Ethiopia: Catholic Relief Services 'Devastated' After Two Staff Shot and Killed in Amhara Region

Aid agency Catholic Relief Services said it was "devastated" by the death of two staff members who were "shot and killed in [an] CRS vehicle in the Amhara region" where tensions… Read more »

Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Vows Govt Steps to Dissolve, Reintegrate Special Forces

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced early this morning that the government's decision to dissolve and reintegrate regional special forces into other security structures "will be… Read more »

Ethiopia: Moves to Dissolve, Re-enlist Controversial Regional Special Forces

The federal government has announced last night that it has started taking "practical activities" to dissolve the controversial regional state special forces following a decision… Read more »

Ethiopia: U.S. Sanctioned Military Leader Visits Ethiopian Intelligence, Security Facilities to 'Consolidate Military Ties'

A delegation of Eritrean army generals and senior officials led by General Abraha Kassa, head of Eritrean National Security Agency who was sanctioned by the US government in… Read more »

Ethiopia: Severe Shortage of Humanitarian Needs Amid Surging Number of IDPs in Debre Berhan, Amhara Region

Over 30,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the Amhara regional state, Debre Berhan city, who were uprooted from their neighborhoods in West Shewa, East, and West Wollega,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Benishangul Gumuz Region Releases Two Rebel Groups' Leaders, Members Following Peace Accords

Benishangul Gumuz's regional government releases leaders and members of two rebel groups, Gumuz People's Democratic Movement (GPDM) and Benishangul People's Liberation Movement… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Dismisses U.S. Atrocities Determination As 'Untimely', 'Selective', and 'Inflammatory' - Says It 'Unfairly Apportions Blame'

The Ethiopian government has dismissed a report by the US State Department determining atrocities committed in Ethiopia's two years war that started in the Tigray region and spread… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Parliament De-Lists TPLF From Terrorist Designation

Members of the Ethiopian House of Peoples Representatives (HoPR) during its 6th round, 2nd year, 1st special meeting held today de-listed the terrorist designation. According to… Read more »

Africa: Oromia Lawmakers Urge AU to 'Intervene and Negotiate' to End Conflict

Ethiopian members of the national parliament who are elected from Oromia regional state, sent a letter to the African Union suggesting the continental body to "intervene and… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray Asks Govt to Enforce Withdrawal of Amhara Forces After Rally in Occupied South

Authorities in Tigray have asked the federal government of Ethiopia to work on and enforce the withdrawal of the Amhara armed forces from the Tigray Regional State territories,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Congress for Somali Cause Urges PM Abiy Ahmed to Recant His Statement On 'Karamara Victory'

The Congress for Somali Cause (CSC) has urged Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to recant his statement in which he mentioned "Karamara Victory" during the launching ceremony of his third… Read more »

Ethiopia: Sidama Region Says Recent Deadly Violence Neither Border Dispute Nor Ethnic Clash

Sidama region has said that the recent violence that saw at least a dozen people killed in border areas with West Arsi zone of the neighboring Oromia region is neither border… Read more »

Ethiopia: Residents Say At Least Three Killed in Guji Zone Following Protests Over Decision to Incorporate Negelle Town Into East Borana Zone

At least three civilians were killed, two were injured and several others were arrested in ongoing protests in the Guji zone, Southern Oromia, following the establishment of the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Benishangul Gumuz, Blue Nile States Hold Peace and Security Conference in Ad-Damazin City

A peace and development conference between senior officials of Ethiopia's Benishangul Gumuz region and Sudan's Blue Nile state has started today in Ad-Damazin city, the capital… Read more »

Ethiopia: Amidst Loose Relationship With Tigray Church, Orthodox Patriarch Arrives in Mekelle for First Time Since War

His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, arrived in Mekelle this morning at the Ra's Alula Abanega International Airport to attend the… Read more »

Ethiopia: More Than 95, 000 New Refugees Arrive in Ethiopia Fleeing Clashes in Somaliland

European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations said that more than 95,000 new refugees and/or asylum seekers are estimated to have crossed into the Doolo and Warder… Read more »

Ethiopia: No Peace Without Justice and Accountability - and Neither Justice, Nor Accountability Without Truth First

The direction of the long and arduous journey to heal millions of Ethiopians who are subjected to unimaginable cruelty and bloodshed during the two years of war, which started in… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Rights Commission Says Restrictions On Free Movement of People, Trade Impede Recovery Efforts of IDP Returnees in Afar Region

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said IDP returnees in war-affected zones in Afar regional state unable to get back to their normal lives due to hindrances and… Read more »

Ethiopia: 'Govt's Lack of Clear Political Agenda Exacerbated the War in Oromia'

Following the peace agreement that ended the two years war in Northern Ethiopia, and amid increasing militarized hostilities between government forces and armed members of the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray Orthodox Church Blames Synod for Endorsing 'War of Genocide'

On 09 February, the Tigray Orthodox Church Council of Bishops held a joint meeting in which they have issued rejection to an earlier call made by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo… Read more »

East Africa: Eritrean Leader Says Ethiopia Peace Was Made By U.S. to Save TPLF

In a rare remark about the two years war in the Northern Tigray region of Ethiopia and the peace dead that ended it, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, said that the peace deal… Read more »

Ethiopia: AU Joint Committee to Monitor Ethiopia Peace Implementation Holds Inaugural Meeting

AU's Joint Committee for monitoring and implementation of the Agreement for Lasting Peace in Ethiopia through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities (CoHA) signed between the federal… Read more »

Ethiopia: Victims of Violence in East Wollega Hesitant to Return Home

Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who are stranded in Gida town of Gida Ayana district, in East Wollega zone of Oromia regional state, said they are forced to endure dreadful… Read more »

Ethiopia: Somali Region Says Calling for Unauthorized Rally Inappropriate, Supports Joint Task Force Decision

Somali regional state government said it is "not appropriate to call for a peaceful demonstration that is not authorized by the appropriate body" and that it "creates a security… Read more »

Ethiopia: Unpaid Tigrayan Civil Servants Wait for Peace Deal Dividend to Trickle In

Tens of thousands of Tigrayan civil servants who have not seen their paycheck especially since June 2021, when Tigrayan forces recaptured most part of the region, continued… Read more »