June 19

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Egypt Ease Tensions Over Nile Dam, Agree to Hold Tripartite Talks Including Sudan

  After weeks of verbal confrontations Ethiopia and Egypt on Tuesday agreed to cool down their tension over Nile water and to engage further tripartite consultations, including... Read more »

June 18

• Ethiopia: Egyptian Foreign Minister in Ethiopia for Talks Over Nile Water

  Ethiopian foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom on Monday met his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Kamel Amr, in Addis Ababa where the two sides discussed Ethiopia's controversial... Read more »

June 17

• South Sudan: South Sudan Backs Ethiopia's Nile Dam

  The Governments of South Sudan has voiced support to a Ethiopia's controversial Nile Dam project which the country is building along the Nile river, while Addis Ababa minimised... Read more »

June 15

• Sudan: Rebels Launch Fresh Attacks in South Kordofan

  Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) said they captured a locality, west of the capital of South Kordofan Kadugli, while the United Nations announced that an Ethiopian... Read more »

June 12

• Ethiopia: Egypt Escalates War of Words Over Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project

  Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia heightened on Monday after Cairo threaten Addis Ababa in connection with its first dam project along the Blue Nile. Read more »

June 10

• Ethiopia: "No Force Could Stop Nile Dam Project", Says Ethiopia

  As tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia rise over a new dam on the Blue Nile, Addis Ababa on Sunday stressed that no force could stop the construction of its massive Grand Ethiopian... Read more »

June 4

• Sudan: Ethiopia Denies Holding Political Prisoners As Opposition Calls for Release

  A newly founded opposition coalition, Semeyawi (Blue) party on Sunday held demonstration in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa calling for the immediate release of detained political... Read more »

May 22

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia - Boating Accident Kills Five On Lake Tana

  At least five people died when a boat carrying 110 passengers overturned on Lake Tana in Ethiopia's north western region of Amhara on Monday, police told Sudan Tribune. The boat... Read more »

May 21

• Ethiopia: Sudanese Refugees Relocated to Camp in Ethiopia

  The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has relocated over 1,480 Sudanese refugees from the border to Sherkole camp in Ethiopia pushing the capacity of the camp beyond the... Read more »

May 15

• Sudan: Ethiopia - Police Officer Kills 14 Civilians

  An Ethiopian federal policeman shot dead 14 innocent people in the northern west city of Bahirdar, a regional police source told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday. Read more »

May 13

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Arrests Minister, Corrupt Govt Officials

  The Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission of Ethiopia (FEACC) on Saturday announced that it has detained 13 high-profile government officials and individuals on graft... Read more »

May 8

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Deplores Slaying of UN Peacekeeper, Tribal Leader

  The Ethiopian government on Tuesday condemned the killing of an Ethiopian peacekeeper and a tribal leader in the contested Abyei region, which is claimed by both Sudan and South... Read more »

May 6

• Ethiopia: Govt Frees Detained Rebels on Pardon Grant

  The Ethiopian government said that it released 74 leaders and members of little known rebel group, the Benshangul People's Liberation Movement (BPLM) this week. Read more »

May 1

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Affirms Readiness for Dialogue With Eritrea

  The Ethiopian government on Monday has reiterated its readiness to hold peace talks with Eritrea to resolve their decades-long border dispute. Read more »

April 29

• Ethiopia: Govt Refutes Reports on Somalia Troop Withdrawal

  The Ethiopian ministry of foreign affairs said that remarks made by the country's prime minister over the pull-out of troops from Somalia was misunderstood. Read more »

April 28

• Ethiopia: National Airline First to Resume Flying Boeing's Grounded Dreamliners

  Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday resumed flying Boeing's 787 Dreamliner passenger jets three months after the globe fleet were grounded over the failure of its battery system. Read more »

April 25

• Ethiopia: Desalegn Says "Too Early" to Conclude Oil Discovery in Ethiopia

  Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said that recent reports alleging oil discovery in the horn of Africa's nation are misleading. Read more »

April 22

• Ethiopia: Saudi King Sacks Minister Who Made Anti-Ethiopia Dam Remarks

  Saudi Arabia on Saturday removed the Kingdom's deputy defense minister who recently made hostile remarks over Ethiopia's massive dam project being built on the Blue Nile River only... Read more »

April 16

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Conducts Peaceful and Transparant Election, Say National Observers

  Millions of Ethiopians across the nation on Sunday went to the polls to cast their votes in local and city council elections, which national observers described as peaceful and... Read more »

April 12

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Threatens Journalist With Solitary Confinement

  The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concern about the safety of Reeyot Alemu, a jailed Ethiopian journalist and teacher. Read more »

April 8

• Ethiopia: Saudi Arabia Distances Itself From Criticism of Ethiopian Dam

  The Saudi Arabia government has made an official statement rebuffing recent remarks made by the kingdom's deputy defense minister against the construction Ethiopia's Grand... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia Cancels U.S. $1 Billion Fuel Imports From Sudan

  The Ethiopian Petroleum Supplier Enterprise (EPSE) contradicted has retracted its statement last month that reported that the country had imported over $1 billion of fuel from... Read more »

April 7

• Sudan: UNHCR Rejects Reports of Repatriation to Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia

  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Ethiopia has rejected a media report claiming arrangements have been made to repatriate some 33,000 Sudanese... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Sudans Pledge U.S.$3 Million for Zenawi Foundation

  The two Sudans have pledged a combined $3 million in support of the Meles Foundation, established in honour of Ethiopia's the late prime minister, Meles Zenawi and officially... Read more »

April 5

• Ethiopia: Muslim Protesters Face "Unfair Trial" Under Ethiopia's Anti-Terror Law, Says HRW

  Human Rights Watch has expressed grave concern on the prosecution of 29 Muslim protesters in Addis Ababa, including nine prominent Islamic leaders who are being tried under... Read more »