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Ethiopia Police Found Mass Grave of 200 Protesters

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY NIZAR MANEK | BLOOMBERG Ethiopian police said a mass grave uncovered this month contained 200 people who’d protested against the Somali regional government over the past six years, as the Horn of Africa nation grapples with a historic political opening.

Ethiopia Arrest Abdi Illey, Former President of Somali Region

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY TESFANEWS* The Ethiopian government today formally arrests the former president of its Somali region, Abdi Mohamoud Omar, also known as Abdi Illey, from his residence in Addis Ababa.

President of Ethiopia’s Somali Region Resigns

August 6, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY TESFANEWS * Abdi Mohammed Omar, president of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia has resigned from his post as president of the region following violence in the regional capital Jijiga that claims the lives of more than 30 people.

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

May 27, 2018May 27, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

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.

TPLF Campaign to Dislodge ARDUF Fighters Aggravates the Security Situation

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

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.

U.S. Embassy Statement on Reports of Ethnic Violence in Ethiopia

September 19, 2017September 20, 2017TesfaNews49 Comments

BY U.S. EMBASSY – ADDIS ABABA We are disturbed by the troubling reports of ethnic violence and the large-scale displacement of people living along the border between the Oromia and Somali regions, particularly in Hararge, although the details of what is occurring remain unclear.

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

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017TesfaNews82 Comments

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 […]

Conflict in Eastern Ethiopia Leaves Dozens Dead

September 1, 2017TesfaNews50 Comments

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 […]