Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's statement delivered to the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on the Current Situation in Northern Ethiopia
9 Mar 2021
Prime Minister Abiy’s Statement on the Current Situation in Northern Ethiopia
On November 4, 2020, the Federal Government of Ethiopia initiated a rule of law operation in the northern part of the country – the Tigray Region. The objectives of the rule of law operations have been clearly articulated on several occasions, as has the genesis and history of Constitutional transgressions by the criminal TPLF clique that necessitated a Federal government…
3 Mar 2021
Statement on the Tigray Region Rule of Law Operations
The Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia condemns, in the strongest terms, any acts of violence and human rights violations towards innocent civilians. There is no denying that Amnesty International’s report, THE MASSACRE IN AXUM (26th February 2021), has raised some issues that are of grave concern to the Government of Ethiopia. All allegations of human rights abuses…
26 Feb 2021
Statement to Channel 4 News on the Amnesty International Report
The Embassy of Ethiopia condemns, in the strongest terms, any acts of violence and human rights violations towards innocent civilians. The report in The Telegraph by Zecharias Zelalem (19 February 2021), insinuates that forces loyal to the Government are behind the atrocious acts of violence depicted in the alleged video. This notion has been published without verification.
19 Feb 2021
Statement to The Telegraph
The Government of Ethiopia condemns in the strongest of terms the accusation that it is “using hunger as a weapon”. After citing “accounts”, quoting “frettings” of a certain “Western diplomat” and hesitating that it is “impossible to know”, the article then proceeds to make such an unconscionable and serious claim.
8 Feb 2021
Letter to the Economist: Misrepresentation of the Government of Ethiopia
Ambassador Teferi responds to an article published in the Independent Catholic News titled, "Massacre at historic church". In a letter to the Editor, the Ambassador said that "These very serious claims are the results of a sophisticated disinformation campaign orchestrated by disgruntled political groups bent on stoking instability and using religion as a weapon to sow confusion amongst the international…
30 Jan 2021
Statement to the Independent Catholic News
Ambassador Teferi responds to the 17th January 2021 article in the Telegraph titled, “Churches and mosques in Tigray 'vandalised and looted' in Ethiopian purge.” - “The facts on the ground are entirely detached from the situation painted herein by TPLF affiliates and those fooled by their campaign of misinformation.
22 Jan 2021
Statement to The Telegraph
When I took office as Prime Minister of Ethiopia in April 2018, I had only one driving mission for my premiership – to put my country and people on a path to lasting peace and prosperity. I vowed to myself, my family and my people, that I would never resort to force as a way of resolving internal political differences.
24 Dec 2020
Operations to Restore Law and Order in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region: How Did We Get Here?