June 23, 2021
Ethiopia: Heavy Casualties After Attack on Market in Tigray - Report
There has been heavy casualties after an airstrike on a market in Tigray, according to BBC. Read more »
April 02, 2021
Ethiopia: Federal Troops Massacred Tigray Captives in Cold Blood - Reports
International media stations have traced video footage of uniformed soldiers, allegedly Ethiopian federal troops, executing civilians in cold blood, as having been recorded near… Read more »
February 24, 2021
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Crisis Needs Urgent Solution – Five Former U.S. Ambassadors Raise Alarm
This statement was provided to AllAfrica by five former American ambassadors, all career diplomats, who led U.S. representation in Ethiopia for 13 of the past 25 years. They call… Read more »
Ethiopia: 'The Govt Themselves Don't Have a Clear Picture' - EU Envoy on Tigray Conflict
Finland's foreign minister Pekka Haavisto has warned of a "new refugee drama" in the EU after visiting the Um Rakuba refugee camp in Sudan, near the Ethiopian border. Hundreds of… Read more »
February 05, 2021
Ethiopia: Three Months Into Tigray Conflict, Hunger is a Problem, Says UN
Three months into the conflict in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region, the humanitarian response remains severely constrained, and the biggest problem facing those seeking to provide… Read more »
January 22, 2021
Ethiopia: Human Rights, Security Erode as Govt Struggles to Keep Order
An excerpt on Ethiopia from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
January 19, 2021
Africa: Outgoing U.S State Department's Top Africa Official Cites 'Significant' Achievements
At the end of his tenure as the top Africa policymaker in the State Department, Assistant Secretary Tibor Nagy says the legacy of the outgoing administration includes a number… Read more »
December 14, 2020
Africa: Civic Rights Were Eroded Across Africa in 2020
CIVICUS , the global civil society alliance, rates civic space in six Sub-Saharan African states as " closed", in 21 as "repressed" and in 14 as "obstructed". … Read more »
Africa: People Power Under Attack 2020 - Africa
An excerpt from the CIVICUS Monitor report: Read more »
December 09, 2020
Ethiopia: Prime Minister's Battle for Control Comes at Huge Cost to Country
A day after Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali announced that federal government forces had taken full control of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray Regional State, following… Read more »
December 02, 2020
Ethiopia: UNHCR Negotiates Access to Refugees in Tigray
The United Nations has received approval from the Ethiopian government for “unimpeded, sustained and secure access for humanitarian personnel and services to vulnerable… Read more »
November 28, 2020
Ethiopia: Prime Minister Says Government Forces 'Fully in Control' of Mekelle
In a statement released on Twitter, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali said the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) has taken control of Mekelle, capital of the Tigray… Read more »
November 20, 2020
Africa: 'My Heart Breaks' For Ethiopia - WHO's Tedros
The head of the World Health Organization denies taking sides in the government of Ethiopia's war with the region of Tigray, which has spilled over into neighboring Eritrea. In a… Read more »
November 03, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 43,000
As of November 03, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,803,413. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 43,390 and recoveries 1,473,556. Read more »
October 26, 2020
Africa: African Union Seeks to Seize Initiative Over Nile Dam Talks
Days after President Donald Trump accused Ethiopia of breaking a deal he had negotiated over Egypt's rights to water from the Nile, the African Union is kick-starting renewed… Read more »
September 10, 2020
Ethiopia: U.S.-Ethiopia Relations Take A Wrong Turn
The Trump administration's decision to suspend and delay development assistance to Ethiopia over the filling of the new Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) is misguided and shortsighted.… Read more »
August 09, 2020
Africa: Progress for Women and Girls Is Essential Amid Covid-19 – Dr. Senait Fisseha
Women and girls are hardest hit by social and economic circumstances stemming from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19, according to analyses by multiple international… Read more »
June 30, 2020
Ethiopia: Internet Blackout After Haacaaluu Shot Dead
A blanket shutdown of the Internet in Ethiopia is being reported by Access Now, an organisation defending the digital rights of users at risk around the world. Read more »
June 15, 2020
South Africa: From Maternal Health to COVID-19 - How a WhatsApp Service Became Essential for Millions
Covid-19 Connect, a WhatsApp service that provides users with relevant information to help make informed and effective decisions during the pandemic, was developed by Praekelt.org… Read more »
March 24, 2020
Africa: Turning the Tables - African and European Narratives in the Time of Corona
Most of Europe is in lockdown, trying to cope with the huge implications of the battle against the novel coronavirus. Africans are following what is happening on the other side of… Read more »
March 19, 2020
Africa: Coronavirus and Upcoming Elections - What Are the Options?
At the rapid rate at which the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been spreading, it was only a matter of time before Africa was affected. At the time of writing, cases of COVID-19… Read more »
February 14, 2020
Africa: Climate Change Can Set the Stage for Violent Conflict - Expert
Levels of poverty, economic opportunities, and unemployment are key factors increasing the likelihood of conflict, and there has been strong agreement that climate change, is a… Read more »
October 24, 2019
Ethiopia: Untold Story Of Ethiopian Women Warriors During WWII to Come to Big Screen
Atlas Entertainment, an American film financing and production company, has acquired the rights to Ethiopian-American Maaza Mengiste's historical novel The Shadow King and plans to… Read more »
October 11, 2019
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Prime Minister Wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopia's President Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, primarily for his groundbreaking work on the peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea after a decades-long… Read more »
July 05, 2019
Ethiopia: What's Behind Addis Ababa's Plan to Ban Motorcycles
The government will ban the use of all motorcycles in the capital of Addis Ababa as of July 7, 2019. Read more »