December 15, 2022
East Africa: WHO Director General Says Eritrean Troops 'Murdered' His Uncle, More Than 50 People in Tigray Village
Tedros Adhanom (PhD), Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said Eritrean troops have killed his uncle and "more than 50" others in a village in the Tigray… Read more »
December 17, 2022
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Hit By Sugar Shortage - Trade Bureau
The Addis Abeba City Administration Trade Bureau has announced that the capital city is hit by severe shortage in the supply of sugar products in the city. Read more »
Ethiopia: Oromia Police Detain Ethiopian Tallest Man Negewo Jima for a Week, Fail to Bring Him to Court of Law
Oromia police have detained Ethiopian tallest man, Negewo Jimma, in Meki town, East Shoa zone, since Saturday 10 December 2022, Negewo's family confirmed to Addis Standard. Read more »
December 16, 2022
Ethiopia: Skepticism, Higher Prices Drag Govt's Effort to Encourage Use of EVs in Ethiopia
Electric Vehicles (EV) are slowly gaining momentum on the roads in Ethiopia's capital Addis Abeba, as the government exempted them from value added tax and excise tax since… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Ethiopia: Akobo Minerals Makes a Third Gold Discovery At Segele
Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, today announced that it has made a new gold discovery at Segele. "This is the third… Read more »
Ethiopia: WB Emphasizes Importance of Ending the Country's Internal Conflict
In a meeting held with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the World Bank Group President David Malpass "emphasized to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed the importance of ending internal conflict… Read more »
December 14, 2022
East Africa: Abiy, Blinken Discuss Urgent Need for Withdrawal of Eritrean Forces
In the first ever in-person meeting held between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the two "discussed the urgent need for all Eritrean forces to… Read more »
Ethiopia: Court Hands Death Sentence to Police Officer Who Shot Dead Somali Region MP
High court in Jigjiga, the capital of Somali regional state, sentenced to death on 12 December a member of federal police who shot and killed Juweria Subcis, a member of the ruling… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Threatens to Sue Safaricom Ethiopia Over Service Disruptions in Afar Region
Ethio Telecom says the service disruption its customers experienced in Semera, the capital city of Afar regional state, on Sunday, 11 December was due to telecom lines installation… Read more »
Ethiopia: Lawmakers Oromia Request Tigray Peace Deal Redo Between Govt, OLA Armed Group
Members of Ethiopian parliament elected from the Oromia region said they have submitted a letter consisting ten points to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and senior leaders of the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Threatens to Sue Safaricom Ethiopia Over Service Disruptions in Afar Region
Ethio Telecom says the service disruption its customers experienced in Semera, the capital city of Afar regional state, on Sunday, 11 December was due to telecom lines installation… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Charges Four Including Construction and Logistics Deputy of Intelligence On Grand Corruption
The Ministry of Justice says it has filed grand corruption charges against four employees of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) including its deputy director for… Read more »
Ethiopia: Unrest, Violence in Addis Schools About Oromia Flag, Anthem Lead to Security Crackdown
On Monday 12 December, Lydia Girma, Head of the Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Administration Bureau, announced that security forces in the city detained 72 individuals on… Read more »
Ethiopia: AfDB Approves $10 M Grant to Support Tulu Moye Geothermal Resource Development
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $10 million reimbursable grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support a… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Ethiopia: State-Owned Utility Suffers U.S.$1.8 Million Loss Due to Theft
State owned electric utility, Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), transmission lines and distribution stations operations sector said that in 2014 Ethiopian calendar alone, some 756… Read more »
Ethiopia: Will Latest Crackdown Stop Corruption?
Corruption has become a daily inescapable challenge in Ethiopia to an extent that people are deprived of their rights to basic public services that they are legally entitled to. It… Read more »
Sudan: Benishangul Gumuz Region Signs Peace Agreement With Second Rebel Group, Deal Signed in Sudan
The Benishangul Gumuz regional government said it has signed a peace agreement on 10 December with the armed group Benishangul People's Liberation Movement (BPLM) in Khartoum,… Read more »
December 10, 2022
Ethiopia: City Police Say Seven People Injured in Bomb Explosion in Lemi Kura District of Addis Abeba
Addis Abeba Police announced that seven people were injured when a bomb exploded on the balcony of a grocery store in Lemi Kura sub-city, district (Woreda) 9 of the capital Addis… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Ethiopia: Opposition OFC Calls for Comprehensive Peace Solution to Oromia War to Avert Looming National Crisis
The opposition party, Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), said Oromia "has entered into a stage of such a devastating war and great political crisis" while the overall political… Read more »
Ethiopia: UK Pledges Full Support to Ethiopia's 'Path to Recovery', Urges International Community to Rally Behind
UK's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly who is paying a working visit to Ethiopia to observe the improvements of humanitarian aid in the war-stricken northern part of the country… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Ethiopia: Orthodox Church Denounces Killings of Tigrayan Prisoners, Civilians in East Wollega
The Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church Abune Matias has denounced recent killings carried out in different parts of the country by armed groups and government… Read more »
Ethiopia: More Than 30,000 Civilians Displaced From Violence-Hit Districts Endure Dire Humanitarian Crisis
Civilians from the towns and villages of Gida Ayana and Kiramu districts of East Wollega Zone, in western Oromia who fled their homes due to the recent violence are going through… Read more »
Ethiopia: Civilians Subjected to 'Grave Violation of Human Rights' in Oromia - EHRC
Civilians are caught in crossfire and subjected to alarming crimes amounting to "grave violation of human rights" in the escalating attacks and militarized clashes in different… Read more »
Ethiopia: Conflict, Drought Forces 3.6 Million Children Out of School in Last Six Months Alone: New Report
A new report by the UN's global fund for education in emergencies, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), revealed that conflict, climate change, malnutrition and displacement forced 3.6… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Ethiopia: Ezema Recommends Arming Civilians At Risk
Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (Ezema), called on the federal government to "arm communities" living in "areas where government security forces cannot easily reach and are… Read more »