Ethiopian mum, 27, reveals horrific ordeal of being repeatedly raped and abused by 23 soldiers

A 27-year-old Ethiopian mother in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has spoken out after spending 11 days being raped and abused by soldiers.  The unnamed woman said she was repeatedly raped by soldiers who forced nails, a rock, and other items into her vagina, and threatened her with a knife.   The ordeal started while she … Read more

Ethiopian mum, 27, reveals horrific ordeal of being repeatedly raped and abused by 23 soldiers

A 27-year-old Ethiopian mother in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has spoken out after spending 11 days being raped and abused by soldiers.  The unnamed woman said she was repeatedly raped by soldiers who forced nails, a rock, and other items into her vagina, and threatened her with a knife.   The ordeal started while she … Read more

Ethiopian migrant is ‘hammered to death by farm worker in Italy’

Ethiopian woman who became a symbol of integration in Italy is ‘hammered to death and raped by a Ghanaian worker at her Alpine goat farm Agitu Ideo Gudeta built a thriving cheese business in Italy after fleeing Ethiopia She was seen as a success story at a time of political controversy over migration  Her Ghanaian … Read more

Ethiopian army accuses WHO chief Tedros of helping dissidents

Ethiopia’s army today accused WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of backing dissident forces in his war-torn home region of Tigray.  Army chief Berhanu Jula claimed that Tedros was securing political and military support for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as it fights an armed offensive by Ethiopia’s government.  ‘He has worked in neighbouring countries … Read more

Ethiopian army accuses WHO chief Tedros of helping dissidents

Ethiopia’s army today accused WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of backing dissident forces in his war-torn home region of Tigray.  Army chief Berhanu Jula claimed that Tedros was securing political and military support for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as it fights an armed offensive by Ethiopia’s government.  ‘He has worked in neighbouring countries … Read more

£3bn Ethiopian dam across Blue Nile causes Egypt tensions

Ethiopia has announced that it has started filling a lake behind its newly-constructed, £3billion dam – a move that could spark conflict with downstream neighbour Egypt amid fears it will reduce the Nile to a trickle.  Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s water minister, announced the move Wednesday – one day after the latest round of talks with … Read more

Ethiopian tribe held a photographer and his daughter at gunpoint when they visited

A photographer told of his horror after two members of the generally-peaceful Suri tribe in Ethiopia held him and his daughter at gunpoint in a horrific robbery ordeal.  Geography teacher-turned photographer Trevor Cole, 64, said one tribesman pointed a Kalashnikov while another brandished a machete at him, his 20-year-old daughter and another photographer during a … Read more