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Ethiopia’s government says ethnic Amhara were killed, but ethnic Tigrayan refugees have told the AP they were also targeted. “It’s better to say Ethiopians were killed,” the bearded monk said.
But this second human rights crisis plaguing Ethiopia has been largely unacknowledged by top U.S. officials. The complex ethnic prejudices felt throughout Ethiopia go back decades, exacerbated by ...
Ethiopian Ethnic Group Votes On Whether Its Region Should Secede Ethiopia is a hugely diverse nation home to hundreds of ethnic groups. A vote for independence by one of those groups could lead to ...
Mr. Abiy has been celebrated as a reformer, but his transformative politics has come up against ethnic federalism enshrined in Ethiopia’s Constitution. The resulting clash threatens to ...
Written in a language not their own, issued by authorities from another ethnic group, the cards are seen as the latest evidence of a drive by Ethiopia and its allies to destroy the Tigrayan people.
Soon, war crimes and ethnic cleansing were underway. Ethiopian federal forces indiscriminately shelled towns and villages while Amhara Special Forces—paramilitary forces accountable to the ...
(Nairobi) – Ethiopian authorities since late June 2021 have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, and committed other abuses against ethnic Tigrayans in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
Tigrayans themselves are a small minority in Ethiopia’s mosaic of more than 90 ethnic groups and nationalities. “They arrested me from the street because I spoke Tigrinya,” Nigusu ...
Designer Tizita Balemlay discusses Ethiopia as a rising hotspot for beauty tourism and the traditions keeping the industry alive.