Ethiopia Somalia arrests, deports ex-head of Ethiopia torture home, Jail Ogaden Jail Ogaden is a facility where thousands of prisoners were tortured, and abused according to Human Rights Watch investigations through rape, ...
Ethiopia Ethiopia is global leader for internally displaced persons - Report African countries made up seven of the 10 top countries with new displacements associated with conflict and violence in 2018.
Ethiopia Abiy's Ethiopia and 'free fall' of Abdi Iley, ex-Somali regional prez A new regional government is led by a one-time critic of Iley, Mustafa Omer, who has stressed to secure the region whiles allowing people to ...
Ethiopia Ex-prez of Ethiopia's Somali region slapped with criminal charges Omer, also popularly referred to as Abdi Illey, has been in federal custody since he was forced out of office last year. He is charged along ...
Ethiopia Ethiopia to prosecute ex-Somali region president for plotting civil war Abdi Mohammed Omer was arrested after three days of deadly violence in the regional capital Jijiga in August. Rights groups said his administration ...
Ethiopia Leadership of ex-Ogaden rebels return to Ethiopia from Eritrea Led by Admiral Mohamed Omar, the delegation arrived at the Bole International Airport where there were received by Finance Minister Ahmed Shide ...
Ethiopia Ogaden rebels return to Ethiopia from Eritrea, Jijiga celebrates The group's spokesperson had told the Voice of America's Somali service on Monday that they were returning to Ethiopia. The return forms part ...
Ethiopia Ex-Ogaden rebels plan return to Ethiopia from base in Eritrea The first round of talks between the two parties was in September this year. Months earlier the Ethiopian parliament had struck them off a list ...
01:02 Ethiopia Ethiopia police uncovers mass grave with 200 bodies The mass grave was found during an investigation of a former administrator of the Somali region who is facing trial on charges of human rights ...
Ethiopia Eritrea hosts final peace pact between Ethiopia and ONLF It is the latest round of talks Asmara is hosting between Ethiopian government and previously listed rebel groups.
Ethiopia Ex-boss of Ethiopia's notorious Jail Ogaden arrested A former head of Ethiopia’s Jail Ogaden and regional prison commissioner has been arrested by authorities, an activist in the country Somali ...
Ethiopia Ethiopia's Somali region closes notorious 'Jail Ogaden' The Jijiga Central Prison also referred to as 'Jail Ogaden,' has been at the center of a Human Rights Watch, HRW, report that exposed massive ...
Ethiopia Ethiopia's Somali regional parliament restores flag, amends name Lawmakers also voted to officially refer to the region as Somali Regional State (SRS) as against the Ethiopia – Somali regional state.
Ethiopia Ethiopia PM's reform agenda threatened by rising insecurity – HRW It detailed recent events especially in Jijiga, capital of the Somali regional state, where deaths, injuries, looting and burning of public and ...
Ethiopia Ethiopia's Liyu police blamed for deadly attacks in Oromia region The death of about 40 people in Ethiopia's Oromia region at the weekend is being blamed on the Liyu Police, regional paramilitary force that ...
Ethiopia Ethiopia PM says 'fake news' fuelling Somali regional crisis, urges calm Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has stressed that the security situation in Ethiopia’s Somali region was going to be resolved through peaceful consultations.
Ethiopia Ethio-Somali leaders to meet in Addis, Abdi Illey still in custody Rights groups and people on social media have upped the call for Illey to face justice over the many cases of abuse levelled against him. The ...
Ethiopia Ethiopia must lift internet outage in eastern region - Coalition The residents, one speaking from Oromia region and the other from the city of Harar, said the connection had been down for three days — the first ...
Djibouti Djibouti airlifts citizens from Dire Dawa, affirms ties with Ethiopia Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf confirmed that Djibouti had airlifted a total of 1,700 nationals from Ethiopia as at Monday but that there was ...
Ethiopia President of Ethiopia's Somali region resigns, federal forces deployed The resignation of Abdi Illey, widely accused of gross human rights abuses, has also been reported by the Ethiopia Somali News Agency (ESNA), ...
Ethiopia Crisis in Ethiopia's Somali region taking ethnic twist - ONLF worried The group said it was only a peaceful transition that could end the impasse which it said was turning into an inter-ethnic conflict between Somalis ...
Ethiopia Somaliland offers refuge amid crisis in Ethiopia's Somali region The army's action is believed to be part of a move to depose president of the region, Momamed Omar, popularly referred to as Abdi Illey.
Somalia Ogaden rebels rejects 'Ethio-Somali' label, says it's wholly Somali It said via its known Twitter handle that it was a 'Somali organisation fighting for the rights of all Somali people living under Ethiopian occupation!'
Ethiopia Ethiopia’s Somali region frees all political prisoners from Ogaden jail The current move comes on the back of a scathing report on Jail Ogaden released by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The group called on Prime Minister ...
Ethiopia Protests in Ethiopia-Somali region decry bad governance, fake prisoner release The protests which started earlier this week are said to be hinged on the call push for good governance and for the regional authorities to make ...
Ethiopia Peaceful protests in Ethiopia varsity leads to release of detained students The Addis Standard portal reported that the four ex-detainees, Alsan Fikadu, Ashenafi Dinqesa, Marsimoy Birhanu and Abdi Getachew, had been held ...
Ethiopia Ethiopia PM continues national tour with visit to Gondar, Amhara region Abiy since taking over from PM Hailemariam Desalegn on April 2 has embarked on a national tour that has seen him visit Jijiga (Ethio-Somali region), ...
Ethiopia Bomb blast in Ethiopia kills 3, Oromia region blames Ethio-Somali militia Even though the government has blamed it on anti-peace forces and rent seeking groups, Oromo activists have long blamed the Ethio-Somalia region's ...
00:44 Ethiopia Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed visits Jijiga on Oromia-Somali peace mission On Saturday, Abiy with a high-powered government delegation arrived in Jijiga - the capital of the Somali region - in a bid to tackle the problems.
Ethiopia Ethiopia students abandon varsity education over ethnic tensions Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia is affecting university education as students from the northen Amhara region have abandoned their studies in the ...
