Ethiopia: Health Professionals At Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Hold Protest Ahead of Nationwide Strike Demanding Better Pay, Benefits, and Working Conditions

Addis Abeba- Health professionals at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, one of Ethiopia's prominent public referral institutions, held a pre-strike demonstration early Monday,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray Interim Admin's Warning Over 'Dangerous' Clandestine 'Foreign Engagement' Adds to Mounting Accusations Against TPLF

The Tigray Interim Regional Administration has issued a warning against any unsanctioned engagement with foreign powers, describing such actions as "dangerous" and a threat to the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Civil Society Authority Rejects Tigray Development Association Board Election, Cites Procedural Violations and Inclusion of 'Representatives of Political Parties'

Addis Abeba- The Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) has stated that the election of the Board of Directors during the Tigray Development Association's (TDA) 12th… Read more »

Ethiopia: News Capital Market Authority Investigating Real Estate Pioneer Ermias Amelga for Alleged Unauthorized Securities Offerings

The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) has publicly confirmed that business mogul Ermias Amelga and Genesis Investment Services PLC are under official investigation for… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ten People Abducted in East Wollega Zone of Oromia

Addis Abeba- At least ten people were allegedly abducted by armed men identified by residents as members of the "Fano" militia in Gida Ayana district, East Wollega Zone of Oromia… Read more »

Ethiopia: Innovation - Ethiopian Police Crime Reporting App Selected 'Best Police Application' Ahead of UAE-Based World Police Summit

An AI-powered mobile application recently developed by the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute for the Ethiopian Federal Police has been selected in the category of "Best… Read more »

Ethiopia: Health Association Urges Govt to Respond to Health Workers' Demands

As health professionals across Ethiopia stage pre-strike demonstrations demanding improved salaries, benefits, and working conditions, the Ethiopian Health Professionals… Read more »

Ethiopia: Up to 40% of Tigray Still Occupied By External Forces, Ensuring Territorial Integrity a Priority: Interim President

President of the Tigray Interim Administration, Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede, revealed that approximately 40% of the Tigray region remains under the control of external forces… Read more »

Ethiopia: Eight IDPs Die Over Three Months From Hunger, Lack of Medicine in Tigray

Addis Abeba- At least eight displaced individuals have reportedly died from hunger and lack of medical care over the past three months in internally displaced persons (IDP) centers… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Iran Police Chiefs Sign Security, Intelligence Collaboration MOU

Ethiopia and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) paving the way for security cooperation between their national police agencies. Read more »

Ethiopia: Salsay Weyane Tigray Says Dispute Over 'Technicalities' of TPLF Legal Status Undermining Coha - Warns of Renewed Conflict

Addis Abeba- Salsay Weyane Tigray, an opposition party in the Tigray region, said an emerging dispute over "the technicalities" of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)'s… Read more »

Somalia: A Rejoinder - Strategic Calculus, Not Capitulation: in Response to Alarmist Arguments On Turkey-Somalia Hydrocarbons Agreement

A recent opinion piece in Addis Standard, "Fueling fragility: Turkey's Somalia oil deal could risk new crisis in the Horn," written by Adam Daud Ahmed, casts a predictably… Read more »

Ethiopia: 'We Are Prepared to Take Appropriate Legal Measures'

In yet another plea to draw attention to rising health worker's plight, the Ethiopian Health Professionals Movement has issued a 10-day ultimatum to the Ministry of Health,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Council Passes Draft Law to Allow Foreign Nationals Own 'Immovable Property' in Ethiopia

The Council of Ministers has introduced a new draft proclamation aimed at regulating the ownership and use of immovable property by foreign nationals in Ethiopia, marking a… Read more »

Ethiopia: A Dangerous Precedent - Raid On Addis Standard Is a Chilling Affront to Data Privacy in Ethiopia. We Reject the Impunity! We Ring the Alarm Bell!

In a chilling affront to press freedom and data privacy, the police in the capital Addis Abeba recently raided the offices of Addis Standard, a publication that "is not an… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia President Seeks Saudi Backing to Secure Red Sea, Gulf of Aden From 'Terrorist Groups'

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called for greater regional cooperation to safeguard the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, warning that terrorist threats in these vital… Read more »

Ethiopia: GSTS Accuses TPLF Faction of 'Partisan Capture' of Tigray Development Association, Cites 'Massive Opposition' At Mekelle Congress

Addis Abeba- The Global Society of Tigray Scholars and Professionals (GSTS) has accused a faction of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) of what it described as the… Read more »

Ethiopia: CETU Calls On Govt to Reconsider Additional 'Salary Deductions', Citing Rising Cost of Living, Low Pay Ahead of May Day

Addis Abeba- The Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU) has called on the government to "reconsider additional deductions" from workers' wages, stating that such deductions… Read more »

Ethiopia: Getachew Reda to Form Tigray Liberal Democratic Party Marking a Major Shift in Tigray's Political Landscape

A new political party, the Tigray Liberal Democratic Party (TLDP), is in the process of being formed by a faction that split from Tigray's oldest political party, Tigray People's… Read more »

Ethiopia: Amhara Judges Association Says Approved Salary Adjustments Remain Unenforced, Urges Prompt Budget Allocation

Addis Abeba- The Amhara Region Judges Association has said that despite the approval of revised salaries and benefit adjustments by the Regional Judges Administration Plenary… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland's Case for State Continuity and Sovereign Independence

For over three decades, the Republic of Somaliland has maintained its peace, built a democratic state, and governed with stability in one of the most volatile regions in the world.… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's War On Its Future: a Generational Crisis in the Making

In the modern era, a nation's prosperity is defined by the strength of its human capital, not its natural resources, but its minds. Yet in Ethiopia, a combination of wars,… Read more »

South Africa: TPLF Warns of 'Serious Threat' to Pretoria Deal As It Faces Revocation By Nebe in Two Weeks

Addis Abeba- The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has warned that the failure to reinstate its legal recognition could pose a "serious threat" to the Pretoria peace… Read more »

Somalia: Somali Govt Gives Ethiopia Envoy 72 Hours, Summons Its Envoy From Addis

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia issued an official statement confirming Ethiopia's Ambassador Muktar Mohamed Ware "has been informed to… Read more »

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 »