Ethiopia: News - Army Claims Neutralizing Over 80 Fano Combatants in Gojjam and S. Gonder Zones As Amhara Region Conflict Drags On

The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) has announced the killing of 83 Fano groups armed fighters in what it described as a "coordinated operation" in the Gojjam and South… Read more »

Ethiopia: News - ONLF Rejects Jigjiga Conference By State-Backed Group As Orchestrated Takeover, Warns of Consequences

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has denounced a meeting that took place in Jigjiga, the capital of Somali region, as "illegitimate and politically orchestrated,"… Read more »

Ethiopia: False Claims, Real Stakes - Why Ethiopia Should Refute Trump's Recent Remarks About GERD

In a recent and provocative statement, U.S. President Donald Trump falsely claimed that "America funded the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)" and that the dam "has cut off… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray Islamic Council Accuses Axum Education Officials of Barring Hijab-Wearing Students From National Exam - Education Bureau Denies Allegations

Addis Abeba- The Tigray Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has accused local education officials in Axum of barring 14 Muslim female students from sitting for the national 12th-grade… Read more »

Ethiopia: Lawmakers Approve Landmark Law Allowing Foreigners to Own Homes in Ethiopia With $150,000 Investment Threshold

The House of People's Representatives has approved a landmark proclamation allowing foreign nationals to own immovable residential property in Ethiopia in a major shift to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Deciphering Ethiopia's 1.93 Trillion Birr Budget - Giant Leap in Recurrent Spending, Retreat From Development Funding

The federal government has recently tabled its budget proposal for the 2025/26 fiscal year to the House of Peoples' Representatives for approval. Totaling a record 1.93 trillion… Read more »

Ethiopia: Amnesty Calls for 'Immediate and Unconditional' Release of Dr. Daniel Fentaneh - Warns of 'Disturbing Trend' of Repression

Addis Abeba- Amnesty International has called for the "immediate and unconditional" release of Dr. Daniel Fentaneh, a gynecology and obstetrics resident at Bahir Dar University and… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Eyes $3.5b Debt Relief As Restructuring Talks Advance, Hints At Repayments Resumption in 2026

Ethiopia is advancing debt restructuring negotiations with creditor countries in an effort to secure $3.5 billion in debt relief, Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide told lawmakers on… Read more »

Ethiopia: Eritrean Leaders Orchestrated Industrial-Scale Looting Operations in Tigray, Alongside Atrocities - New Report

A newly released report presents detailed evidence indicating that Eritrea's leaders actively planned and prepared for the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region well before hostilities… Read more »

Ethiopia: Human Rights First Alleges 'Arbitrary Arrests' Targeting Tigrayan Youths in Addis Abeba

Addis Abeba- Human Rights First, a local rights organization, has alleged that authorities in Addis Abeba are conducting "arbitrary arrests" targeting Tigrayan youths "solely based… Read more »

Ethiopia: Federal Government Admits Peace in Amhara 'Not Fully Secured' - Warns of 'Threat of Kidnapping', 'Less Than Conducive' Conditions

The federal government of Ethiopia has admitted that peace in the war-torn Amhara region "has not been fully secured as the people desire," and that civilian movement "has not been… Read more »

Ethiopia: Breaking the Cycle: Plea for Peace, Unity, and Inclusive Dialogue in Tigray

Political tensions have been mounting in Tigray since June 2024, stemming from an internal rift within the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) between Debretsion Gebremichael… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Condemns Killing of Aid Worker in Amhara - Calls for Protection of Aid Personnel

Addis Abeba- The United Nations has condemned the killing of Mahelet Sitotaw Abera, a humanitarian worker who, according to the UN, was fatally wounded "during a crossfire between… Read more »

Ethiopia: News - WFP to Close Shire Office, Home to Largest IDP Population in Tigray - Cites Budget, Operational Restructuring

Addis Abeba- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is closing its office in Shire, northwestern Tigray, a town hosting the largest concentration of internally displaced… Read more »

Tanzania: Dr. Daniel Fentaneh, Senior Leader in Ethiopian Health Professionals Movement, Detained in Bahir Dar

Addis Abeba- Dr. Daniel Fentaneh, a senior leader in the Ethiopian Health Professionals Movement and a gynecology and obstetrics resident at Bahir Dar University, has been detained… Read more »

Ethiopia: From Admission to Legal Impunity - a Call for Accountability and Independent Review of Ethiopia's New Law

When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stood before Parliament in 2018 and admitted that the very state he led had tortured its own citizens under the 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, it… Read more »

Ethiopia: Mount Ziquala Monastery Attack Sparks Conflicting Claims As Ola Denies Involvement, Blames Govt Strategy to Rekindle Tensions

Monks at the historic Zequala Abune Gebre Menfes Kidus Monastery, located in East Shewa Zone of Oromia, have accused members of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), known to the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Sovereignty and Its Enemies in the Ethiopia Region

Sovereignty has several pieces, and they are all under powerful attack in Ethiopia. The concept and practical aspects of both state and people's sovereignty fell into disuse in… Read more »

Ethiopia: TPLF Chair Warns Pretoria Deal Facing 'Worsening' Setbacks, Vows to Strengthen Eritrea Ties

Debretsion Gebremichael, chairperson of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), said the party is working to ensure that "the people-to-people relations developing between the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Lessons Unlearned - How Politics Distorted Ethiopia's Education System With Reforms Stuck On Repeat

Ethiopia, one of the oldest nations in the world, boasts a rich history that spans over three thousand years. However, the introduction of modern education is a relatively recent… Read more »

Ethiopia: ONLF Accuses Somali Region Officials of Holding Senior Members 'Incommunicado' for Weeks After Office Raid in Nogob Zone

Addis Abeba- The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has reported that two of its senior members in the Nogob Zone, Somali Regional State, have been held "incommunicado" for… Read more »

Ethiopia: 37 Ethiopians Among Scores of Foreign Nationals At 'Imminent Risk' of Execution in Saudi Arabia - Rights Groups Report

At least 37 Ethiopian men are facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia for drug-related offences, according to a joint statement by 31 civil society and human rights organizations,… Read more »

Ethiopia: IDPs in Tigray Launch Three-Day Protest in Mekelle Demanding Return Home Before Rainy Season

Addis Abeba-Internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Tigray region held a peaceful demonstration in Mekelle on Wednesday, 18 June 2025, calling for an urgent return to their… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Health Professionals' Association Suspended - President Links Move to Support for Health Workers' Strike

Addis Abeba-The Ethiopian Health Professionals Association (EHPA) was suspended by the Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) on June 12, with the association's president… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Court Jails Man to Seven Years for 'Defaming Govt, Disseminating Pro-Fano Messages'

The Federal High Court, Lideta Division, 1st Anti-Terrorism Criminal Bench has sentenced an individual to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him of "defaming the… Read more »