Conflict
Declan Walsh, December 17th, 2021, International New York Times
NAIROBI, Kenya — Secret meetings with a dictator. Clandestine troop movements. Months of quiet preparation for a war that was supposed to be swift and bloodless.
Emmanuel Akinwotu, December 16th, 2021, The Guardian
Government-aligned forces in western Tigray have systematically detained thousands of ethnic Tigrayan people, while torturing and killing many in a campaign of violence, according to a report by two major rights groups that further reveals the scale of abuses in war-hit Ethiopia.
City Captures
Reuters, December 19th, 2021
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Ethiopian military is again in control of the town of Lalibela, famed for its rock churches, state media reported on Sunday, showing pictures of the deputy prime minister visiting the site.
Al Jazeera, December 18th, 2021
Gov’t says forces have retaken several towns from the TPLF including Kobo and Waldia in the north.
Human Rights Violations
Al Jazeera, December 17th, 2021
Ethiopian government says ‘extremely disappointed’, pledges not to cooperate in international investigation.
Al Jazeera, December 17th, 2021
Ambassador Zembe Kebede accuses the UN council of having been ‘hijacked’ and used as ‘instrument of political pressure’.
Stephanie Nebehay & Emma Farge, December 17th, 2021, Reuters
GENEVA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Friday to establish an independent investigation into abuses in the Ethiopian conflict, after a senior U.N. official said there had been violations on all sides and mass arrests under a government crackdown.
Al Jazeera, December 16th, 2021
Amnesty and HRW report a surge in abuse by Amhara security forces and militias in western Tigray.
Jamey Keaten, December 17th, 2021, Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — Over Ethiopia’s objections, the U.N.’s main human rights body voted Friday to create an international team of experts to boost scrutiny of rights abuses in the devastating yearlong war between Ethiopian government forces and fighters from the country’s Tigray region.
Pamela Falk, December 17th, 2021, CBS News
United Nations — Ninety percent of the population in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region — or 5.2 million people — need urgent aid, the U.N.'s Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif told a virtual session of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday.
Mass Arrests
Al Jazeera, December 16th, 2021
News agency calls for release of Amir Aman Kiyaro, says he has done ‘important work on all sides’ of Ethiopia’s war.