January 26
Ethiopia: President Appoints 27 New Ambassadors, List Includes 2 Army Generals, Veteran GERD Negotiator
Addis Standard
President Sahle-Work Zewde has today appointed a total of 16 ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and 11 ambassadors to represent Ethiopia to various countries, the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ahadu Radio and TV Editor Released From Detention
Addis Standard
Kibrom Worku, the editor and head of the news department of Ahadu Radio and TV was today released from prison after 70 days of detention. His lawyer Tigabu Desalgn told Addis… Read more »
Ethiopia: More Than 800,000 People Vulnerable in Drought-Affected Oromia, Over 4 Million in Need of Aid Due to Conflict
Addis Standard
The Oromia region disaster risk and development induced displacement and resettlement commission announced that over 800,000 people in 8 drought-affected zones in the region seek… Read more »
January 25
Mali: U.S. Trade Pact Suspensions - What They Mean for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Three African countries' manufacturers have lost their tariff-free access to the US market this year. This follows the US decision in November last year to suspend Ethiopia, Mali… Read more »
Egypt: Madbouli Calls for Reaching Binding Agreement to GERD Issue
Egypt Online
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has expressed Egypt's keenness on reaching a legally-binding agreement for filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to… Read more »
January 24
Ethiopia: Kenya, U.S. Govt Call for Speedy Resolution of Ethiopian Conflict
Capital FM
Kenya and the United States of America have agreed to continue engaging the conflicting parties in Ethiopia with the aim of seeing a speedy resolution to the conflict in the Horn… Read more »
Ethiopia: Over 60 Oromo Organizations Call for a Credible and Inclusive National Dialogue, Neutral Convener
Addis Standard
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Ethiopia: Five Students, One Businessman Taken Hostage in Western Oromia
Addis Standard
Addis Abeba - Federal Peace and Security Joint Task Force announced today that it was working to secure the release of six civilians who are allegedly taken hostages by armed group… Read more »
Ethiopia: ONLF to Partake in National Dialogue 'If It Meets Sufficient International Standards'
Addis Standard
The Executive Committee (EC) of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) outlined preconditions that need to be taken for it to partake in the national dialogue. In a statement,… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopian Coffee Brands Launch on China's Largest e-Commerce Platform, Alibaba Group, in a Joint Effort with ECA and the Ethiopian Government [press release]
UNECA
Addis Ababa, 21 January 2022 (ECA) - Imagine using one second to sell more than 11,200 bags of Ethiopian coffee. That is what happened on January 19, 2022, during the Ethiopian… Read more »
January 23
Kenya: Kenya Waits Longer for Maiden Ethiopian Great Run Title as Kemboi Finishes 6th
Capital FM
The elusive Great Ethiopian Run title is still a dream for Kenyans after once again missing to make the podium in the 21st edition held in the streets of Addis Ababa on Sunday,… Read more »
Ethiopia/Tanzania: FIFA U20 - It's Tanzania Vs Ethiopia Today
Daily News
TANZANIA Ladies are ready to face Ethiopia in their crucial 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers at Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar today. Read more »
January 22
Ethiopia: UN Says Thousands of Eritrean Refugees in Tigray Dying As Access to Aid Remains Blocked
VOA
The United Nations Refugee Agency says thousands of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's embattled northern Tigray province are living under life-threatening conditions because they… Read more »
Ethiopia: Oromia Police Shoot Dead Two, Injure Several Others At Timket Festival Over Flag Controversy
Addis Standard
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a stand-off between security forces and participants of Timket festival in Burayu town in the Oromia special zone… Read more »
Ethiopia: Detained Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia Plead With the Government to Intervene
Addis Standard
January 20, 2022 - In January, thousands of Ethiopian diaspora mostly from the United States and Europe diaspora began arriving in Ethiopia responding to the government's call for… Read more »
January 21
Ethiopia: South Sudanese Gunmen Cross Border, Kill People in Gambella Region - Police
Addis Standard
The Gambella region police commission stated that militiamen from neighboring South Sudan crossed borders and launched an attack on the region leaving eight people dead and five… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia to Immunize Over 1.8 Million Girls Against Human Papillomavirus
WHO-AFRO
A human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign that aims to immunize over 1.8 million 14-year-old girls in nine regions against HPV is underway. The campaign commenced on 10… Read more »
Ethiopia: Tigray - Eritrean Refugees 'Scared and Struggling to Eat' Amid Aid Obstacles
UN News
For the first time in weeks, aid teams have reached refugee camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region, only to find that some Eritrean nationals living there have likely died of… Read more »
Ethiopia: The Blockade of Humanitarian Aid Records the Lowest Rate of Stocks of All Kinds in Tigray
Agenzia Fides
Due to the ongoing fighting in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, the transport of humanitarian aid has been suspended since 14 December. Although there are more than 800,000 people… Read more »
January 20
East Africa: Ethiopia's Abiy Calls On Sudan, Egypt to Nurture GERD 'Narrative Towards Building Peace'
Addis Standard
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called on Sudan and Egypt "to nurture the narrative towards building peace, cooperation, mutual co-existence and development of all our people without… Read more »
Africa: In Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali, Fears Rise Over Losing Duty-Free Access to U.S. Market
VOA
For Sammy Abdella, the new year has brought bad tidings: the prospect of a steep drop in sales of scarves, rugs, baskets and other textile goods produced by Sammy Handmade in… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia Says Holding of 35th AU in Capital 'Grand Diplomatic Success'
Addis Standard
"The African Union decision to convene the 35th AU Summit in Addis Abeba is a grand diplomatic success for Ethiopia," said the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of… Read more »
January 19
Ethiopia: UN Chief Lauds 'Demonstrable Effort to Make Peace' in Ethiopia
UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday said he was "delighted" to learn that "a demonstrable effort to make peace" in Ethiopia is finally underway, according to information relayed… Read more »
Ethiopia: Secretary-General Statement on Ethiopia
UN
Today, I had a telephone conversation with the African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa, H.E Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo, to exchange views with him on the conflict in… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Registers New Domestic Flight Record
Ethiopian Herald
Ethiopian Airlines disclosed that it has registered new flight record with regard to domestic flight made on Monday to Gondar city. Read more »
