US Charity Calls for Priorities on Schools, Hospitals for Tigray to Harness Peace Dividend
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Rebuilding schools and hospitals is the “number one priority” in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region after two years…
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Ethiopia’s ex-Army chief nominated as VP of Tigray
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE What you need to know: He was nominated as a cabinet Secretariat (Cluster) for Decentralization and Democratization,…
U.S. Weighs Offering Economic Lifeline to Ethiopia Despite War Atrocities
By Robbie Grammer The Biden administration is weighing plans to lift restrictions on aid and financial assistance to war-battered Ethiopia…
Sudan, Ethiopia Agree to Accelerate Efforts to Settle Border Dispute
Sudan and Ethiopia agreed on Sunday to accelerate efforts to end the border dispute and reactivate trade between the two…
Rights Group Calls for Open Civil Society Space in Sudan
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE DefendDefenders, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project expressed grave concern on a rapidly…
Analysis: Emerging Threats to Ethiopia’s Post-Conflict Peace
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE The Ethiopia’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed a peace deal for the ‘permanent cessation…
UN Urged To Block Ethiopia’s Move To Terminate Probe On Tigray Atrocities
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Some 63 civil society and human rights groups on Thursday called on the UN to block efforts…
Eitrean Soldiers Massacred Over 300 Tigray Civilians in Retaliation to Battlefield Defeat
BY SUMUR TSEHAYE In late October, just few days before a peace deal was being reached to end a two-year…
DefendDefenders Convenes Interactive Dialogue Between Exiled HRDs, Protection Stakeholders
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE & SUMUR TSEHAYE The third interactive dialogue between Protection service providers (PSPs) and human rights defenders (HRDs)…
Israeli Diplomatic Delegation Kicked Out From AU Summit in Ethiopia
The security personnel of the conference allegedly approached the members of the Israeli delegation and asked them to leave the…