Despite denials by Ethiopia, multiple reports confirm killings, looting and forcible return of refugees by Asmara’s forces. 'Slaughtered like chickens' In Shire, Tigrayan elders spoke in vivid detail of the…
'How we survivied when Mekelle was shelled' A son orphaned, a daughter lying in a coma, an elderly woman killed - these are just some of the casualties reported by…
Europe External Programme with Africa’s Situation Report as of December 19, 2020 includes: Special forces of Afar and Amahara have reportedly, for the last three days, been fighting each in…
Teferi Mergo, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, views the current conflict in Ethiopia as a manifestation of the long-running clash between two opposing…
Today’s situation report from Europe External Programme with Africa indicates, among many other things: Heavy shelling is continuing in many villages in Tigray.A Catholic bishop and several nuns and other…
Ethnic profiling Tigrayans living in Addis Ababa described ethnic profiling and growing harassment. Such abuse and discrimination by neigbours, strangers, and government officials could widen the rift among Ethiopia's increasingly…
Only Europe can stop Ethiopia’s slide into a regional war This commentary looks at the big picture of the war on Tigray. Unlike Abiy's claim that it is a "law…
Elderly Tigrayan refugees in Sudan long for home The UN says four percent of the over 50,000 people who have fled Tigray for Sudan are over 60 years old. "At…
Reuters reports that Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok visited Ethiopia briefly with an offer to broker a ceasefire in the Tigray region, a proposal Ethiopia said was unnecessary because fighting…
The following excerpt is from today's article in the New York Times. These seemingly anecdotal stories barely scratch the surface of the ethnic harassment, discrimination, abuses (including physical abuse), arbitrary…