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Ethiopia: No Let Up in Crackdown on Protests [HRW]
Killings, Detention of Protesters Enter Fourth Month
(Nairobi) – Ethiopian security forces are violently suppressing the largely peaceful protests in the Oromia region that began in November 2015. Almost daily accounts of killings and arbitrary...
Two Ethiopian activists released from prison [Emmanuel Igunza, BBC Africa]
Two prominent opposition figures in Ethiopia have been released from prison in the capital, Addis Ababa, after months of detention over terrorism charges.
Habtamu Ayalew and Abraham Solomon have been behind bars since July 2014, despite a federal...
European Parliament Resolution on Ethiopia Brings Hope and Courage to the Oppressed
On 21 January 2016, the European Parliament passed an urgent resolution on the situation in Ethiopia, condemning the use of violence by the security forces against peaceful Oromo protesters, in particular, and drawing attention to the increased...
Time to Repeal Anti-Terrorism Law in Ethiopia [IPS]
By Anuradha Mittal
Anuradha Mittal is the Executive Director of the Oakland Institute.
OAKLAND, California, Jan 25 2016 (IPS) – With the African Union celebrating the African Year of Human Rights at its 26th summit, at its headquarters...
Ethiopia’s Invisible Crisis [Felix Horne Researcher, Horn of Africa]
“Badessa” was a third-year engineering student in western Ethiopia in April 2014 when he and most of his classmates joined a protest over the potential displacement of ethnic Oromo farmers like his family because of the government’s plan...
In Ethiopia, famine stalks the land once again [GRAHAM PEEBLES]
OpenDemocracy
The answer to famine is not increased levels of food aid, but strategic planning to enable communities to survive the impact of extreme weather, made more acute by climate change.
Women and children carrying jerrycans filled...