Human Rights

Ethiopian troops combing 2 areas for abducted children, S.Sudan gunmen

Ethiopian troops are conducting broad area search at two locations close and inside South Sudan, HornAffairs learned from military sources.…

Two hundred killed in Ethiopia-South Sudan border areas 

An attack by South Sudanese men and Ethiopian retaliations have so far cost at least two hundred lives. Armed men…

Researcher: Hate, dangerous speech low among Ethiopian facebook users

Ethiopians' discussion on facebook is much more nuanced than perceived to be, according to a team of researchers monitoring the…

Three lessons from the ICC’s Kenya debacle

(James A Goldston) The declaration of a mistrial in the Ruto-Sang at the International Criminal Court (ICC) put the final…

Djibouti’s Guelleh wins 4th term with 87% votes, Opposition cries foul

(AFP via FRANCE 24) Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, in power since 1999, claimed victory on Saturday following a landslide win…

Ethiopia to charge Viber users, register phone apparatus

(Capital newspaper) Using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications free of charge may no longer be possible as Ethio Telecom…

Ethiopia: Women’s group denounces compensation for a rape victim

The compensation awarded for a rape victim is decried as "outrageous" by the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA). The association is criticizing the…

PM’s statement on OromoProtests: More of the same

(Dr. Birhanemeskel Abebe Segni) The Ethiopian Prime Minister, in his midyear report to the Ethiopian federal parliament on Thursday, March…

African Commission orders Ethiopia to compensate rape victim

The African Commission found that Ethiopia did not protect her from violence and also failed to provide a "decent system…

Ethiopia: Western journalists detained for a day

(Foreign Correspondents' Association of East Africa - FCAEA) The Foreign Correspondents' Association of East Africa is concerned about an escalation…

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