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(Source: EU External Action,  Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission) – HR/VP Blog – For almost two years, the Tigray region in Ethiopia has been in the grip of an atrocious war with hunger and sexual violence used as weapons as […]

(By Belay Ambelay) – For over 200 years they ruled with absolute power and might, no one had a chance to utter the slightest dissent. Now they have become wolves in sheeps’ wool and cry wolf over ‘a lack of democracy’ when democracy was the last thing they were bothered about when they were at […]

(Source: Ethiopia Insight, By Jan Nyssen, Professor of physical geography, Ghent University, Belgium) – The federal government may blame the TPLF for Tigray’s suffering, but its medieval siege strategy is an open secret. In 2004, Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian journalist, activist, and politician, oversaw the publication of at least five columns in his Askual newspaper […]

(By Temesgn Kebede) – In response to the article linked below. Amhara with an average intelligence Were encouraged and pushed on to acquire formal education more than they were able to do so and be accredited with certification. They are too happy to flag and gasconade; as ‘gens du monde’, when they are not! A […]

ከጥዑመ ልሳን አድማሱ በአንድ ወቅት አንድ ወንድሜ ቪዲዮ ልኮልኝ ስመለከት ድንገት ዓይኔ በአንድ ዝግጅት ላይ አረፈ። ይህም ዝግጅት የአቶ በቀለ ገርባንና የአቶ ጃዋር መሃመድን የዋሽንግቶን ጉብኘት አስመልክቶ የተዘጋጀ የ’ገለልቱማ’ መድርከ ነበር፡፡ በወቅቱ መርሃግብሩን የሚመሩት ግለስዎች ይጠቀሙበት የነበረው ቅዋንቅዋ ጉራማይሌ ስለነበር፤ ማለትም የመነጋገሪያ አርእስቱም ሆነ ተነጋሪዎችን ያስተዋውቁ የነበረው አንዴ በአፋንኦሮሞ፡ ሌላ ጊዜ በአማርኛ፡ ሲያሰኛቸው ደግሞ በፈረንጅኛ […]

(Source: Zenodo.org, By Jan Nyssen, Ghent University, Department of Geography, Ghent, Belgium) – There is a wide array of historical maps and records which jointly reveal that the territorial organisation of northern Ethiopia has tremendously changed over the last four centuries. Historical maps representing the Western Zone of the Tigray Region (Welkait and adjacent districts) have […]

(Source: Bistandsaktuelt, translated from Norwegian by Google Translate) – For the first time in almost a year, foreign journalists were able to enter the Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia. The result of the journey is a disturbing documentary from inside the conflict areas where hunger is ravaging. Sunniva Kvamsdal Sveen PUBLISHED Thursday 04 August 2022 […]

(Source: Ethiopia Insight, by Abel Tesfaye) – The evidence also suggests that the area was majority Tigrinya speaking prior to the federal era. Ethiopia’s 1995 constitution introduced a system of multinational federalism that radically altered the country’s politics and administrative structure. It created highly autonomous regional states delineated along ethno-linguistic lines. This entailed reconfiguring the […]

(By Yared Huluf) – If one were to live with another person, one would evaluate whether one’s welfare living with that person is fair, emphatic, jannock and selfless on both sides. However, that said, one would also make sure that what s/he perceives of the other person’s standing is not chimerical but real, s/he would make […]

(Source: Lemonde) – While the Ethiopian government strives to hide the disaster resulting from its war ofextermination in Tigray, a group of researchers deplores the international community’sindifference. By Group letter Published on July 22, 2022 at 10h41, updated at 10h41 on July 22, 2022 On July 1, Arte broadcast an exceptional report entitled Ethiopia: Tigray […]

(By Belay Ambelay) – Too often in Ethiopian society, victims of violence and oppression are taught to blame themselves. This cultural phenomenon has a term: victim-blaming. Ethiopia and many other countries, The likes of Russia, China, India, and some now, mercy to God, put to rest (Yugoslavia) were formed by bruit forces. Such a way […]

(By Temesegn kebede) –  Social Engineering and family tree The Shewan dynasty relied heavily on three factors that were rarely deployed by other contending dynasties of the region, mainly these factors were either regarded as unholy or they were, particularly one, was an unavailable option to choose for, at the time the Shewan dynasty  began to […]

This report documents and examines the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) role in the war in Tigray. Through its investigation of public sources (e.g., videos, reports, etc.), this document showcases that the EHRC lacks the impartiality and independence needed to lead and conduct an investigation into the alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts […]

(Source: Wikivisually.com) – Yohannes IV (Ge’ez: ፬ኛ ዮሓንስ, Āratenya Yōḥānnis; horse name “Abba Bezba”; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889),[1] born Lij Kaśa Mercha and contemporaneously also known in English as Johannes or John IV, was ruler of Tigray 1867–71, and Emperor of Ethiopia (“King of Zion” and “King of Kings” of Ethiopia [as shown in his seal]) 1872–89. He is remembered as one of the leading architects […]