Ethiopia News » Benishangul Gumuz News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Seven Ethiopian rebel groups form new alliance
The groups have been active in Ethiopia's most populous regions for years and now say they will work together.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: UNHCR, partners rush to aid thousands of refugees in Benishangul Gumuz region of Ethiopia
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees after they fled clashes in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, bordering Sudan and South Sudan.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Department of Safety and Security
Ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches those who need it most often depends as much on security and coordination as on funding or logistics. In Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region — a strategic ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Ethiopia Cannot Defund Its Way Out Of Ethnic Politics – OpEd
Ethiopia needs a civic politics, not an ethnic one. Cutting public money to identity-based parties while leaving an identity-based state intact will not get ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: How the fighting in Ethiopia spread beyond Tigray, in maps and charts
Old rivalries, territorial disputes and new alliances are reshaping the conflict in Ethiopia’s north.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Supporting Inclusive Dialogue and Gender‑Sensitive Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in Benishangul‑Gumuz, Ethiopia
This action supports locally owned, inclusive and gender-sensitive peacebuilding in the Metekel Zone of Benishangul-Gumuz. Implemented by the Berghof Foundation with the Centre for Dialogue, Research ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Health Workers Save Lives Amid Conflict In Ethiopia
Sedalia Abdulahi, left, a health extension worker at Bambassi IDP camp in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of western Ethiopia, visits with 2-year-old Asanti and her mother. Forced out of their homes by ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Maps can be misleading – on purpose – and their story becomes history. The case of Ethiopia
Political groups use social media ‘maptivism’ to spread exaggerated regional maps to stake a claim to territory.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Supporting Displaced Communities through Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions
This EU-funded project addresses the urgent needs of Ethiopia’s 4.4 million displaced people—improving access to basic services, fostering social cohesion, and protecting vulnerable groups, especially ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Notable escalation of ethnically-motivated violence in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz and Tigray regions
At least 34 civilians were killed on 14 November when unidentified gunmen ambushed a passenger bus as it travelled through a remote area between the towns of Wonbera and Chagni in the Metekel Zone of ...