Tigray Broadcasting Service suspended its flagship News and Narrative program, citing threats, political pressure and financial constraints, raising fresh concerns about shrinking media freedom in Tigray.
An official-looking document attributed to the Amhara Regional Police Commission directs security authorities in Western Tigray to place Tigrayans and several other categories of residents under heightened surveillance, raising fears of renewed ethnic profiling and violence.
Tigray’s regional authorities said multiple drone strikes hit Merewa in Raya Alamata district, Southern Tigray, warning that the incident could further escalate tensions with Ethiopia’s federal government.
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The Addis Ababa-based Council for Peace and Change in Tigray said it will begin a training-of-trainers program aimed at organizing peace, political change and stabilization work inside Tigray after what it calls the dismantling of the TPLF group.
Three young men were reportedly killed in Abeshge Woreda after being accused of belonging to the Fano armed movement, according to local sources cited by Meseret Media.
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Human Rights First-Ethiopia warned of a deteriorating human rights and security situation, citing renewed military tensions, alleged forced recruitment, arbitrary arrests and restrictions on expression in Tigray and Addis Ababa.
Dr. Alem Hagos, an orthopedic and maxillofacial specialist in Adigrat, has reportedly become seriously ill after weeks in detention amid concerns over arrests under Tigray’s controversial security and mobilization proclamation.
Women’s and girls’ rights activists in Tigray are calling on Ashenda participants to wear black in a symbolic protest demanding justice for Zewdu Haftu after the acquittal of two men previously convicted in her killing.
As fighting resumed in Western Tigray, Tigrayan commentators increasingly framed the clashes not as an isolated military incident but as a possible opening move in a broader political and military strategy.
Tigray’s regional authorities accused Ethiopia’s federal government of embedding Sudanese RSF fighters into a Western Tigray offensive, an allegation that, if confirmed, would add a cross-border dimension to the escalation.
