We have witnessed the unrest and violence back home that continues to directly affect the people of Oromia, both in Ethiopia and in the diaspora. As an institution, OLLAA is invested in sharing and highlighting news coverage that pertains to the human rights situation in Ethiopia. Below are links to articles from various publications that are relevant to the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia. OLLAA will continue to update this page weekly.
Most Recent
- April 12, 2021 (USAID) – USAID AIRLIFTS SHELTER SUPPLIES TO HELP ETHIOPIANS AFFECTED BY THE CONFLICT IN TIGRAY
- April 9, 2021 (Ethiopia Insight) – Ethiopia’s ethnofederalism: fact and fiction
- April 8, 2021 (By Addis Standard) – NEWS: SENIOR STAFFERS AT JIMMA UNIVERSITY ACCUSED OF COUP ATTEMPT, GRADUATE STUDENT REMAINS MISSING
- April 7, 2021 (Ethiopia Insight) – Ethiopia’s Oromo youth are disaffected—but also divided, co-opted, and demoralized
- April 2, 2021 (UK government) – Ethiopia: G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on Tigray
- April 2, 2021 (Al Jazeera) – Abiy Ahmed finally came clean about Eritrean troops. What next?
March 2021
- March 30, 2021 (foreignaffairs.house.gov) –Letter to Antony Blinken from Rep. Meeks and Rep McCaul
- March 30, 2021 (By State Department) – 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Ethiopia
- March 3, 2021 (By Al Jazeera) –Ethiopia urgently needs inclusive national dialogue
- March 25, 2021 (By AFP) –MSF says staff witness Ethiopian troops execute civilians in Tigray
- March 25, 2021 (By Reuters) –Ethiopia rejected U.S. call for unilateral ceasefire during talks, U.S. says
- March 23, 2021 (By Addis Standard) –NEWS: OROMIA PP ACCUSES AMHARA REGION FORCES OF FOMENTING VIOLENCE IN OROMIA ZONE, SAYS OLA REBELS NOT PRESENT AS PM ABIY PLEADS FOR CALM
- March 23, 2021 (By Addis Standard) –NEWS: EU “READY TO ACTIVATE ALL FOREIGN POLICY TOOLS” AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TIGRAY; TO DISPATCH ENVOY BACK TO ETHIOPIA
- March 18, 2021 (By Foreign Policy) – Biden Dispatches Senate Ally to Ethiopia to Address Crisis
- March 17, 2021 (By Reuters) – U.N. rights chief agrees to Ethiopia request for joint Tigray inquiry
- March 16, 2021 (By HRW) – Yemen: Scores Die in Migrant Detention Center Fire
- March 16, 2021 (By Addis Standard) – IN DEPTH ANALYSIS: THREE YEARS OF BROKEN PROMISES, ANGER COMPOUND OROMO IDPS DISPLACED AFTER VIOLENCE RAVAGED OROMIA-SOMALI REGIONS
- March 16, 2021 (By The Conversation) – What’s causing the violence in western Ethiopia
- March 16, 2021 (By Guardian) – UN calls for inquiry after rebels fired missiles into Yemen detention centre
- March 12, 2021 (By Middle east eye) – New footage shows scores of charred bodies inside overcrowded hangar detaining mostly Ethiopian migrants, as Houthis and UN office trade blame
- March 12, 2021 (By CNBC) – Ethiopia’s ‘simmering civil war’ threatens to erode economic recovery prospects
- March 16, 2021 (By Economist) – “Faya Dayi” evokes what it means to be young in Ethiopia
- March 12, 2021 (By AP) – Ethiopia’s leader faces intense pressure to end Tigray war
- March 12, 2021 (By Al Jazeera) – Ethiopia’s Amhara rejects charge of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray
- March 12, 2021 (By Reuters) – U.S.’s Blinken, U.N. chief discuss human rights abuses in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
- March 9th, 2021 (By EUObserver) – Ethiopia: Time to tell the truth, Ambassador
- March 9th, 2021 (By IOM ) – Yemen: Urgent Humanitarian Access Needed to Migrant Survivors of Deadly Holding Facility Fire
- March 7th, 2021 (By TodayNews) – Has the world forgotten about the Oromo people and the detention of Jawar Mohammed?
