Ethiopia has issued arrest warrants for 76 senior military officers on treason charges for their links to leaders of the Tigray region, state-affiliated Fana TV said on Wednesday.

The White House on Wednesday voiced concern about the arrest of journalists in Ethiopia and urged that country's government to release people imprisoned for exercising their right to free expression.

Ashinie Astin, from a Majang indigenous community, is a former elected member of the Gambela regional council in southwestern Ethiopia. Jamal Oumar works for Assossa Environmental Protection, an NGO ...