October 19, 2022
Ethiopia: Benishangul Gumuz Regional Govt, Rebel Group Sign Peace Agreement
The Benishangul Gumuz regional government communication bureau said the regional government and and the Gumuz People's Democratic Movement (GPDM), a rebel group militarily active… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Ethiopia: War Is Not African! - A Shift From Colonial Development Aid Approach To Global A Solidarity
Solidarity has become a global buzzword in the development sector and even more in the recent context of global pandemic. However, Solidarity is not a new way of doing things in… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Djibouti: Seven Killed in Armed Attack On Army, IGAD Says Attack 'Criminal and Cowardly'
The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, condemned the attack by armed group on the Tadjourah Regiment of the… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Ethiopia: Govt-Affiliated "Fact-Check" Team Warns Using Certain Terms About Tigray Ahead of AU-Led Peace Talks
Ahead of the anticipated AU-led Ethiopia "peace talks", a government-affiliated "Fact-check" team known as "Ethiopia Current Issues Fact Check" has issued a list containing terms… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Ethiopia: Tigray Regional Govt Accepts AU Invitation To Peace Talks - But Requests Clarification
In a statement issued this evening, the government of Tigray regional state said it had accepted an invitation for peace talks extended by the African Union, but it requests… Read more »
Ethiopia: UN Experts Warn Women and Girls Fleeing War in Tigray, Amhara, Afar At Heightened Risk of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
UN experts warn women and girls in the war affected regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara, in Northern Ethiopia are increasingly vulnerable to abduction and trafficking for sexual… Read more »
Ethiopia: Govt Says It Accepts Peace Talks Invitation By AU
The Government of Ethiopia says it has accepted a peace talks invitation issued by the African Union to resolve the 21 months war in Ethiopia. Read more »
October 04, 2022
Sudan: Monkeypox Cases in Sudan Refugee Camps Spike to 120: UNHCR
Total number of suspected and confirmed cases of Monkeypox in two of Sudanese refugee camps has reached 120 people as of September 28, the UN refugee agency says. Read more »
October 03, 2022
Ethiopia: Gambella Region Rejects Rights Commission's Report, Calls It 'Irresponsible'
The Gambella regional government has rejected and condemned Ethiopian Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) report on extrajudicial killings of at least 50 civilians in the region… Read more »
Ethiopia: Dialogue Amid Civil War and Violence: Mission Impossible?
The ruling Prosperity Party (PP) is dead set on getting Ethiopia to experience its first ever "national dialogue" and has subsequently micromanaged the creation of a "National… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Ethiopia: EU Alarmed Over 'Totally Blocked' Humanitarian Access in Tigray
The European Union (EU) said it was "alarmed at the deterioration of the humanitarian operating environment" in Tigray, Amhara and Afar regional states since the resumption of… Read more »
August 13, 2020
Ethiopia: The Fracturing of the Oromo Elite and Return of Ethiopia's Law and Order State
Ethiopia's delicate transition is under severe strain. A ferocious burst of communal violence in July, touched off by the murder of a popular Oromo singer, which claimed some 160… Read more »
July 02, 2020
Ethiopia: Funeral Ceremony for Slain Oromo Artist Happening in Ambo Amid Tight Security
The funeral ceremony for slain Oromo singer/song writer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa is taking place amid tight security in his native city Ambo, some 107 km west of the capital Addis… Read more »