May 23, 2023
Ethiopia: More Than 160 Persons With Disabilities Submit Complaint to Rights Commission On Rights Violation, Demolition of Commercial Houses By Addis City
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said today that it has received the complaints of human rights violations filed by more than 160 persons with disabilities who appeared… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Ethiopia: State Owned Utility Suffers More Than 23 M Birr in Loss Due to Theft, Wanton Destruction of Electric Infrastructure
Part of the stolen electric wire in the Kombolcha - Desse transmission line theft in February this year. Photo: EEU Read more »
South Sudan: Fresh Cross Border Attack By South Sudan's Murle Militants Kill 10, Injure 12 in Gambella Region
A fresh attack by the Murle tribe militants from neighboring South Sudan in the Nuer zone of Ethiopia's Gambella region has killed 10 individuals, while 12 others sustained minor… Read more »
May 21, 2023
Ethiopia: Media Authority Temporarily Suspends License of Orthodox Church Affiliated TV
Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) logo. Read more »
May 17, 2023
Ethiopia: Tigray Interim Admin, TPLF Say Election Board Decision Unacceptably Legally, Politically
Tigray regional state interim administration and TPLF Read more »
May 16, 2023
Ethiopia: Civilians Suffer 'In Silence' Amidst Armed Conflict in Guji Zones, Oromia Region - Report
The Oromo Legacy Leadership and Advocacy Associations (OLLAA) said in a new report titled "Between a rock and a hard place", severe rights violations of civilians have been… Read more »
Ethiopia: Armed Attack On Police Station in Bishoftu City Kills Four Police Officers
An armed attack on a police station in the Chalalaka sub-city of Bishoftu City in East Shoa zone of Oromia region left four policemen dead, an official confirmed to Addis Standard. Read more »
Ethiopia: Law Makers Approve Bill On Extradition, Mutual Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters With Türkiye and UAE
The bills were "approved by majority vote with three objections and one abstention." Photo: HoPR Read more »
Ethiopia: Flooding Kills 45 People in Somali Region, Causes 'Widespread Destruction' in Ethiopia: UN
The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that flood has caused a widespread destruction of properties and displacement of people in a significant… Read more »
May 15, 2023
Ethiopia: Farmers' Market Sabotage, Inflation and Price Disorientation As Govt Wheat Export Story Hits News
For outside onlookers, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed officially unveiled the country's plan to export wheat to neighboring countries from products in Bale zone, announcing the… Read more »
Somalia: Ending Recurrent Tragedies in Somalia's 'Flood Town' Qardho
Although floods are a universal tragedy that annually threatens the lives of many people and properties on earth, some nations pay their highest price and make the most effort to… Read more »
May 12, 2023
Ethiopia: Envisioning Post-War Tigray's Political Landscape and Prospects of Political Pluralism
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May 13, 2023
Ethiopia: Election Board Declines to Restore TPLF's Legal Registration as Political Party
On 18 February 2023, the TPLF celebrated the 48th anniversary of its foundation with various events held in Mekelle and other parts of the Tigray regional state. Photo: TPLF. Read more »
May 11, 2023
Ethiopia: U.S. Special Envoy Hammer to Meet Ethiopian Diaspora Communities to Discuss Current Affairs
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Ambassador Mike Hammer is scheduled to meet members of Ethiopian Ethiopian diaspora community in Los Angeles, California where he… Read more »
Ethiopia: Rejoinder - Opposition to Gene-Edited Teff Unfounded, Misleading
Researchers [in Bishoftu] are working to develop new teff varieties with favorable characteristics. Here they compare the seeds of new lines at the Center's experimental field.… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Issues Mobile Money License to Safaricom M-Pesa
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has today issued a mobile money service license to Safaricom M-Pesa Mobile Financial Service Plc, making it the first foreign investor in the… Read more »
May 10, 2023
Ethiopia: Oromia Region Govt Says Talks With Oromo Liberation Army Will Continue
Oromia regional state government said on Tuesday that it is working to ensure the continuation of the talks between the federal government and representatives of Oromo Liberation… Read more »
Ethiopia: Orthodox Patriarch Cautions Challenges in Oromia, Tigray 'Going Beyond Church', Becoming People's
His Holiness Abuna Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), cautioned that the current challenges the ancient church is facing in Oromia and Tigray… Read more »
Ethiopia: 'Last Week Six People Died, Including Children' - Tigray Aid Suspension Continues
The suspension of humanitarian aid to Tigray region by major humanitarian partners continued despite reports both by regional officials and residents of hunger and hunger-related… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Ethiopia: Prosperity Party Organizational Department Head of Haruka Woreda, Afar Region, Shot Dead En Route From Adama
Afar region prosperity party Read more »
May 09, 2023
Ethiopia: Govt Opts for Solar Water Pumps, Ends Importing of Diesel Pumps #AfricaClimateCrisis
The Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands has announced that it has decided to end imports of water pumps that run on diesel and/or gasoline and instead focus on green energy… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Ethiopia: Govt, OLA Negotiators 'Created Trust, Positive Atmosphere for Second Round Talks': IGAD
The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, said he is "pleased with the progress made" during the first round of peace… Read more »
Ethiopia: National Bank Governor Meets Kenyan, Moroccan Banking Executives, Discuss Participation, Potential Entry
NBE Governor Mamo Mihretu with KCB executives. Picture: NBE Read more »
Ethiopia: Rights Commission Says Civilians Killed in Ongoing Military Conflict in Amhara Region, Calls for Dialogue
Local people in Debre Sina town, North Shew zone of Amahara region, blocked access road in an attempt to impeded the national defense forces' activities in the area. Photo: Social… Read more »
Ethiopia: Tigray Region Launches 'High-Level Investigation' Into Food Aid Theft
The Tigray region Interim Administration (IA) has announced the establishment of a committee to conduct investigation into the aid theft that led to international aid agencies… Read more »