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News: Activist, co-founder of online media Ubuntu, Eyasped Tesfaye arrested at his family house
By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, December 08/2021- Activist and co-founder of youtube channel Ubuntu , Eyasped Tesfaye was arrested by police at his parents’ house, his mother told the BBC Amharic. The former member of the Semayawi party was taken from his home yesterday after his house was searched …
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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 …
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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 …