”Hundreds of media workers have been detained, often on terror charges, or forced into exile by Abiy Ahmed’s regime” Guardian Reporter, Read full story
This news story was produced and first published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), CPJ Africa Program Staff on June 18, 2024 4:23 PM EDT When Belete Kassa’s friend and news show co-host Belaye Manaye was arrested in November 2023 and taken to the remote Awash Arba military camp known as the “Guantanamo of the desert,”…
Authors: Daniel Zemichael, Mebrahten Gebremariam & Woldegiorgis Ghebrehiwot, December 15, 2022. Editor’s note: This is a long article, initially written as an academic manuscript. The content might be modified in the future if more data become available. Comments are welcome. As the war on Tigray continues, now in the form of a brutal siege and…
A personal account While it is true that a change in government can bring about positive developments, it is not always a guarantee. History is riddled with instances where changes in power led to disastrous outcomes. Take, for example, the rise of the Nazi party, which gained power through democratic means, only to inflict unspeakable…
On July 11–12, 2024, the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich hosted a workshop titled “War-Time Communication in Ethiopia: Case Studies and Perspectives with an Emphasis on the Conflict Since 2020.” Supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the event examined the strategies, tactics, and impacts of communication in Ethiopia’s…
ብዙሓት ካድረታት ህወሓት ኣብ ውልቃዊ ወግዒ ኾነ መድረኽ ኣብ ዝረኸብሉ ቦታ ኩሉ፣ ክሓርቁ ከለዉ ሓንቲ ዘይትፍለዮም ዘረባ ኣላ። “ህወሓት ኣብ እንዳ ሻሂ፣ ኣብ ኣደራሻት ከተማ ኣይተመስረተን” ይብሉ። እዙይ ከም ጅግንነት እዮም ዝቖፅርዎ። ግን ክዓ ኣብ እንዳ ሻይ ኢኹም ተመስሪትኩም ኢሉ ዝኸሰሶም፤ ወይ ታሪኽ ዘዛብዐ ኣብ ዘየብሉ። ዘይምዕዳል እዩ እምበር ጭቆና ደፊኡካ፣ ኣሻሓት ኣሰዊእኻ፣ ን17 ዓመት…
Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone Source link: Here On January 17, 2021, Fano militia and local Walqayte and Amhara residents rounded up dozens of male Tigrayan residents of Adi Goshu. Amhara Special Forces (ASF) took about 60 of them to the Tekeze River bridge that same day, and summarily…
