MINILIK SALSAWI

  What a massacre reveals about Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia The killing of civilians is part of a disturbing pattern Photograph: Getty Images May 29th 2025 | Nairobi T wo months ago, in the early afternoon of March 31st, gunfire erupted in Birakat, a town in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia (see map). Panicked residents ran for cover as the Ethiopian army battled local militias. Five hours later the guns fell silent, briefly. But after the army had taken control of the town, according to three eyewitnesses, a massacre began.  https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/05/29/what-a-massacre-reveals-about-abiy-ahmeds-ethiopia

  ግንቦት 01/2017 ዓ.ም ከአማራ ፋኖ ብሔራዊ ኃይል (አፋብኃ) የተሰጠ መግለጫ (የቋራ ቃል ኪዳን) የአማራ ህዝብ የጀመረው የህልውና ተጋድሎ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ የተጋጋለበት ዘመን ላይ እንገኛለን:: የአማራ ክልልን ጨምሮ በበርካታ የሀገሪቱ አካባቢዎች እየተደረገ ያለው የህልውና ትግል ህዝባዊ መሰረት ያለው በመሆኑ በአንድ ወጥ ድርጅት እየተመራ ባይሆንም አመርቂ ውጤት እያስመዘገበ ይገኛል። ትግሉ ግለቱን ጠብቆ የበለጠ እንዲፋፋም እና በአጭር ጊዜ የአማራን ህዝብ ነፃነት ያረጋግጥ ዘንድ ይህንን ትግል የሚያቀናጅ እና የሚያስተባብር የጋራ አመራር ያለው ድርጅት መወለድ ግዜው የጠየቀው አንገብጋቢ ጉዳይ ሆኖ ተገኝቷል። ይህንን አንገብጋቤ ጥያቄ ለመመለስ በርካታ ሙከራዎች ተደርገዋል፥ ብዙ ውጣ ውረዶችም ታልፈዋል። በመጨረሻም የአማራ ህዝብ የናፈቀው፣ ሀገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያዊ ሁሉ የተመኘው፣ መላው የፋኖ ሰራዊት የጠበቀው፣ ታሪክ እንዲፈፀም የጠየቀው ጉዳይ ተጠናቋል። የአማራ ፋኖ በጎጃም፣ የአማራ ፋኖ በወሎ (ቤተ - አማራ)፣ የአማራ ፋኖ አንድነት በጎንደር እና የአማራ ፋኖ በሸዋ ከፍተኛ አመራሮች በጋራ ቋራ-ጎንደር ባደረጉት ቀናትን የወሰደ መስራች ጉባኤ ዛሬ ግንቦት 01 ቀን 2017 ዓ.ም የአማራ ፋኖ ብሔራዊ ኃይል (Amhara Fano National Force) የተሰኘ ድርጅት መመስረታቸውን ለመላው ሰራዊታችን፣ ለአማራ ህዝብ እና ለትግሉ ደጋፊዎች እናበስራለን። መላው የትግላችን ደጋፊዎች እንኳን ደስ አላችሁ። የአማራ ፋኖ ብሔራዊ ኃይል በአማራ ብሔርተኝነት የፖለቲካ ርዕዮት ዓለም ላይ የቆመ ህዝባዊ ተጋድሎ የሚመራ ሲሆን የድርጅታችን ዋነኛ ተልዕኮም እየተደረገ ያለውን የህልውና ትግል እና ህዝባዊ አብዮት ማስተባበር እና ማቀናጀት ይሆናል። ድርጅታችን የአማራ ፋኖ ብሔራ...

Tigray leaders dangerously torn between Addis Ababa and Asmara MINILIK SALSAWI » Tue Feb 25, 2025 1:02 am Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea are at their lowest point since the end of the war in Tigray in 2022. Amid fears of a new conflict, both governments are trying to win over the Tigrayan leaders, who are more divided than ever. [...] https://www.africaintelligence.com/east ... 378687-eve Asmara .....

  The US is using the Renaissance Dam dispute as a tool to persuade Egypt to accept and resettle Gaza residents, the New Arab website reported, citing diplomatic sources. The report noted that a senior US delegation recently traveled to Cairo and discussed the issue with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdellatif and other officials. US officials reportedly told their Egyptian counterparts that if the US is to play a constructive role in resolving the Renaissance Dam dispute, Egypt must accept and resettle Gaza residents. Egypt, however, has rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal to partially resettle Gaza residents. It is worth noting that Ethiopia rejected the binding tripartite agreement proposed by President Trump during his first term in office to resolve the dam dispute.  

 By amnesty.org As today marks four months since the launch of a state-led campaign of mass arbitrary detention of thousands of people in Ethiopia’s Amhara region in September 2024, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said:  “The international silence over the mass and arbitrary detention of thousands of people in Amhara region is beyond shameful. Ethiopia’s development partners, as well as African and global human rights bodies, must use their influence to publicly call for the release of all arbitrarily detained people. The world must stop turning a blind eye to Ethiopia’s human rights crisis as the Ethiopian government continues to trample on the rule of law.  “Keeping thousands of people locked up for months without charge or trial is a travesty of justice and a blatant human rights violation. Not only are thousands of people behind bars without any legal basis, but the Ethiopian authorities have also ...