British troops looted and plundered thousands of precious artefacts after the Battle of Magdala in 1868. Fast forward 153 years and the descendants of the same soldiers put a number of the treasures up for sale at auction houses. Any historian determined to write a comprehensive account of the life […]
Year: 2021
African countries have rallied behind Ethiopia in protesting against a planned special session at the UN Human Rights Council, which is aimed at reprimand Addis Ababa’s alleged war atrocities in Tigray region. On Tuesday, none of the continent’s 13 representatives in the 47-member body of the UN, based in Geneva, […]
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON—According to a statement released by Washington State University, new radiocarbon dating of some of the 10,000 stone monoliths at southern Ethiopia’s Sakaro Sodo archaeological site indicates the oldest of the 20-foot phallus-shaped stela monuments were built in the first century A.D., or about 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. […]
Tigrayan forces summarily executed dozens of civilians in two towns they controlled in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region between August 31 and September 9, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. These killings highlight the urgent need for the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an international investigative mechanism into abuses by […]
The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended distribution of food aid in two northern Ethiopian towns after gunmen looted its warehouses. Looters from rebel Tigrayan forces held aid staff at gunpoint in the town of Kombolcha, the United Nations said. They stole large quantities of essential food supplies – including […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today discussed with UN Secretary General, António Guterres and the African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat . The PM said as a founding member of both the UN and African Union, Ethiopia has been a proponent of multilateral ism rooted in respect for national sovereignty. […]
Sources told FBC that the terrorist TPLF is seeking alliance with opposition parties operating in neighboring countries after it sustained heavy casualty from the recent “Operation for Unity in Diversity” led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Reliable sources told FBC that the terrorist group is now toiling to garner patronage […]
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will depart Thursday for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey and Egypt to discuss the Ethiopian conflict, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday. Ned Price said Feltman will discuss with his counterparts “what it is that the international community seeks […]
Ethiopia said Tuesday that after capturing the major cities of Dessie and Kombolcha from Tigray rebels, it has documented cases of mass destruction of property and killings. A spokeswoman in the prime minister’s office, Billene Seyoum, told a news conference that the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are accused of […]
Ethiopian forces liberated several cities and towns, the government communication service announced Monday evening. In coordination efforts of the Ethiopian National Defence Force, Fano, and militants of the Amhara and Afar regions defeated the TPLF forces that controlled Dessie, Kombolcha, and Bati towns for the last couple of months. A […]