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Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ+ community say they face a wave of online harassment and physical attacks and blame much of it on the social media platform TikTok, which they say is failing to take ...
On 20 or 21 July 2022, [14] [9] about 500 al-Shabaab fighters [8] crossed the border at Yeed [9] from Somalia's Bakool into Ethiopia's Afder Zone. [14] The invading force reportedly mostly consisted of militants recruited from Ethiopia itself. [8] Al-Shabaab's "Ethiopian Front", led by Ali Diyaar, was known to have taken part in the operation. [3]
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On June 4, 2024, the United States-based New Lines Institute released a comprehensive 120-page report concluding that there is strong evidence of genocidal acts committed by Ethiopian forces and their allies during the Tigray war. [10] The report calls for Ethiopia to be prosecuted at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The House of Peoples Representatives approved the state of emergency proclamation that was referred to it by the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers declared the State of Emergency 5/14 in relation to armed conflict involving the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in relation to the Tigray War and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in relation to the Oromo conflict.
The government responded to the incident by blocking some social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Telegram, Messenger, and TikTok on 9 February, with VPN service only available to access these sites. According to UK-based VPN organization TOP10VPN, Ethiopia's usage to VPN servicing reached to 1,430% as of 10 February. [1]
On 20 January 2022, a group of Oromia police officers fired at Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo followers while the congregants transporting a tabot to Woybela Mariam Church during the feast day of Saint Michael in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing three people from direct gunshots, and injuring ten other people.
In Ethiopia, the Internet penetration rate is 25% as of January 2022, and it is currently attempting a broad expansion of access throughout the country. [1] These efforts have been hampered by the largely rural makeup of the Ethiopian population and the government's refusal to permit any privatization of the telecommunications market. [1]