Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says security forces executed Gambella residents. Residents were suspected of collaborating with rebels who attacked the city earlier this week. The assault on Gambella sparked an hours-long gunfight between security forces and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Friday that security forces executed residents of … Read more
Some 40 former peacekeepers from Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray province gathered in eastern Sudan on Sunday to seek shelter, According to an AFP correspondent, More than 500 UN peacekeepers stationed in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan requested asylum in Khartoum last month, citing fears for their safety if they returned home. Hundreds … Read more
A regional official claimed on Friday that several hundred people had been arrested following a deadly attack on Muslims in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. According to a local Islamic organization, more than 20 people were killed on Tuesday when heavily armed “extreme Christians” attacked mourners at a Muslim elder’s funeral and destroyed Muslim … Read more
GENEVA – At least 108 civilians have been killed this month in a series of airstrikes in the war-torn northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, the United Nations said Friday. The UN also warned of a looming humanitarian disaster in the region, with its food distribution operations on the verge of grinding to a halt. The … Read more
MONROVIA: Towering above Liberia’s ramshackle capital Monrovia stands a hotel that once symbolised an African dream yet today lies in ruins, a legacy of brutal conflict. When it opened its doors in 1960, the Ducor was one of the only five-star hotels in Africa, boasting a night club and air-conditioned rooms, according to travel guides. At … Read more
LALIBELA, Ethiopia: – Father Tsige Mezgebu was leading an afternoon prayer service in August when a column of haggard-looking rebels entered Lalibela, prompting worshippers to cry out “God save our city!” He immediately feared the worst for the 11 mediaeval rock-hewn churches that make Lalibela, in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region, a holy site for the … Read more
