard late this evening, today’s fighting in […]

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