"A Southern Light at the end of the Tunnel"
Despite widespread “confirmed” reports of the Ethiopian city of Dessie being captured by TPLF rebels, Awasa Guardian confirmed the city is still in the hands of Ethiopian forces. Various Western and foreign media have continued quoting Tigrayan rebel leaders and “witnesses,” claiming Dessie has fallen. TPLF’s Getachew Reda had also “confirmed” the news as well […]
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United Nations (UN) admitted on Friday that authorities in the rebel-held Tigray forced U.N. humanitarian flights to be suspended. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the UN “received instructions to abort landing by the Mekelle airport control tower,” referring to personal of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) controlling the airport at the capital of Tigray […]
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The new South-West Regional State will officially kick off its inaugural government on November 8, according to AG source. Voters in six regions of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) held a referendum on September 30 and approved the proposal with over 96 percent voting in favor of a smaller multiethnic state. The […]
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By Samuel Gabisso As the United States government seeks to impose punitive sanctions on Ethiopian government’s effort to fight back against insurrection in Tigray, the US Department of Treasury is “unable to find any major financial assets to freeze, belonging to Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed,” according to an AG source investigation. The investigation’s report says […]
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Awasa Guardian (AG) | In-Depth Analysis The former United Nations (UN) relief chief Mark Lowcock has been accused of writing statements that go beyond criticizing the Ethiopian government, into pushing conspiracy theories advanced by the TPLF rebel group in Tigray. Some of his claims contradict even moderate rebel voices and independent observers, including the U.N. […]
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The 2021 Irecha holiday is being celebrated peacefully in Ethiopia with large scale participation nationwide, despite anti-government calls for boycott. The Oromo holiday commemorating the end of winter in Oromia has recently transformed into an Ethiopian thanksgiving holiday. The celebrations have been colorful in various Oromia locations and only the third time the Oromo holiday […]
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In a new alarming statement by military leaders of the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), the generals claimed to have secured “diplomatic, legal and moral support” to prolong the war that they began in November, 2020. They also reiterated TPLF chairman Debretsion Gebremichael’s original call for “People’s war,” which he defined as “a war carried […]
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Popular Tigrayan journalist Hermela Aregawi, who previously criticized the Ethiopian government, spoke-out against Tigray rebels that are accused by the UN for starving Tigrayans by delaying aid transport. The high-profile Tigrayan reporter shocked many of her followers when she revealed that pro-rebel Tigrayans declared they “don’t want aid to get to people because it will […]
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By Andrew Korybko American political analyst Prime Minister Abiy’s open letter to Biden should be seen as a powerful move in support of anti-imperialism, international law, and national sovereignty. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed published an open letter to US President Joe Biden last week appealing to him to support his country’s staunch ally in its ongoing […]
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AG Staff Awasa Guardian (AG) has been one of the premier sources of information on the ongoing TPLF insurrection in northern Ethiopia. Our writers and guest contributors have spotlighted the human rights abuses committed by all sides in the conflict since the Tigray conflict began in November 2020. Our articles have since been shared by […]
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