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Ethiopia: State Group Investigates Video Allegedly Showing Abuse By Army
VOA, 3 May 2022
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission is investigating a video shared online that appears to show government troops abusing and shooting an ethnic Tigrayan boy. Read more »
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Ethiopia: As Tigray Aid Blockade Continues, Nearby Areas Also in Desperate Need of Food, Medicine
VOA, 3 May 2022
Despite Ethiopia's declared humanitarian cease-fire with Tigrayan rebels, aid groups said they are struggling to get food and medicine to those in need. Even outside the worst… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Claim of Tigrayan Rebel Withdrawal From Afar Region Questioned
VOA, 29 April 2022
Ethiopian federal authorities are dismissing a claim by Tigrayan rebels that their forces have pulled out of the neighboring Afar region. Read more »
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Ethiopia: U.S. Calls for Urgent Restoration of Essential Services in Tigray
Addis Standard, 30 April 2022
The US has once again called for "the restoration of essential services in Tigray on an urgent basis," and urged the federal and Tigrayan authorities to seize the opportunity… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Oromo Liberation Front Condemns Intensified Military Operations in Oromia State
Addis Standard, 30 April 2022
In a statement released yesterday, the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) said the Oromo people and Oromia are under unbearable constant attack in many ways since the… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Building On Steps to End the Conflict in Ethiopia
State Department, 29 April 2022
Millions of people in Ethiopia continue to face acute food insecurity and extreme hunger as a direct result of conflict. We are encouraged that the government of Ethiopia and… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Security Forces in Oromia State Close Six Ethiopian Commodity Exchange Branches
Addis Standard, 30 April 2022
Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) said that six of its branch offices in Oromia regional state were shut down by security forces and its employees were arrested for "unknown… Read more »
Probe Launched Into Video Showing Abuse By Ethiopian Army
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission is investigating a video shared online that appears to show government troops abusing and shooting an ethnic Tigrayan boy.
In the video, the boy, with blood on his face, is seen sitting while the men in uniform surround him and threaten him with death. One of the men in uniforms calls for the boy to suffer rather than being killed immediately. They tell a teenage girl to forcefully feed the boy. Finally, one man steps forward and shoots the boy, and the video ends.
Rights group Amnesty International has verified the killing of 11 civilians in that incident. Forces from the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front also have been accused of committing human rights violations. In February 2022, Amnesty International reported that TPLF forces and their affiliates have killed more than a dozen people and gang raped women in towns of the Amhara region they occupied.
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