MINILIK SALSAWI

 A REUTERS INVESTIGATION In Ethiopia, a secret committee orders killings and arrests to crush rebels    Warning : This story contains disturbing visual content. A secretive committee of senior officials in Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromiya, has ordered extra-judicial killings and illegal detentions to crush an insurgency there, a Reuters investigation has found. Reuters interviewed more than 30 federal and local officials, judges, lawyers and victims of abuses by authorities. The agency also reviewed documents drafted by local political and judicial authorities. These interviews and documents for the first time shed light on the workings of the Koree Nageenyaa – Security Committee in the Oromo language - which began operating in the months after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018. The commit...

  Fano: Ethiopia's New Dawn of Defense for the Marginalized ( Mengistu Mussie , Phd ) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Over the past few years, a new force has emerged in Ethiopia's complex socio-political landscape and represents the hope and resilience of its marginalized populations. Fano, a burgeoning collective, is positioned as a protector against the turbulent tides of division after stepping onto the stage at a crucial moment. It has emerged as a symbol of resistance against the ethnocentric factions that have for a long time been in control of Ethiopian politics with an iron fist. Fano's beginnings are modest yet profound, having rooted themselves in the hearts and minds of those on the peripheries of society and considered enemies by the ethnocentric elite. The movement grew out of necessity, relying on a shared desire to protect the defenseless and give voice to the voiceless. It wasn't a spontaneous event but the...