MINILIK SALSAWI

Authorities in Sudan’s eastern Al-Qadarif state closed the Gallabat border crossing with Ethiopia on Sunday after the Fano militia seized the nearby Ethiopian town of Metemma, sources told Sudan Tribune. The Amhara region, which borders Gederaf, has frequently clashes between Fano and government forces since the federal government signed a peace deal with Tigrayan forces in 2020. The sources said the Sudanese authorities allowed Ethiopian federal police and army personnel to cross into Sudan after they were disarmed. In return, Fano allowed Sudanese stranded at the border to cross into Ethiopia. Thousands of Sudanese have crossed into Ethiopia through Gallabat since conflict broke out in Sudan in April between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Fano also seized the Ethiopian border crossing at Metemma, aiming to cut off supplies of fuel and food to the Amhara region from Sudan, the sources said.

Ethiopia has elevated its Consular Office in Somaliland to the status of an Embassy. Newly appointed Ethiopian Extra Ordinary Ambassador to Somali land Ambassador Teshome Shunde Hamito presented his credentials today to the President muse biihi in a well protocol event at Somaliland Presidential place in Hargeisa. Somaliland President welcomes new Ethiopian Ambassador,and discuses centered on regional security, economic cooperation, and strengthening ties between the two nations. as the ambassador. “We urge Somalia to stop political conspiracy in the Horn of Africa region. They have forgotten the sacrifice of the Ethiopian National Defense Force in Somalia [combating al-Shabaab] over the past couple of years, and it is painful for the Government of Ethiopia. Ethiopia cannot remain silent as the peace and harmony of its neighbors are turned into a playground for terrorists and anti-peace elements. People of the Horn of Africa are united by strong friendships and community ties and are

 What is 'food resilience'? Ask these Ethiopian farmers facing conflict and drought By  Willem Marx A s the shadows lengthen over the village of Tuli Guleed in the Somali region of southern Ethiopia, Halemu Hassan Ali and her husband, Elias Abdi Abdullahi, move methodically through row after row of knee-high wheat. Pulling up weeds that encroach on their precious crop is physically demanding. Both of them hunch low but move swiftly, their easy chatter belies the seriousness of this task. For in Ethiopia, a country repeatedly wracked by hunger — where more than 20 million

  Reacting to the continued failure to take meaningful steps by African and global human rights bodies since armed conflict erupted in Ethiopia’s Amhara region a year ago, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah said: “Millions of Ethiopians are being denied justice despite having their lives shattered by conflict. Human rights violations have continued unabated, with no progress towards individual accountability, in the Amhara region since the latest armed conflict began a year ago. Reports of atrocities in the Tigray region, which first emerged three-and-a-half years ago, and abuses amid the ongoing prolonged armed conflict in Oromia have largely gone unaddressed.  Human rights violations have continued unabated, with no progress towards individual accountability, in the Amhara region since the latest armed conflict began a year ago. Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International's Regional Director for East and Southern Africa “Despite cla

   More than 200 people have been killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, authorities sai d. The first landslide, triggered by heavy rains in a remote region of Gofa zone, occurred on Monday and was followed by a second one that buried people who had gathered to help, state officials said on Tuesday. At least 148 men and 81 women were killed after the disaster struck in the Kencho-Shacha locality in the Gofa Zone on Monday, the local Communications Affairs Department said in a statement. (Al Jazeera) Alemayehu Bawdi, Southern Regional State representative, confirmed the death toll and said “search and rescue efforts are ongoing”. Five people were pulled alive from the mud and were receiving treatment at medical facilities, the government-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) reported earlier. It cited local administrator Dagemawi Ayele as saying that most of those killed were buried after they went to help the inhabitants of a house hit by an initial land

Ethiopian security forces have committed widespread attacks amounting to war crimes against medical professionals, patients, and health facilities in the Amhara region. Civilians are bearing the brunt of fighting between the Ethiopian military and Amhara militia known as Fano, which began in August 2023. Ethiopia’s international partners should call for accountability and an end to attacks on healthcare and should resume increased scrutiny of the rights situation in the country. የኢትዮጵያ የጸጥታ ሃይሎች በአማራ ክልል በህክምና ባለሙያዎች፣ ህሙማን እና የጤና ተቋማት ላይ የጦር ወንጀል እስከ መጠነ ሰፊ ጥቃት ፈጽመዋል። በጎርጎሪዮሳዊዉ 2023 ዓ.ም የጀመረዉ የኢትዮጵያ ጦር እና ፋኖ ተብሎ በሚጠራዉ የአማራ ታጣቂዎች መካከል የሚካሄደዉ ጦርነት በሰላማዊ ሰዎች ላይ ከፍተኛ ጉዳት እያደረሰ ነዉ። የኢትዮጵያ አለምአቀፍ አጋሮች ተጠያቂነት እንዲኖር እና በጤና አጠባበቅ ላይ የሚደርሰውን ጥቃት እንዲያቆም እና በሀገሪቱ ያለውን የመብት ሁኔታ መመርመርን መቀጠል አለባቸው። የኢትዮጵያ የጸጥታ ሃይሎች በሀገሪቱ ሰሜናዊ ምዕራብ የአማራ ክልል በህክምና ባለሙያዎች፣ ህሙማን እና የጤና ተቋማት ላይ የጦር ወንጀሎችን ያደረሱ ጥቃቶች መፈጸማቸውን ሂውማን ራይትስ ዎች ዛሬ ባወጣው ዘገባ አመልክቷል። “ወታደሩ ከሞተ በአንተ ላይ ነው” የሚለው ባለ 66 ገጽ