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Ethiopia Crisis
Analysis: CPJ says ‘Ethiopia biggest setback for media freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa’; Two journalists shot dead, a dozen remain behind bars in 2021
By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, December 09/2021 – In its 2021 report on the global status of press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Ethiopia among the worst jailers of journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa after Eritrea. The report that was released today revealed that in Ethiopia in 2021, …
News: Gov’t forces retake Dessie, Kombolcha cities; electric power repairing power transmission lines in Shewa Robit & other towns
Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, December 07/2021 – Federal allied forces from the national defense forces and Amhara and Afar special forces as well as Amhara Popular Force (Fano) militia have yesterday retaken Dessie and Kombolcha cities in Amhara state from Tigrayan forces. According to Government Communication Service, in addition …
News: Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, UK, & US call for “large numbers” detention of Tigrayans in Ethiopia to “cease immediately”
Addis Abeba, December 06/2021 – A joint statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States and released this afternoon expressed profound concern about the “detention of certain ethnic groups” in Ethiopia and called on the government for the detentions to “cease …
