September 15, 2022
Africa: Zambia Deports 44 Ethiopian Irregular Migrants, One Migrant Dies At Airport
Immigration authorities in Zambia have deported 44 irregular migrants to Ethiopia, a spokesperson told Zambian media. Namati Nshinka, the Public Relations Officer of the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Drone Airstrikes in Mekelle Endanger 'Very Fragile Hope for Peace - EU
In a statement it released last night, the European Union (EU) said said it regretted that "the two drone airstrikes that hit Mekelle", the capital of Tigray regional state on 14… Read more »
September 14, 2022
Ethiopia: Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Bureau Gets New Chief
The Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Administration Bureau appointed Lydia Girma as its new bureau chief, replacing Kenea Yadeta (PhD), according to the Bureau's Directorate of… Read more »
Ethiopia: Salaried Govt Workers Scramble to Cope With Soaring Cost of Living
A survey released by "Statista" in August 2022 ranked the city of Addis Abeba second among the fifteen African cities with the highest cost of living. Nowhere is the pain of that… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ministry Unveils New Factory Prices for Cement Products
The Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration has announced today that it has issued a new cement price regulation to curb the rising price of cement products in the… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Ethiopia: Tigray Decision On AU-Led Peace Process Hailed
The African Union, the U.S. government, the United Nations, and the European Union have responded with acceptance a statement released on 11 September by the Tigray regional state… Read more »
September 09, 2022
Ethiopia: Explainer On Re-Detention of Journalists Meaza Mohammed and Gobeze Sisay
On Wednesday September 08, government security forces have re-detained journalist Meaza Mohammed, owner and managing director of "Roha Media" , a YouTube based media channel. Read more »
September 10, 2022
Ethiopia: Biden Extends Sanctions On Unnamed Officials Connected to Humanitarian, Human Rights Crisis
U.S. President Joe Biden has extended his September 2021 Executive Order "imposing sanctions on certain persons with respect to the humanitarian and human rights crisis in… Read more »
September 09, 2022
Ethiopia: Women March in Capital Adds to Growing Calls for Peace
A peace rally was held in Addis Abeba on Thursday 08 August organized by three women-centered indigenous civil society organizations based in Ethiopia. The march for peace adds up… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Rejects UN Experts Call for UNSC Meeting As 'Ultra Vires, Blatant'; Cautions It Forecloses 'All Doors of Cooperation'
The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was "dismayed by the statement of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia" and rejected it as "ultra… Read more »
September 08, 2022
East Africa: Ethiopia Disavows State Media Report Doubting Somalia President for 'Strong Relationship With TPLF'
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (MoFA) on Wednesday 07 August distanced Ethiopia from news coverage the previous day by "Etv World", one of the programs under the… Read more »
East Africa: UN Rights Experts Urge Security Council to Keep Ethiopia, Horn Situation On Its Agenda, Says Eritrean Troops Engaged in Tigray Hostilities
Commenting for the second time on Ethiopia's renewed militarized hostilities between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigrayan forces, members of the U.N. appointed International… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Ethiopia: Govt to Finance Hygiene Products for Disadvantaged Women Students Through Import Tax Reduction, Exemption
Ethiopia's Ministry of Finance has accepted research-backed appeal by the Addis Abeba Women, Children and Social Affairs Bureau to allocate permanent government budget to provide… Read more »
Ethiopia: Scientists Identify Fossil Otter the Size of a Lion
Scientists have identified a new species of long-extinct otter in Ethiopia that was the size of a modern lion. Weighing an estimated 200 kilograms, or 440 pounds, it is the largest… Read more »
Ethiopia: Despite Media Ban, Organisations Call for Peace, Basic Services Provision in Conflict-Hit Areas
After being blocked by security forces from meeting the media, a group of 35 local civil society organizations issued a joint statement calling for peace in Ethiopia, where the… Read more »
Ethiopia: News - People in Need Provides Safe Water to More Than 8,300 Inhabitants in Konso Zone
People In Need (PIN), a non-governmental, non-profit organization, launched a water development project with support from the European Union's Humanitarian Aid department. "So far,… Read more »
September 06, 2022
Ethiopia: National Dialogue Proclamation: A Camouflage for Monologue?
The National Dialogue (ND) has become popular for conflict transformation, lest it may be manipulated to consolidate the power of a ruling party. For a country like Ethiopia, where… Read more »
Ethiopia: Rights Commission Says Militants From Amhara Region Responsible for Recent Massacre of More Than 60 in Oromia
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released a new report confirming that more than 60 people from the Oromo community were massacred in Western Oromia during the course… Read more »
September 05, 2022
East Africa: Ethiopia Calls On Nile Basin States to Expedite Coming Into Force of Agreement
Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, called on all the Nile Basin riparian states to "expedite the coming into force of" the… Read more »
September 02, 2022
Ethiopia: National Influenza Laboratory Recognised As WHO National Influenza Centre
Following an on-sight assessment by a team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the National Influenza Laboratory of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI)… Read more »
Ethiopia: Attacks Leave Dozens Dead in Oromia, Witnesses Blame 'Fano Militants'
In what survivors have described as an "undiscriminating attack" carried out on Tuesday 30 August, dozens of civilians were killed in Agamsa town, Amuru district, Horro Guduru… Read more »
September 03, 2022
East Africa: U.S. Condemns 'Eritrea's Reentry' Into Ethiopia War
The U.S. said it "condemn[s] Eritrea's reentry" into Ethiopia's renewed militarized hostilities between the federal defense forces and Tigrayan forces which started on 24 April and… Read more »
September 02, 2022
Ethiopia: Shewa Robit Mayor Shot Dead By Unknown Assailants
The Communication bureau of Shewa Robit city, located in north-central Ethiopia, North Shewa Zone of the Amhara Regional State, said Wubshet Ayalew, the mayor of the city, was shot… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Ethiopia: Teachers Association, Civil Societies Coalition Call for De-Escalation of Hostilities
The Ethiopian Teachers Association called for de-escalation of conflict and an immediate return to cessation of hostilities in the wake of the week-long resumption of militarized… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Ethiopia: On Forceful Seizure of Aw Abdal Institute Properties
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