Ethiopia ethnic conflict – New Business Ethiopia

Uncertainty in Ethiopia after five officials’ assassination

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019

By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – On Saturday evening state media reported about coup attempt in Amhara Region of Ethiopia indicating that the president of the region Dr. Ambachew Mekonnen was shot and wounded. The president and his colleagues were in a meeting when gunmen enter the office and started shooting.

ICRC says helping displaced by ethnic violence in Ethiopia

ICRC helps displaced by ethnic violence in Ethiopia

May 24, 2018May 28, 2018

Aysha Ibrahim is a mother of ten children who lives in Darolebu district, an area located in eastern Ethiopia, where ethnic Oromos and Somalis live alongside one another. The 42-year-old is among the over 8,433 households displaced by ethnic violence that occurred in December 2017.