Author: mekete

(By H. Abel, 23 February 2021) –  I arrived in London from war-torn Tigray just two weeks ago. The trauma is therefore still fresh in my mind. Every day passed with a nightmare and sleepless nights and at times with flashbacks. As all of us could understand, the tension of war on Tigray was building […]

(Source: Tghat, 22 February 2021) – መብርሂ ኣርታዒ፡ እዚ ስሙ ክይፅራሕ ብ ዘኢይደልይ፡ ግን እቱ ኵነታት ብ ዓይኑ ብ ዝርአየ ሰብ ዝተፅሓፈ እዩ። ካብ ዕለት 25 ጥቅምቲ ጀሚሩ፡ ኣብ ከባቢ ከተማ ሸራሮ: ማለት እውን ኣብ ጓል ባድማ፣ ዓዲ ቡዅራይን ኣደመይትን ሓያል ኲናት ክካየድ ቀንዩ እዩ። ብ እዚ ምኽንያት ድማ  ህዝቢ  እታ ከተማ ናብ ገጠራት ታሕታይ […]

Republican Ilhan Omar Statement on the Situation in Ethiopia February 19, 2021 Press Release MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan Omar released the following statement on the ongoing situation in Ethiopia. “My first trip abroad as a Member of Congress was to Ethiopia. I am also entering my second term as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee […]

(Source: Tghat) – This is a list of facilities, industries, buildings, cultural heritages, and infrastructures that have been destroyed, looted, burned, or damaged by the invading forces in the war on Tigray.   Property Type Location Damage Source Remark 1 Almeda Textile Textile Factory Adwa Burned, destroyed and looted 1, 2 It is a one […]

(Source: Awash Post, By NEJIB ADEM) –  I was driving home from work while listening to National Public Radio when I heard the announcement: “The Nobel Peace Prize committee has awarded this year’s prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.” Goosebumps sprang up over my entire body. I felt happy and emotional. I imagined how this […]

(Source: World Peace Foundation, by Alex De Waal) – The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, is fought using words and silences as well as bullets and bombs. The warring parties have different strategies. Eritrea’s strategy is silence. There’s an apocryphal story from World War One about the editor of The Times of London, frustrated with the […]

(Source: Eritrea Hub, 22 February 2021) – Message from patriot Mesfin Hagos regarding current situation Honored people of Eritrea, it is to be remembered that we have repeatedly stated that the lawless Isayas regime, has moved you from one danger to another. By involving you in the Ethiopian civil war, which is not our business, […]

(Source: The Times, by Jane Flanagan) – Panic that occupying troops would plunder their most sacred treasure pushed the devout in Ethiopia’s holiest city to race into harm’s way to defend it, according to a witness to atrocities committed in the country’s civil war. As clashes broke out between soldiers and rebel militia in Axum, […]

(Source: by Jan Nyssen, 21 February 2021) – Analysis and eye-witnesses indicate Tigray is lurching back to the dark days of manmade famine. Ever since I started research in Tigray in 1994, the fight against famine has been a major priority. With academic colleagues, we tried to assist through studies and projects for environmental conservation. […]

(Source: Aljazeera) –  Former foreign minister among three prominent TPLF officials killed after refusing to surrender, government says. Ethiopia says its forces have killed three members of the conflict-hit Tigray region’s former ruling party, including ex-Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin. The three Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) officials were killed after they refused to surrender […]

(Source: Tghat, 20 February 2021) – The Tigray government issued an 8-point terms of peace yesterday. The terms of peace can be read in Tigrinya, in English and also in audio (Tigrinya) from Dimtsi Weyane. Today three Tigray political parties issue a 6-point statement that largely overlap with the Tigray government’s terms of peace. Their […]

(Source: Eritrea Hub, 20 February 2021) – A picture has gradually emerged of the terrible events that took place in Axum in late November last year. Hundreds were killed – perhaps as many as 800 were shot by Eritrean troops in the city. The Associated Press published a heart-rending account, quoting from a priest who […]

(Source: Eritrean Hub) – “When corrective measures are taken in Ethiopia, we have to cooperate with them, not as an option, but as an obligation in order to ensure lasting peace with them. Ethiopia’s stability is important for the stability of the region. This concerns us more than any other neighbors.” On 17 February, President […]

(Source: AP, By CARA ANNA, NAIROBI, Kenya, 19 February) –   Eritrea’s government is rejecting as “outrageous lies” a story by The Associated Press in which witnesses describe a massacre of several hundred people carried out by Eritrean soldiers in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel criticized Thursday’s story on the massacre in Ethiopia’s […]

(Source: IPS, Nalisha Adams, BONN, Germany, 19 February 2021) –  While Ethiopia’s federal government may have administrative control of the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, and other main cities in the region, including Shire, Adwa, and Aksum, after removing the regional government from power in late November — armed resistance in Tigray is not over and could […]