Survivors in Ethiopia’s Oromia region say hundreds of Amhara rebels have been killed by pro-government forces. The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has been designated a terrorist organisation by the government. It denies responsibility for the killings and demands an impartial investigation. NAIROBI: Hundreds of Amhara ethnic group members were killed by rebels in Ethiopian Oromia … Read more
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
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ethiopia to free two journalists that it said had been charged with “outrages against the constitution” and faced a possible death sentence. “After months of arbitrary detention, the anti-state charges filed against Ethiopian journalists Dessau Dulla and Bikila Amenu, potentially carrying the death penalty, are outrageous,” … Read more
ADDIS ABABA: Nine rebel groups battling Ethiopia’s government will “collaborate and join forces” Friday, they said in a statement announcing the alliance, which comes as fears grow of Tigrayan fighters advancing on the capital. The alliance, due to be signed in Washington later on Friday, includes the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and the Tigray People’s Liberation … Read more
