Tag: Ethiopia
Wave of arrests of journalists in Ethiopia
They are at least 16 in detention, unheard of since the coming to power of Abiy Ahmed in 2018 who, at the time, was hailed for his liberalization of the…
wave of repression against the most radical of the State of Amhara
The Ethiopian government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is cracking down on the most radical elements of the Amhara state’s political and paramilitary forces, which had spearheaded the war in…
Famine spreads in East Africa and threatens millions of people
This is the chilling conclusion of a study published this week by the organizations Oxfam and Save The Children, supported by the Jameel Observatory: in East Africa, a person is…
Ethiopian children the first victims of a devastating drought
The consequences of this drought are serious, especially for the inhabitants. Families migrate to other regions of the country, some no longer have resources. About 600,000 no longer go to…
From Ethiopia to the Rhone Valley, Armenia by Boris Adjemian
And here we are right now in April. And because there was 1915, Avril is Armenian. No ESM commemoration, but memory in all cupboards, thanks to Boris Adjemian. The name…
Julie Mehretu, erudite and radical artist
Cultural meeting Julie Mehretu has become in recent years one of the most important and highly rated contemporary artists. The abstract paintings of this Ethiopian-born American fetch millions of dollars…
humanitarian aid arrives in dribs and drabs in Tigray
It’s a thinning in Tigray. After twenty World Food Program trucks in early April, another convoy of 50 humanitarian trucks arrived in Ethiopia’s northern province last weekend. This is the…
US special envoy for the Horn of Africa resigns
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield is on a farewell tour this weekend in Addis Ababa. This is a surprise, because the diplomat was appointed very…
Horn of Africa braces for worst drought in 40 years
The East African region faces “the very real prospect” of insufficient rains for the fourth consecutive season, according to the World Meteorological Organization, a UN agency. This historic drought would…
The World Bank releases 300 million dollars for Ethiopia
A new convoy of around forty trucks left on Thursday for the Tigray region, where humanitarian access is still very limited. This is the second World Food Program convoy since…