Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia deports hundreds of Ethiopians after months-long detention, torture

Apr 01, 2022 07:25

Saudi Arabian authorities have deported hundreds of Ethiopian migrant workers after keeping them for months in detention centers across the oil-rich kingdom under conditions so degrading that they amount to ill-treatment.
Facebook allows vigilantes in Ethiopia to incite ethnic massacres, probe finds

Feb 21, 2022 10:49

US-based social media platform Facebook has come under renewed scrutiny for persistently allowing user activists to incite ethnic massacres in Ethiopia’s escalating war.
UN rights forum orders investigation into abuses in Ethiopia

Dec 17, 2021 12:21

The United Nations Human Rights Council has agreed to launch an international investigation into allegations of abuses by all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict, amid warnings of looming generalized violence.
Over 200 kids under five died of starvation in Tigray hospitals: Survey

Nov 16, 2021 14:31

Nearly 200 children under five years of age have died of severe acute malnutrition in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to data collected from hospitals only.
Ethiopia detains 16 UN staffers over ‘participation in terror acts’

Nov 10, 2021 07:02

Ethiopia has detained 16 local members of the United Nations in the capital, Addis Ababa, citing their “participation in terror acts” in the country.
Tens of thousands rally in Ethiopian capital to slam US, support govt. campaign against rebels

Nov 08, 2021 05:09

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to denounce the United States and support the government’s campaign against rebellious forces who are threatening to march on the capital.
Ethiopians rally for fight as Tigray rebels threaten to overrun capital

Nov 07, 2021 08:29

Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have marched in the capital city Addis Ababa in what appeared to be a government-organized rally to shore up support for the military against the rebels in the north.
UN Security Council voices ‘deep concern’ over Ethiopia escalation; calls for ceasefire

Nov 06, 2021 05:24

The United Nations Security Council has expressed "deep concern" over the escalation of fighting in Ethiopia, calling for a ceasefire and the initiation of peace talks in the restive northern region of Tigray.
Report accuses Ethiopia of limiting rare UN probe on war abuses in Tigray

Nov 02, 2021 16:51

Ethiopia has tried to limit a UN human rights investigation into massacres and atrocities committed in the blockaded restive northern region of Tigray, a report says.
Tigray rebels kill scores of youths in strategic Ethiopian town, claims govt

Nov 01, 2021 11:12

Ethiopia's government has accused Tigrayan forces of killing 100 youths in Kombolcha, one of the two strategic towns the rebel group claimed to have captured over the weekend.