- March 7th, 2021 (By DW ) – Yemen: Several killed in migrant detention center fire
- March 5th, 2021 (By HRW) – Ethiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians
- March 4rd, 2021 – U.N. seeks access to Ethiopia’s Tigray for war crimes probe
- March 3rd, 2021 (By AP) – Why Ethiopia’s deadly Tigray crisis is growing
- March 3rd, 2021 (By CNN) – UN Security Council to discuss Ethiopia conflict following CNN investigation into Tigray massacre
- March 3rd, 2021 – Oromo Federalist Congress will not take part in General Election
- March 3rd, 2021 – Former US Ambassador to the African Union, Michael Battle, Joins Call for Peace in Ethiopia
- March 2nd, 2021 – CNN EXCLUSIVE: Leader of Tigray’s forces accuses Ethiopian and Eritrean governments of genocide
Feb 2021
- February 26th, 2021 (Amnesty International) Ethiopia: Eritrean troops’ massacre of hundreds of Axum civilians may amount to crime against humanity
- February 25th, 2021 – Hunger-striking Ethiopia politicians ‘deteriorating’ in jail
- February 25th, 2021 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed
- February 24th, 2021 – Statement by the United States on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea
- February 23th, 2021 – Thousands of Ethiopians seek asylum in Sudan’s Blue Nile State
- February 22th, 2021 – Ethiopia’s Looming Insurgency
- February 22th, 2021 – OLLAA Leads Rally to Demand U.S Government Action to Save the Lives of Oromo Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike
- February 17th, 2021 (By The Guardian) – ‘No way they’ll back out’: tensions rise amid Ethiopia opposition hunger strike
- February 15th, 2021 (By The Conversation) – Why Ethiopia’s one-year-old hate speech law is off the mark
- February 14th, 2021 (By Bloomberg) – Ethiopian Politicians in Hunger Strike Urge End to Impasse
- February 14th, 2021 (By einnews.com) – OLLAA Calls on the Ethiopian Government to Respect the Rights of Ethiopian Protestors
- February 13th, 2021 (By Al Jazeera) – Ethiopia: Concern grows over health of jailed political leaders
- February 11th, 2021 (By Foreign Lobby) – Ethiopia hires lobbying help amid dual threats from Egypt, human rights critics
- February 10th, 2021 (By The Conversation) – The legal implications of humanitarian aid blockades
- February 10th, 2021 (By Science Norway) – Norwegian professor received death threats from Ethiopians in exile
- February 9th, 2021 (By Headlines Mania) – OLLAA mobilizes journalists as health of Ethiopian political prisoner Jawar Mohammed deteriorates
- February 8th, 2021 (By Addis Standard) – NEWS: AS JAWAR ET.AL CONTINUE HUNGER STRIKE OROMIA REGION SEES MULTIPLE PROTESTS DEMANDING THEIR RELEASE, JUSTICE FOR SLAIN ARTIST HACHALU
- February 7th, 2021 (By BBC News) – Viewpoint: From Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Yemen, the dilemma of declaring a famine
- February 5th, 2021 (By AP News) – UN: Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming’
- February 4th, 2021 (By Relief Web) – Desert Locust situation update 4 February 2021
- February 1st, 2021 (By World Politics Review) – The Case for U.S. Reengagement in Ethiopia
January 2021
- January 30th, 2021 (By Relief Web) – Ethiopia: Violence in Tigray causes untold suffering
- January 29th, 2021 (By Ethiopia Insight) – Ethiopia re-enters the abyss of war
- January 27th, 2021 (By BBC News) – Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: US calls for Eritrea troops to withdraw
- January 27th, 2021 (By The Reporter) – Retired US Ambassadors to Ethiopia write an open letter to Prime Minister Abiy
- January 27th, 2021 (By The Reporter) – Ethiopian-Oromo Human Rights Organization to Push the Biden Administration to Help Stop Oromo Genocide in Ethiopia
- January 16th, 2021 (By BBC News) – Ethiopia’s Oromia conflict: Why a teacher was killed ‘execution-style’
- January 15th, 2021 (On Medium) – Analysis: Why So Much International Silence about the War in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia?
