June 16, 2022
Ethiopia: Media Arrests 'Reverberate' Across Ethiopian Newsrooms
June 18 marks seven months in prison for Dessu Dulla. The Ethiopian journalist from the Oromia News Network, or ONN, is accused of anti-state activities. If convicted, he could… Read more »
June 14, 2022
Ethiopia: Prime Minister Announces Committee to Negotiate With Tigray Forces
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced the formation of a committee to begin peace talks with Tigray forces after 18 months of war. Read more »
June 07, 2022
Ethiopia: Police Refuse to Release Journalists Granted Bail
Ethiopia Holding Journalists in Detention Centers Without Charge Read more »
June 06, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Accuses Drivers of Delivering Unapproved Fuel, Equipment to Tigray
Amid efforts to provide aid to millions of people in Tigray, the Ethiopian federal government says commercial drivers of aid trucks are smuggling in banned products. Read more »
May 18, 2022
Ethiopia: Tigray War Costing 1 Million Children a Third Year of School, UN Says
A total of 1.39 million children in the Tigray region are currently missing out on education because of Ethiopia's civil war, according to the United Nations. Read more »
May 15, 2022
Ethiopia: Persistent Drought Result of Climate Change, Experts Say
Drought is not new to the Horn of Africa, but experts say the record one killing crops and cattle across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia has underscored the increasing frequency of… Read more »
May 12, 2022
Ethiopia: Residents of World Heritage Site Struggle to Recover
The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, cut and hollowed out by hand into monolithic structures, have stood for almost 900 years, it is thought. Last year, however, the U.N. expressed… Read more »
May 03, 2022
Ethiopia: Journalists in Ethiopia Say Press Freedom Is At 'Crossroads'
When Ethiopia's Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy took office four years ago, Reporters Sans Frontiers, a Paris-based group that promotes press freedom, raised Ethiopia's ranking in its… Read more »
Ethiopia: As Tigray Aid Blockade Continues, Nearby Areas Also in Desperate Need of Food, Medicine
Despite Ethiopia's declared humanitarian cease-fire with Tigrayan rebels, aid groups said they are struggling to get food and medicine to those in need. Even outside the worst… Read more »
Ethiopia: State Group Investigates Video Allegedly Showing Abuse By Army
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission is investigating a video shared online that appears to show government troops abusing and shooting an ethnic Tigrayan boy. Read more »
April 29, 2022
Ethiopia: Claim of Tigrayan Rebel Withdrawal From Afar Region Questioned
Ethiopian federal authorities are dismissing a claim by Tigrayan rebels that their forces have pulled out of the neighboring Afar region. Read more »
Ethiopia: Fighting Breaks Out in Amhara Despite 'Humanitarian Cease-Fire'
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a humanitarian cease-fire five weeks ago, but it is already beginning to fray. In the northern region of Amhara, fighting had… Read more »