June 10, 2023
Ethiopia: US Senator Accuses 'Leaders At the Top' of Aid Organizations After Ethiopia Food Aid Theft Revelations
In a strongly worded statement issued last night, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member, Senator Jim Risch, denounced Wednesday's news revelations that… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Ethiopia: Donor-Funded Food Diversion in Ethiopia 'Coordinated, Criminal Scheme'
Following the suspension of food aid delivery by the USAID and WFP, which at first appeared to have been triggered by food aid diversion in the war-torn Tigray regional state, an… Read more »
Ethiopia: Oromia President Pledges to Address Muslim Community's Concerns Over Demolition of Mosques
Following a five-hour intensive discussion between the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council, under the leadership of Sheikh Haji Ibrahim Tufa, and Shemelis Abdissa, the… Read more »
June 07, 2023
Ethiopia: Kebena Community in Gurage Zone to Replace Ge'ez Alphabet With Latin to Develop Kebena Written Language
Members of the Kebena community in the Kebena Woreda of the Gurage zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional said they are about to switch the use of… Read more »
June 06, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Says HRW Report On Ethnic Cleansing in Western Tigray 'Distorted and Misleading'
The Ethiopian federal government rejected a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing accounts of continued ethnic cleansing being committed in Western Tigray as a " distorted… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Ethiopia: Rights Commission Urges Immediate Halt to Ever-Increasing Enforced Disappearance of People
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has urged the need to immediately halt the ever-increasing enforced disappearance of people in Ethiopia and advised the government to… Read more »
Ethiopia: Gambella-Dembidollo Road in Western Ethiopia Operational After Three Years
The Gambella to Shebel, Dembidollo road, connecting Gambella and Oromia regions in Western Ethiopia, which was closed for more than three years due to insecurity problems in the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Court Acquits Fano Militia Leader Zemene Kase
A court in Bahir Dar, capital of the Amhara region has exonerated Zemene Kase, leader of the Fano militia, due to insufficient evidence corroborating the charges filed against him,… Read more »
Ethiopia: Children Dying of Acute Malnutrition in Tigray, Sharply Increasing Amid Dire Humanitarian Crisis
The Tigray regional health bureau said the number of under five children dying of acute malnutrition has increased by 28% between March and April amidst worsening humanitarian… Read more »
Ethiopia: Exchange Rate Reform - Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't
The political and business corridors of Addis Abeba are overwhelmed by talks of an upcoming devaluation of the local currency - Ethiopian Birr. This is despite a recent statement… Read more »
June 03, 2023
Ethiopia: Thousands Attend Funeral of Four Muslims Killed By Security Forces in Addis Abeba
Thousands attended the funeral ceremony of Muslims who were killed by security forces. Photo: Harun Media Read more »
Ethiopia: House Committee Finds Illicit Fertiliser Trade in Amhara Region
Members of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Affairs of the House of People's Representatives (HoPR) inspecting fertilizer stockpile in Amhara region. Photo: HoPR Read more »
June 01, 2023
Ethiopia: Fighting At Local Monastery in Amhara Region Leaves Multiple Casualties
Military engagements between armed groups and government forces within the premises of a local monastery in Debre Elias district of East Gojjam Zone in Amhara Region since last… Read more »
Ethiopia: Why Resolving War in Oromia Through Peace Talks Is Long Overdue
The war in Oromia, which involves the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) on one hand and the federal and Oromia regional governments security forces on the other, has been ongoing for… Read more »
Ethiopia: HRW Says Ethnic Cleansing Persists in Western Tigray Despite Peace Deal,
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said ethnic cleansing, human rights abuses and forcibly expelling Tigrayans from Western Tigray persists despite the November 02, 2022 peace agreement… Read more »
July 01, 2023
Ethiopia: 'Making Sense of the Pervasive Propaganda Against Oromummaa'
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Ethiopia: Rights Groups Raise Deep Concern Over U.S. Backtracking On Human Right Violations Commitment
Prominent human rights organizations Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have expressed serious concerns regarding the United States government's recent position of… Read more »
June 30, 2023
Ethiopia: How 'Extrajudicial Killings' By Uniformed Govt Forces Continue Unabated
A graphic video of uniformed government security forces shooting two people, in civilian clothes with their hands tied behind their backs and facing away, in the back of their… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Ethiopia: Auditor General Uncovers 15 Billion Birr in Unclaimed Revenues
Meseret Demisse, the head of the Office of the Federal Auditor General (OFAG), delivered a disquieting revelation during her appearance before members of Parliament (MPs) on 27… Read more »
June 27, 2023
Ethiopia: Explosive Remnants of War Threaten Farming Activities, Add Layer to Dire Food Crisis in Tigray Region
Farmers in Kola Tembien in Central Tigray, one of the major battle grounds during the two years destructive war between Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan forces are unable to… Read more »
East Africa: Former MTN Uganda CEO Joins Safaricom Ethiopia As New CEO
Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC (STEP) gets a new Chief Executive Officer to replace its outgoing CEO, Anwar Soussa, who will depart the company effective 31st July 2023. Read more »
Ethiopia: New Bill to Modernise Fruit, Vegetable Production
The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is collaborating with the Agricultural Transformation Institution to develop a new bill that will regulate the production, trading, and export of… Read more »
June 30, 2023
Ethiopia: Oroma Musican's Widow Decries Lack of Justice For His Assassination Three Years Ago
The widow of artist Hachalu Hundessa who was assassinated on 29 June, 2020, Fantu Damisew said justice has not been served and she doesn't know who killed him three years after his… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Ethiopia: Tragedy Strikes Abiy Addi IDP Camp As Hunger Claims Hundreds of Lives in Tigray, Thousands Remain in Peril
Hunger-related complications have tragically led to the deaths of at least 27 individuals, including children, at the Abiy Addi internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in central… Read more »
June 27, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Navy Graduates Members Trained in Various Fields
Ethiopian Navy has graduated its members trained in various professional fields, including in Navigation, Engineering, Electricity, Communication and Armament Department for two… Read more »