The European Union says it is getting consistent reports of ethnic-targeted killings and possible war crimes in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray.
Category: War Crimes
Ethiopia Airlines accused of ethnic profiling over civil war with Tigray
Staff at Africa’s largest airline are being ethnically profiled and excluded from work because they come from a region embroiled in a civil war with the Ethiopian government.
Ethiopians from conflict-torn Tigray say they’re facing ethnic profiling
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has declared that the conflict in the northern Tigray region has come to an end. Abiy is calling for reconciliation and unity. But Ethiopia’s society remains as fractured as ever. On top of that, authorities are being accused of ethnic profiling as The World’s Halima Gikandi reports from Addis Ababa.
Addis Standard’s editor Medihane Ekubamichael has contracted COVID19 in police detenttion
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U.N. Fears Ethiopia Purging Ethnic Tigrayan Officers From Its Peacekeeping Missions
The Ethiopian government has been rounding up ethnic Tigrayan security forces deployed in United Nations and African peacekeeping missions abroad and forcing them onto flights to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, where it is feared they may face torture or even execution, according to an internal U.N. account.
Ethiopia warns it may shell rebel capital
Advancing Ethiopian troops plan to surround the Tigray region’s rebel-held capital Mekelle with tanks and may shell the city to force surrender, a military spokesman said, urging civilians to save themselves.
Is Ethiopia sliding backwards under Abiy Ahmed?
Lencho Bati, an adviser to the office of the Ethiopian prime minister is asked about Abiy Ahmed’s controversial handling of protests and ask why the Nobel laureate is so media-shy.