Ethiopia: No Exit Through War - Ethiopia and Eritrea Must Step Back From the Brink

Seven years ago, this publication warned against romanticized quick fixes to the Ethiopia-Eritrea stalemate. We cautioned that gestures lacking concrete implementation,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Accuses Eritrea, TPLF Faction, and Armed Groups of Plotting Rainy Season 'Major Offensive', Decries 'Territorial Occupation'

Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gedion Timothewos, has issued a stern diplomatic appeal to U.S. Secretary of State Marco A. Rubio, accusing Eritrea of its "unrelenting… Read more »

Ethiopia: South Korea Donates 12,000mt of Rice to WFP Ethiopia Amid Critical Funding Gaps

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received 12,000 metric tons of rice from the government of South Korea to support refugee and relief operations in Ethiopia's Afar… Read more »

Ethiopia: Calls for Peace, Retrain Echo As Intra-Faction Rifts Threaten Tigray's Fragile Peace

Civil society organizations in Tigray have issued a public appeal urging de-escalation and renewed dialogue amid rising internal tensions in the region. Warning that the current… Read more »

Ethiopia: AfDB Approves $50m Trade Finance Guarantee to Boost SMEs, Local Corporates Via Awash Bank

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility to support trade finance operations at… Read more »

Ethiopia: 'Act Now' to Prevent War in Tigray - Abiy Warns It Will Be 'Worthless After Conflict Begins'

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today issued a call to all religious leaders across Ethiopia to immediately intervene to prevent the escalation of conflict in Tigray, warning that any… Read more »

Ethiopia: Abiy Dismisses War Talk With Eritrea

In a briefing delivered today to parliamentarians, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed repeated Ethiopia's pursuit of access to the sea "peacefully" while underscoring the country's… Read more »

Ethiopia: Proposed CSO Law Amendment Raises Fears of Ethiopia's Repressive Backslide

The Ministry of Justice has prepared a draft amendment to the current Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Proclamation, introducing sweeping changes that have raised concern among… Read more »

Ethiopia: News - Army Claims Neutralizing Over 80 Fano Combatants in Gojjam and S. Gonder Zones As Amhara Region Conflict Drags On

The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) has announced the killing of 83 Fano groups armed fighters in what it described as a "coordinated operation" in the Gojjam and South… Read more »

Ethiopia: News - ONLF Rejects Jigjiga Conference By State-Backed Group As Orchestrated Takeover, Warns of Consequences

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has denounced a meeting that took place in Jigjiga, the capital of Somali region, as "illegitimate and politically orchestrated,"… Read more »

Ethiopia: False Claims, Real Stakes - Why Ethiopia Should Refute Trump's Recent Remarks About GERD

In a recent and provocative statement, U.S. President Donald Trump falsely claimed that "America funded the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)" and that the dam "has cut off… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray Islamic Council Accuses Axum Education Officials of Barring Hijab-Wearing Students From National Exam - Education Bureau Denies Allegations

Addis Abeba- The Tigray Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has accused local education officials in Axum of barring 14 Muslim female students from sitting for the national 12th-grade… Read more »

Ethiopia: Lawmakers Approve Landmark Law Allowing Foreigners to Own Homes in Ethiopia With $150,000 Investment Threshold

The House of People's Representatives has approved a landmark proclamation allowing foreign nationals to own immovable residential property in Ethiopia in a major shift to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Deciphering Ethiopia's 1.93 Trillion Birr Budget - Giant Leap in Recurrent Spending, Retreat From Development Funding

The federal government has recently tabled its budget proposal for the 2025/26 fiscal year to the House of Peoples' Representatives for approval. Totaling a record 1.93 trillion… Read more »

Ethiopia: Amnesty Calls for 'Immediate and Unconditional' Release of Dr. Daniel Fentaneh - Warns of 'Disturbing Trend' of Repression

Addis Abeba- Amnesty International has called for the "immediate and unconditional" release of Dr. Daniel Fentaneh, a gynecology and obstetrics resident at Bahir Dar University and… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Eyes $3.5b Debt Relief As Restructuring Talks Advance, Hints At Repayments Resumption in 2026

Ethiopia is advancing debt restructuring negotiations with creditor countries in an effort to secure $3.5 billion in debt relief, Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide told lawmakers on… Read more »

Ethiopia: Eritrean Leaders Orchestrated Industrial-Scale Looting Operations in Tigray, Alongside Atrocities - New Report

A newly released report presents detailed evidence indicating that Eritrea's leaders actively planned and prepared for the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region well before hostilities… Read more »

Ethiopia: Human Rights First Alleges 'Arbitrary Arrests' Targeting Tigrayan Youths in Addis Abeba

Addis Abeba- Human Rights First, a local rights organization, has alleged that authorities in Addis Abeba are conducting "arbitrary arrests" targeting Tigrayan youths "solely based… Read more »

Ethiopia: Federal Government Admits Peace in Amhara 'Not Fully Secured' - Warns of 'Threat of Kidnapping', 'Less Than Conducive' Conditions

The federal government of Ethiopia has admitted that peace in the war-torn Amhara region "has not been fully secured as the people desire," and that civilian movement "has not been… Read more »

Ethiopia: Breaking the Cycle: Plea for Peace, Unity, and Inclusive Dialogue in Tigray

Political tensions have been mounting in Tigray since June 2024, stemming from an internal rift within the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) between Debretsion Gebremichael… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Condemns Killing of Aid Worker in Amhara - Calls for Protection of Aid Personnel

Addis Abeba- The United Nations has condemned the killing of Mahelet Sitotaw Abera, a humanitarian worker who, according to the UN, was fatally wounded "during a crossfire between… Read more »

Ethiopia: News - WFP to Close Shire Office, Home to Largest IDP Population in Tigray - Cites Budget, Operational Restructuring

Addis Abeba- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is closing its office in Shire, northwestern Tigray, a town hosting the largest concentration of internally displaced… Read more »

Tanzania: Dr. Daniel Fentaneh, Senior Leader in Ethiopian Health Professionals Movement, Detained in Bahir Dar

Addis Abeba- Dr. Daniel Fentaneh, a senior leader in the Ethiopian Health Professionals Movement and a gynecology and obstetrics resident at Bahir Dar University, has been detained… Read more »

Ethiopia: From Admission to Legal Impunity - a Call for Accountability and Independent Review of Ethiopia's New Law

When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stood before Parliament in 2018 and admitted that the very state he led had tortured its own citizens under the 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, it… Read more »

Ethiopia: Mount Ziquala Monastery Attack Sparks Conflicting Claims As Ola Denies Involvement, Blames Govt Strategy to Rekindle Tensions

Monks at the historic Zequala Abune Gebre Menfes Kidus Monastery, located in East Shewa Zone of Oromia, have accused members of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), known to the… Read more »