AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

• Fed. Police Says Investigating 'Extremist Forces' Suspected of Property Damage On Addis Abeba Islamic Affairs Council Bureau
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal Police Commission said that it was investigating "extremist forces" suspected of causing property damage at the Addis Abeba Islamic Affairs Council bureau on Thursday 30 June.
• WB Approves U.S.$180 Million to Step-Up Support for Refugees, Host Communities
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved the second phase of the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the Horn of Africa (DRDIP II) for $180 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing to help Ethiopia improve access to basic social and economic services, expand livelihood opportunities, and enhance environmental management for refugees and their host communities.
• Rights Body Calls for End to Illegal Detention of 9,000 Tigrayans in Afar State
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A new report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said that in the month of May the Commission has followed and monitored the detention of around 9, 000 Tigrayans who are held "illegally and unconstitutionally" since December 2020 in Semera and Agatina camps in the town of Semera, Afar Regional state. The Commission has called for the immediate end to the detention.
• UN Investigators Announce Investigation Into Oromia Killings
  [UN News] UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they've launched a probe into an alleged massacre of at least 200 people in Ethiopia's Oromia region.
• Landmines Add to Drought Woes of Ethiopian Herders
  [VOA] Chifra -- The battles between Ethiopian government-aligned troops and Tigrayan forces may have stopped, but herders in western Afar region are left fighting for survival.
• International Commission Calls On Ethiopia to End Violations On Its Territory
  [VOA] Geneva -- A U.N. investigative panel is calling on the government of Ethiopia to end conflict-related rights violations on its territory and bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice. The commission has submitted its first report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
• Wolaita Statehood Aspirations Vis-a-Vis National Dialogue Process
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In the course of the twice-postponed and contested Ethiopia's sixth national elections held last in June 2021 in some parts of the country, opposition parties, Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) withdrew, citing the jailing, harassment, and intimidation of their members as reasons. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) followed suit, citing intimidation and harassment of its members by the Somali regional branch of the ruling party Prosperity party won the majority seats