- January 15th, 2021 (By Reuters) – EU suspends Ethiopian budget support over Tigray crisis
- January 9th, 2021 (By Addis Standard) – NEWS: OFC SAYS, AGAIN,VERY DIFFICULT TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTION UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS; CAUTIONS THREAT TO MULTINATIONAL FEDERALISM “DANGEROUS MOVE”
- January 8th, 2021 (By Rescue) – Crisis in Ethiopia: New conflict threatens the region
- January 6th, 2021 (By Foreign Policy) – All Is Not Quiet on Ethiopia’s Western Front
- January 5th, 2021 (By UN News) – UNHCR relocates victims of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict to new site in Sudan
- January 1st, 2021 (By Independent) – Ethiopian forces killed at least 75 civilians during ethnic unrest, damning human rights report finds
Past News – 2020
- Dec. 23, 2020 – Ethiopia: At least 100 dead in latest surge of violence against ethnic minorities
- Dec. 23, 2020 – Interview: Uncovering Crimes Committed in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
- Dec. 21, 2020 – News: OLF Accuses Gov’t Of Fresh Crackdown On Its Members; Oromia Region Says Measures Taken On Several Dozen Rebel Members, Thousands Arrested Across Region
- Sept. 29, 2020 – HRW: Ethiopian Forces Should Show Restraint at Upcoming Festival
- Aug. 27, 2020 – Foreign Policy: U.S. Halts Some Foreign Assistance Funding to Ethiopia Over Dam Dispute with Egypt, Sudan
- Addisstandard: Oromia reeling from state violence after security forces kill, injure a staggering number of protesters
- BBC: Ethiopia Hospital Boss Faces Questions Over Opposition Leader
- MSN: How the Murder of an Ethiopian Singer Triggered an Uprising Against a Disintegrating Democracy
- Reuters: Family of Slain Ethiopian Singer Mourns Their ‘Hero Like a Lion’
- BBC: Obbo Dajanee Xaafaa dhukkubaaf saaxilamaa jiru jechuun maatiin yaaddoo qaban ibsan
- United Nations Human Rights: UN Experts Call On Ethiopia To Allow Peaceful Protests, Welcome Partial Restoration of Internet
- PP: Local Ethiopians Hold Rally After Killing of Singer-Activist
- BBC: Siyaasa Itoophiyaa: ‘Sirni durii sun guutuumaan haqamu malee jijjiramnii dhugaa hin dhufu’
- Addis Standard: NEWS ALERT: AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED IN ADAMA, CHIRO AS PROTESTS ENGULF OROMIA FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF PROMINENT OROMO ARTIST
- The Guardian: Ethiopia’s Security Forces Accused of Torture, Evictions and Killings – Report
- VOA News: Ethiopia’s Oromo Celebrate Tense Thanksgiving Amid Tight Security
- Ezega: Ethiopian Authorities Warn of Harsh Measures against Attempts of Violence
- The Conversation: Suspension of US Aid To Ethiopia Is Yet Another Example of Trump’s Disregard For Africa
- Politico: Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed Loses His Shine
- Addis Standard: NEWS: MORE THAN 20 CIVILIANS KILLED IN FRESH ATTACKS IN BENISHANGUL GUMUZ REGION
- Addis Standard: NEWS: ARMY ISSUES STERN WARNING AGAINST ANYONE PLANNING TO VIOLATE CONSTITUTION
- Foreign Affairs: Democratic Backsliding in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Bloomberg: From Nobel Peace Prize to Uproar in Less Than One Year
- FP: The Ethiopian-Egyptian Water War Has Begun
- The Economist: Ethiopia’s Democratic Transition Is In Peril
- Alzajeera: Ethiopia’s Tigray blocks general’s appointment in blow to Abiy
- CFR: Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric Toward Ethiopia is Indicative of a Larger Problem
- Reuters: Clashes between Ethiopian states kill 27 amid border dispute
- CNN: Ethiopia’s Abiy resists diplomatic pressure to halt offensive
- Foreign Policy: Is Ethiopia Headed for Civil War?
- Crisis Group:Ethiopia’s Clash with Tigray: Getting to a Ceasefire and National Dialogue
- USIP: Statement on Ethiopia by the Senior Study Group on Peace and Security in the Red Sea Arena
- Bloomberg: Ethiopian Air Force Bombs Military Facilities in Northern Region
- Reuters: Ethiopia’s Abiy Vows to Disarm ‘Fugitives From Justice’ in Tigray Campaign
- Awash Post: Civil War in Ethiopia: Who, what, why?
- United Nations: Ethiopia: Bachelet Calls for De-escalation Amid Alarming Developments in Tigray and Oromia Regions
- BBC: Jawar Mohammed: The Ethiopian Media Mogul Taking on Abiy Ahmed
- HRW: Ethiopia: Opposition Figures Held Without Charge
- The Street Journal Ethiopia: Opposition Figures Held Without Charge
- Bass House: Members of Congress Weigh In Regarding Political Instability In Ethiopia
- WFMJ: Ethiopian Oromo Activists Congratulate President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris on Election Victory
- Bloomberg: Ethiopian Police Drawn Into Nation’s Deepening Ethnic Strife
- Reuters: Hundreds Dead in Worsening Ethiopian Conflict
- Addis Standard: NEW ALERT: POLICE DETAIN ADDIS STANDARD’S EDITOR, ACCUSE HIM OF ATTEMPT TO DISMANTLE THE CONSTITUTION
- EEAS: Ethiopia: Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the latest developments
- CNN: Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Peace Prize Win Is A Flawed Decision
- Amnesty: OPED: Justice, Not Repression, Will Break Ethiopia’s Waves of Violence
- WFMJ: Ethiopian Oromo Activists Applaud Senator Warren’s Leadership in Calling for the Immediate End to Violence in Ethiopia