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Security · Bahir Dar

Annual Tana Forum to Be Held in Bahir Dar City Postponed Amid Escalating Conflict

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The 11th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, also known as the Tana Forum, has been postponed from 13-15 October, 2023, to April 2024. The forum, which is organized by the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) at Addis Ababa University, has been rescheduled due to what organizers labeled as "unforeseen circumstances". The decision to postpone was made after careful deliberation be…See the Story

Gondar · Gondar

Heavy fighting reported in historic Ethiopian city

Local militias known as the Fano have been fighting with government forces in the historic city of Gondar. Fighting has continued to be reported in Ethiopia's restive Amhara region. Activists and media outlets linked to the militias claim to have gained control of some areas and captured dozens of soldiers.See the Story

Bahir Dar · Bahir Dar

Ethiopian region’s internet blackout continues as human rights situation deteriorates

The Ethiopian military has committed atrocities in a swath of the country where the internet has been blacked out for more than a month and a half, according to human rights monitors. The federal government declared a state of emergency in the Amhara region in early August, after a militia group seized control of several towns in the area. A coalition of more than 300 rights organizations last week called on the Ethiopian government to restore access.See the Story

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Lalibela · Lalibela

New Lalibela: How a monk is building Africa's new wonder

The Christian pilgrimage site of Lalibela in Ethiopia, with its churches carved in stone, has long been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But now a nearby monk knocks a “second Lalibela” out of the rock walls.See the Story

BRICS · Amhara

BRICS summit: Ethiopian group protesting outside summit over alleged human rights abuses in Amhara

The All United Amhara Association in South Africa has called on BRICS countries to stop the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed from allegedly killing thousands of innocent people. The group picketed at Innesfree Park in Sandton a few kilometres away from the Sandton Convention Centre where the BRICS summit is taking place.See the Story

Lalibela · Lalibela

The New Miracle of Africa: A monk and two deacons in Ethiopia build churches under rocks

Legend has it that Orthodox churches carved under the rocks of Lalibela in Ethiopia were created with the help of angels. However, one priest and two deacons are now completely on their own trying to build new wonders of Africa, following the reputation of it originated eight and nine centuries ago.See the Story

Gondar · Gondar

Ethiopian Israelis protest as thousands await rescue from Gondar

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

A staggering 4,226 individuals from camps in Gondar and Addis Ababa had submitted Aliyah requests as the conflict escalated across Ethiopia.See the Story

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict · Gondar

Israelis of Ethiopian descent protest in Jerusalem urging rescue of relatives

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Hundreds of Israelis of Ethiopian descent take to the streets in demand to let relative make Aliyah. Tensions escalated when police and mounted cops tried to clear the road, resulting in clashes. Last Thursday, 204 Israelis and those eligible for immigration were airlifted from the northern Ethiopian cities of Gondar and Bahir Dar.See the Story

Military · Amhara

Ethiopia and residents say the military has recaptured key areas in the Amhara region from militia

60% Center coverage: 20 sources

Ethiopia’s government and residents say the country’s military recaptured several areas in the embattled Amhara region from local militia fighters as details of dozens of civilian deaths began to emerge from the region amid an internet shutdown.See the Story

Lisbon, Portugal · Lisbon

In Ethiopia, the government claims to have “liberated” six major cities in the Amhara region from the “threat of bandits”