April 29
Ethiopia: UNICEF Executive Director Visits Drought-Stricken Somali Region
Addis Standard
After a four-day visit to Ethiopia, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell called for a rapid scale-up of support to prevent a humanitarian disaster due to the drought in… Read more »
Ethiopia: Federal Govt Accuses TPLF of Plotting Fresh Attacks
Addis Standard
"The federal government hasn't created any problem for the international community to deliver aid to the Tigray region but TPLF did," said the the spokesperson of the Ethiopian… Read more »
Ethiopia: Hadiya and Silte Zone Diocese in SNNP Demand Justice After Two Churches, Clergy Attacked
Addis Standard
The Hadiya and Silte Zone Diocese Secretariat issues a statement last night detailing damages against churches and Christians in the Silte Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and… Read more »
Ethiopia: Amhara State Security Arrest 373 On Suspicion of Involvement in Attacks in Gonder
Addis Standard
Amhara regional state peace and security bureau said 373 individuals were arrested in Gonder city following the recent violence in the city. Read more »
Ethiopia: Building On Steps to End the Conflict in Ethiopia [document]
State Department
Millions of people in Ethiopia continue to face acute food insecurity and extreme hunger as a direct result of conflict. We are encouraged that the government of Ethiopia and… Read more »
April 28
Ethiopia: U.S. Pledges Continued Drought-Related Humanitarian Aid in Somali Region
Addis Standard
Ambassador Jacobson, Chargé d'Affaires, of the US embassy in Addis Abeba, and Adam Schmidt, Deputy Mission Director of USAID in Ethiopia met the with the president of the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Tigrayan UN Peacekeepers' Refusal to Return Home Caused By Propaganda - Ministry of Defence
Addis Standard
The Ministry of Defense commented on the refusal of 528 Tigrayan UN Peacekeepers in Abyei (UNISFA) to return home. The ministry said that the troops who reportedly sought political… Read more »
Ethiopia: Sidama State Begins First Fichee Chambalaalla Celebrations Since Becoming Regional State
Addis Standard
Sidama Regional State began festivities marking the colorful Fichee Chambalaalla celebrations, Sidama people's New Year. The celebrations this year, which will begin at Soressa… Read more »
April 27
Ethiopia: View From Mekelle - How the Destruction of Health Facilities Hurts Women Most of All [opinion]
Addis Standard
At midnight in the early days of October 2021 - screaming and shouting would irrupt in our neighborhood in Mekelle. I assumed a fight had broken out - unusual perhaps, but not… Read more »
Ethiopia: Environmental Groups Warn of Destruction in Tigray
VOA
A British environmental group warns the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region is driving deforestation. It says blockades limiting fuel and aid to the region have forced Tigrayans to… Read more »
Sudan: Ethiopian Peacekeepers in Sudan Apply for Asylum Due to Tigrayan Background - Official
RFI
A group of some 550 Ethiopian United Nations peacekeepers working in Sudan have claimed asylum due to their Tigrayan background, an official working in the area of refugee response… Read more »
Somalia: Ethiopia Arrests Four Over Hotel Bomb Attack
Shabelle
Ethiopian authorities have arrested four suspects in connection with the Sunday bomb attack at a hotel in the historic city of Harar. Read more »
Ethiopia: Addis Abeba, Amhara State Islamic Affairs Councils Demand Justice As Death Toll in Gonder Rises to 21
Addis Standard
The Addis Abeba Islamic Affairs' High Council said in a statement this morning that the number of people killed in Gonder city yesterday has risen to 21, and that the attack was a… Read more »
Ethiopia: Tigray in Ethiopia Was an Environmental Success Story - but the War Is Undoing Decades of Regreening [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
An ongoing war between the Ethiopian government and its allies against Tigray, one of its northern states, has led to one of the world's biggest humanitarian crises. Read more »
Ethiopia: War in Ukraine Compounds Food Crisis
DW
Exploding food prices are driving hunger and poverty, particularly in Ethiopia. Aid organizations say they have had to cut food rations in half for even the most needy. Read more »
Ghana: Ethiopian Airlines Signs MOU With 2 Organisations On Maintenance Services
Ghanaian Times
Ethiopian Airlines, UTD Aviation Solutions and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on Maintenance,… Read more »
April 26
Ethiopia: Tigray's Health System 'Totally Collapsed', Say Health Workers
The New Humanitarian
'We are trying to do our best to serve our patients with what we have available, but things are getting worse and worse every day.' Read more »
Ethiopia: A Pop-Up Market Empowers Refugees From Ethiopia in South Sudan
WFP
Markets come in all shapes and sizes, from traditional set-ups to online farmers markets. In South Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) has rolled out a 'retail in a box' pop-up… Read more »
Ethiopia: At Least Three Killed in Attack On Mourners At Funeral of Prominent Local Sheik in Gonder, Amhara State
Addis Standard
Reports coming our of Gonder, the historic city in Amhara state, indicate that at least three people were killed after a group of people attacked mourners at the funeral of Sheik… Read more »
Ethiopia: Afar Region Says Govt Aid Delivery Not Enough As IDP Crisis Worsens
Addis Standard
More than 300,000 IDPs are sheltered in 14 makeshift camps in the Afar region, but according to the region's head of disaster prevention and risk management Mohamed Hussein who… Read more »
Ethiopia: Oromia Region Reports 1.3 Million Cattle Deaths in Eight Drought-Stricken Zones
Addis Standard
The Oromia region disaster and risk management commission reported 1.3 million deaths in livestock worth 26 billion ETB in the Oromia region, a local media reported. The commission… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ministry Tells Law Enforcement Agencies to Step Up Work to Bring Hate Speech, Disinformation Perpetrators to Court
Addis Standard
The Ministry of Justice said that law enforcement institutions including the police, regional state and federal justice institutions should step up efforts to control the spread of… Read more »
Ethiopia: Fuel Transporters Profit Margin Raised By 42% Following Ultimatum
Addis Standard
The Ministry of Transport and Logistics agreed to raise fuel transporters' profit margin by 42 percent (32,000 ETB) effective early May 2022, reports said. Read more »
April 18
Ethiopia: Govt Launches a National Dialogue, but Divisions Run Deep [analysis]
The New Humanitarian
'The purpose of any dialogue should be stopping people going to the battlefront and healing the wounds of war.' Read more »
