Read Time:2 Minute, 0 Second News: Members of Congress call for sanctions on individuals responsible for human rights abuses in Western Tigray JULY 25, 2023 Amhara region police forces patrolling parts of Western Tigray. (Photo: Archive/Screenshot) Addis Abeba – Three members of the US Congress have written a letter urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen to impose sanctions on individuals responsible for human rights abuses in Western Tigray, in Ethiopia. The letter, dated 20 July 2023, was written by Brad Sherman, James P. McGovern, and Llo ..read more

Read Time:6 Minute, 23 Second 3 QUESTIONS – What’s happening in Ethiopia? The conflicts in Ethiopia are primarily ethnic in nature as the main dividing line in Ethiopian politics is between Ethiopian nationalists and ethno-nationalists Patrick Wight  |25.07.2023 – Update : 25.07.2023 The author is a researcher and journalist focusing on conflict and geopolitics in the Horn of Africa, primarily related to Ethiopia. ISTANBUL In three questions, Patrick Wight explains the situation in Ethiopia. What happened in the recent history that led to the ongoing situation in Ethiopia? Ethiopia’s ..read more

Read Time:8 Minute, 1 Second The Paradox of Ethiopia’s Politics of Nationalism ByHindustan Times Jun 19, 2023 01:04 PM IST The article is authored by Samir Bhattacharya, senior research associate, Vivekananda International Foundation. There are nations with States and nations without a State. And in sub-Saharan Africa, there exists a third category: States without nations. One such case in point is Ethiopia. Africa’s second most populous country Ethiopia is a Federal Democratic Republic with two chartered cities and nine ethnically based autonomous regional entities. With more than 90 dist ..read more

Read Time:3 Minute, 17 Second Ethiopia still nursing 28.7 billion USD in conflict wounds, study shows By Metasebia Teshome  – June 19, 2023 (Photo: Anteneh Aklilu) Ethiopia’s estimated damages and losses in one year from November 2020 to December 2021 due to conflicts in 6 regions stands at 28.7billion dollars. In a recent study that was launched on Monday June 12, 2023, courtesy of a collaboration done by the government, World Bank and development partners, a comprehensive assessment has been deduced on the inventory of damage losses resulting from the several conflicts across the ..read more

Read Time:3 Minute, 7 Second AKSUM – THE CAPITAL OF THE AKSUMITE EMPIRE AKSUM, ALSO CALLED AXUM, IS THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF THE AKSUMITE EMPIRE, SITUATED IN THE PRESENT-DAY TIGRAY REGION OF ETHIOPIA. The Aksumite Empire emerged in the former historical kingdom of Dʿmt, first documented in a trading guide called the ‘Periplus of the Erythraean Sea’ from around the mid-1st century AD. According to the Periplus text, the position of the Aksumite Empire in international terms, played an important role in the transcontinental trade route between Rome and India from an early stage. Aksum was suffici ..read more

Read Time:3 Minute, 6 Second Trust has been broken in Ethiopia- UN official By Mamer Abraham February 14, 2022 The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has called for support to rebuild the trust “broken in Ethiopia.” The Deputy UN Secretary-General made the statement following her five-day visit to the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, with subsequent visits to Tigray, Amhara, Somali, and Afar. “Trust has been broken in Ethiopia, and we need to find ways to support the country, the leadership, and the people in finding that pathway back to rebuilding that trust and ther ..read more

Read Time:4 Minute, 11 Second Position Statement  Tigrai Global Advocacy Group   21 May 2023  The Global Coalition of Tegaru (GCT) understands and appreciates the actions USAID and the World Food Program (WFP) took to suspend Food aid to Tigrai because there was corroborated theft and embezzlement of the aid. This was the first prompt Biden administration’s intervention to right injustice. We cannot say the same about the UN WFP because, in most instances, it was politicized and, in the past, stopped aid too soon and without firm evidence.  Regrettably, GCT believes th ..read more

Read Time:3 Minute, 48 Second Open Letter to European Union Tigray Global Advocacy Group 24 April 2023 Joseph Fontella Borrell EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Vice-President of the European Commission Honorable Mr. Josep Borrell, We, the undersigned members of the Tigrai Global Advocacy Group (TGAG), like to register our concerns and appeal to a higher sense of justice for the catastrophe that befell our people not to be dismissed or pushed under the rug for political expediency. Your consistent call for accountability of perpetrators of crimes against humanity l ..read more

Read Time:5 Minute, 19 Second Ethiopia faces more hurdles on peace quest as TPLF joins fold SATURDAY MARCH 25 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa on March 15, 2023. Blinken said the US will channel $1.9 million towards independent investigations into theTigray conflict. PHOTO | US DEPARTMENT OF STATE / HANDOUT / ANADOLU AGENCY VIA AFP Summary This week, Ethiopian legislators unbanned the TPLF as a terrorist group. The TPLF fought the government for two years in a deadly war said to have killed more than 600,000 people. A ..read more

Read Time:18 Minute, 17 Second State Collapse In Ethiopia: The Rewards Of Ethnic Violence By A Predatory Government – OpEd  March 17, 2023  Eurasia Review  0 Comments By Girma Berhanu Introduction “Failed state” refers to a state whose government is unable to perform its two most fundamental functions: it cannot project any meaningful authority over its territory and it cannot protect its national boundaries. Since 1991, Somalia has rightfully been regarded as the quintessential example of a modern failed state. That is not to say that Somalia had no government ..read more