May 12, 2023
East Africa: Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia Launch Project to Reopen Borders
A new project aims to reopen the official border crossings between Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, which have been partially or fully closed in recent years due to security issues. Read more »
May 05, 2023
Ethiopia: Rights Commission Denounces Security Measures
Ethiopia's Human Rights Commission has denounced security measures against protesters in the Amhara region this week that it said led to the deaths of civilians. Read more »
April 29, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Youth Festival Begins Months After Peace Deal
A U.S.-sponsored youth festival opened Saturday in Ethiopia with the theme "Be Inspired, Own Your Future." The two-day festival is being held just months after a bloody two-year… Read more »
April 27, 2023
East Africa: Peace Talks Between Ethiopian Govt, Oromo Rebel Group Continue in Tanzania
Peace talks between Ethiopia's federal government and the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) have started in Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar. Read more »
April 23, 2023
East Africa: First Somalis Who Fled Khartoum Arrive in Ethiopia
The first group of Somali nationals who fled the conflict in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum have arrived in Ethiopia, Somali officials said. Read more »
April 12, 2023
Ethiopia: Fighters Take Weapons From Police Station Amid Clashes With Ethiopia's Military
Residents in northern Ethiopia's Amhara region say local fighters briefly took over a police station and seized weapons amid ongoing clashes between protesters and the military. Read more »
April 10, 2023
Ethiopia: Two Aid Workers Killed Amid Civil Unrest
Two aid workers with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) were killed in Ethiopia's Amhara region amid civil unrest, according to a statement Monday from the aid agency. The unrest was… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Ethiopia: Analysts Say Ethiopia's Media Need to Empower Woman Journalists
In her 15 years of working in Ethiopian media, Melkamsew Solomon says she still doesn't see enough women in senior roles. Read more »
March 27, 2023
Ethiopia: Journalist Recognised for Giving Voice to Survivors of Conflict
Even after her third arrest, Ethiopian journalist Meaza Mohammed refused to stop reporting. Read more »
March 23, 2023
Ethiopia: Prime Minister Appoints Tigrayan Forces Spokesperson As Regional Head
Ethiopia's prime minister has appointed the spokesperson of the Tigray People's Liberation Front as head of an interim administration in the Tigray region. Read more »
March 21, 2023
Ethiopia: Gov't Rejects U.S. Accusation of War Crimes as Inflammatory
Ethiopia's government has rejected a U.S. assertion that all sides in the two-year Tigray war committed war crimes, calling the statement "inflammatory." Read more »
March 15, 2023
Ethiopia: Blinken Highlights Importance of Tigray Peace Deal
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen on Wednesday as part of his one-day working visit to the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Blinken Urges Ethiopians to Follow Through On Peace Commitments, Accountability
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, as well as other government officials and civil society leaders, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Ethiopia: Advocates Call On Blinken to Demand Accountability for Atrocities in Ethiopia
In his first stop on a two-country visit to Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Read more »
March 01, 2023
Africa: Blinken Headed to Ethiopia, Niger
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia next week to advance a fragile peace process, the State Department said Friday, on the highest-level US visit in recent… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Ethiopia: Children in Tigray Return to School but Face Extended Trauma
The war in Tigray is over but the trauma lingers. Read more »
Ethiopia: UNHCR Seeks Support for Somalis Fleeing Las Anod Fighting Into Ethiopia
The United Nations Refugee Agency is calling for urgent support to help tens of thousands of Somalis who fled fighting in a disputed border town in Somalia's breakaway region of… Read more »
March 03, 2023
Ethiopia: Rights Groups Alarmed By Ethiopian Effort to Cut Short Tigray War Crimes Probe
A report this week said Ethiopia wants to terminate a U.N.-backed investigation into abuses committed during the two-year Tigray war. Read more »
March 02, 2023
East Africa: Somalia's Neighbours to Send Additional Troops to Fight Al-Shabaab
The three neighboring countries of Somalia are to send new troops to support Somali forces against al-Shabab in the next phase of military operations, the national security adviser… Read more »
February 22, 2023
Ethiopia: Calls Grow for Ethiopia's Somali Region to End Media Suspensions
Calls are growing for Ethiopia to revoke an order that suspended 15 foreign media outlets and a regional journalists' association from operating in the country's eastern Somali… Read more »
February 17, 2023
Ethiopia: Water Shortage Protest Turns Deadly in Southern Town
A protest over water shortages in the southern Ethiopian town of Welkite turned deadly when, witnesses say, security forces opened fire on protesters, killing at least two people. Read more »
February 14, 2023
Ethiopia: Survey Paints Bleak Picture of Ethiopia's State of Mind After Two Years of War
As Ethiopians emerge from two years of conflict, a new Gallup survey paints a bleak picture of people suffering economically and emotionally. Read more »
February 07, 2023
Ethiopia: UN High Commissioner Visits Displaced in Tigray Region
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi traveled to Ethiopia's Tigray region this week to meet with families displaced by conflict. Read more »
January 19, 2023
Ethiopia: Tourism Authorities Hopeful After Tigray Peace Deal
Ethiopia's tourism authorities say the industry lost $2 billion during the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in the Tigray region. With the November peace… Read more »
January 13, 2023
Ethiopia: Regional Forces in Ethiopia Withdraw From Tigray
Ethiopia's army says Amhara forces that allied with them in the war against Tigrayan rebels have withdrawn from a strategic city in the region as part of a November peace deal. Read more »