Teenager killed in Moyale fighting - A 14-year-old girl died on the spot after she was hit by a stray bullet in Moyale town on Friday. The girl, identified as Amina Wako Galgallo, was killed along Biashara Street.

US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices in Ethiopia for calendar year 2000 - The security forces committed a number of extrajudicial killings, including alleged political killings. In February in Soro, police tortured and killed two farmers--supporters of the opposition--while they were in police custody; the farmers allegedly were arrested for the non-payment of taxes In March in Ambo, police killed a student, Getu Driba, injured 6 others, and detained over 1,000 students and 3 teachers after a demonstration. In April in Dembi Dolo, police killed a student during a student demonstration in support of detained Ambo students and teachers [US Department of State, Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, February 2001]

KENYA-ETHIOPIA: Security beefed up along border - Security along the Kenya-Ethiopia border has been beefed up following the recent massacre of 10 Kenyans by Ethiopian militias. [Daily Nation, Feb 23, 2001]

An Ethiopian Minister from Regional State of Oromia Defects - The Oromo Liberation Front confirms the defection of Mr. Yonatan Dhibisa who is the immidate Minister in charge of Justice and Administrative Affairs in the Regional State of oromia. [Oromo Liberation Front, Feb 22, 2001]

KENYA: MPs want raid casualties paid - A Parliamentary committee wants Ethiopia to compensate victims of the recent cross-border attacks at Moyale. The committee disputed Office of the President Minister Marsden Madoka assertion that the problem could be solved only when residents stopped hosting Oromo Liberation Front activists. [Daily Nation, Feb 16, 2001]

Kenya, Ethiopia to resolve border row, says Madoka - But both groups were non committal on the cause of the recent attacks on Kenyans in Moyale by alleged Ethiopian militiamen and the identity of the real perpetrators. [East African Standard, Feb 15, 2001]

Ethiopians hold talks with Kenyan officials - A high-powered Ethiopian delegation is in the country to hold talks with senior government officials. The visit comes in the wake of recent attacks by Ethiopian militiamen at the common border, resulting in the deaths of more than 160 civilians and policemen. [Daily Nation, Feb 15, 2001]

Ethiopian Refugee Worries About Family - Deresse had worked at an anti-government group, the Oromo Liberation Front, and had fled to Korea in 1997 after suffering arrest and violence several times at the hands of the Ethiopian government. [Chosun.com (South Korean Newspaper), Feb 14, 2001]

ETHIOPIA-KENYA: Kenya beefs up border security - Kenyan policemen who were killed on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border were targeted because they were suspected to be members of an Ethiopian opposition group, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). [IRIN, Feb 6, 2001]

SOMALIA-ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian troops withdraw from Gedo - The withdrawal came at a time a UN security mission was due to visit the area to investigate widespread allegations that Ethiopian troops were present in the Gedo region of southern Somalia. [IRIN, Feb 6, 2001]

Abducted Kenyan Policeman Recounts Ordeal - A Kenyan policeman abducted in mid-January by armed Ethiopian militiamen said he was locked up in an airless room and repeatedly questioned for any links with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which is opposed to the Addis Ababa government. [PANA, Feb 4, 2001]

Ten recently killed Kenyans suspected to be members of anti-Ethiopia group - The 10 Kenyans who were killed by armed militia along the Kenya-Ethiopia border over three weeks ago were suspected to be members of the Oromo Liberation Front [OLF]. [BBC Monitoring Service, Feb 3, 2001]