Source: Speech delivered by Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate Kassa at the European Parliament, June 2026 Ethiopian scholar, author, and royal descendant Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate Kassa delivered a powerful address before the European Parliament, urging international institutions to break their silence over what he described as a deepening and largely unreported catastrophe […]
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Ethiopia’s Election: A Foregone Conclusion or a Nation’s Endorsement?
As vote counts trickle in from Ethiopia’s latest national election, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is widely anticipated to secure a commanding share of the national vote, with projections pointing to roughly 90 percent. But analysts, opposition figures, and international observers are asking a harder question: does an overwhelming majority signal […]
Ethiopia’s Rights Watchdog Blames OLA for Deadly Arsi Attacks Amid Group’s Flat Denial
Ethiopia’s national human rights body has concluded that the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), designated by the government as “Shene” bears responsibility for a series of violent incidents that erupted in Aseko woreda, East Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, between May 30 and June 1, 2026. The Ethiopian Human Rights […]
Orthodox Christians Continue to Be Targeted in Arsi, Oromia — At Least 37 Killed
Armed attackers have killed dozens of Orthodox Christian civilians in East Arsi Zone of Ethiopia’s Oromia region, burning churches, destroying hundreds of homes, and forcing hundreds of survivors to flee into surrounding forests, with violence that began days before the national election and continued through polling day on June 1. […]
From Nobel Peace Prize to Civil War: The Rise and Fall of Abiy Ahmed’s Promise
When Abiy Ahmed took office as Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he arrived as a breath of fresh air for a nation long burdened by authoritarian rule. Within just three months, he had brokered a peace deal ending a two-decade standoff with neighboring Eritrea, a feat that astonished the world […]
Ethiopia’s Human Rights Commission Exposes Detention Abuses in Amhara Police Stations
Ethiopia’s national human rights body has sounded the alarm over a pattern of serious violations taking place inside police detention facilities across the Amhara Region, pointing to unlawful arrests, prolonged custody without court hearings, and physical mistreatment of suspects. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) presented its findings at a […]
Genocide Alert Renewed Over Ongoing Atrocities Against Ethiopia’s Amhara People
An international genocide prevention organization has renewed its urgent warning over what it describes as a systematic and ongoing genocide targeting the Amhara ethnic group in Ethiopia, a crisis that has claimed tens of thousands of civilian lives over nearly a decade. Background The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, a […]
Ethiopia Flagged at Highest Risk Level for Torture in Global Annual Index
A leading international human rights organization has placed Ethiopia among the most at-risk nations for torture and cruel treatment, pointing to deeply entrenched patterns of abuse, a lack of accountability, and laws that fall short of global standards. The World Organization Against Torture released its Global Torture Index 2025 on […]
Ethiopian Diaspora Launches Global Protest Campaign Against June 2026 Election
Ethiopians living abroad have launched a coordinated series of international demonstrations under the banner “No Ballots, White Bullets Fly”, pushing back against the country’s upcoming 7th General Election scheduled for June 2026. The campaign, organized by diaspora communities across multiple continents, runs from May 1 through May 23, 2026. Protesters […]
From Reformer to Repressor: Abiy Ahmed’s Crackdown on the Media
Few political reversals in recent African history have been as stark as Ethiopia’s descent from a celebrated model of press reform into one of the continent’s most hostile environments for independent journalism. At the center of this reversal stands Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a leader who once earned global admiration […]