November 30, 2022
Ethiopia: UN Hosts Internet Governance Forum in Ethiopia Amid Criticism Over Shutdown in Tigray
The UN is hosting in Ethiopia the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), under the overarching theme of Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future, which started… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Ethiopia: Inquiry Reveals Govt Officials with Counterfeit Academic Credentials in Dawro Zone
The newly established Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Regional State said the first round of educational document authentication operation carried out in Dawro Zone revealed 19… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Ethiopia: Southern Region Puts Gurage Zone Under Rule of Command Post
Addis Ababa- The Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) region Peace and Security Bureau said that decision has been made to put the entire Gurage zone under the rule… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Ethiopia: $1,4bn Needed to Restore War-Damaged Health Facilities - Govt
Despite data limitations from the Tigray regional state, where only 9% of health facilities were reported to be fully functional, the Ministry of Health estimated that at least… Read more »
November 19, 2022
Ethiopia: Gurage Zone's Lingering Request for Statehood Causes Another Stay-At-Home Protest in Zonal Capital
Residents in Wolkite city, the capital city of the Gurage zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional state, have staged yest another protests by… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Ethiopia: Law Designating TPLF As 'Terrorist' Doesn't Prohibit Negotiations: PM Abiy
In his address responding to questions raised by the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR) at the ongoing 4th regular session, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told lawmakers that the… Read more »
November 05, 2022
Ethiopia: Outcry Over Arrest of Oromia Supreme Court Judges After Allowing Bail for Opposition Leader's Security Detail
Police in Adama, East Shoa zone of the Oromia Regional State, detained three judges of the Oromia Supreme Court, Eastern Criminal Division, without due process of the law, an… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Ethiopia: Govt Trying to Convince Tigrayan Authorities to 'Respect the Law of the Land' - Abiy
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the federal government is "trying to convince [the] TPLF to respect the law of the land, to respect the constitution, to act as one state in… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Ethiopia: U.S. Says Immediate Cessation of Hostilities Priority to End 'This Destabilizing Conflict' As AU Announces Launch of Peace Talks in South Africa
The US says it welcomes the start of AU-led peace talks between the government of Ethiopia and Tigrayan regional authorities while urging the delegations "to engage seriously to… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Ranks 123 Out of 140 in Rule of Law Index, A Decline From Last Year
The 2022 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, which was released on 25 October, revealed that Ethiopia's overall rule of law score has decreased 3.6% in this year's… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Ethiopia: PM Calls for Decisivet Measures Against Product Sabotage, Illegal Forex, Land Grabbing
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said decisive and swift action need to be taken against economic sabotage including hiding of products, illegal foreign exchange and land grabbing, which… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Ethiopia: Over Three Million People Expected to Vote in Referendum to Form 12th Regional State
National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) says more than three million people are expected to vote in a referendum to be held in six zones and five special districts of the… Read more »
October 15, 2022
Ethiopia: OFC Rejects Addis Ababa, Oromia Special Zone Admin Demarcation
The opposition party, Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), rejected the recently conducted administrative demarcation between Addis Ababa city and Oromia Special Zone Surrounding… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Ethiopia: Electoral Board to Hold Southern Region Referendum in February Next Year
Birtukan Mideksa, Chairwoman of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), announced Monday that the Board was preparing to hold a referendum in six zones and five special… Read more »
October 07, 2022
East Africa: William Ruto Meets U.S. Envoy for the Horn, Assures Support for Peace
The office of Kenya's President William Ruto said the President has today received Ambassador Mike Hammer, the US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and reassured the envoy of… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Ethiopia: President William Ruto Arrives in Addis Abeba
President William Ruto has arrived in Addis Abeba this morning for an official visit. He was welcomed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. During his stay in Ethiopia, the President is… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Ethiopia: Gambella Region Rejects Rights Commission's Report, Calls It 'Irresponsible'
The Gambella regional government has rejected and condemned Ethiopian Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) report on extrajudicial killings of at least 50 civilians in the region… Read more »
Ethiopia: Dialogue Amid Civil War and Violence: Mission Impossible?
The ruling Prosperity Party (PP) is dead set on getting Ethiopia to experience its first ever "national dialogue" and has subsequently micromanaged the creation of a "National… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Ethiopia: At Least 50 Civilians Killed in Extra-Judicial Execution By Security Forces, Armed Groups in Gambella - Report
Following the June 14th clash in the capital of Ethiopia's Gambella region between the region's security forces and coalition of armed groups Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and… Read more »
September 28, 2022
Ethiopia: Politics of Nationalism and Federalism Without a Federation
In a statement made on Sunday September 11, 2022, the African Union Commission welcomed the announcement by the Regional Government of Tigray of its commitment for a peaceful… Read more »
August 13, 2020
Ethiopia: The Fracturing of the Oromo Elite and Return of Ethiopia's Law and Order State
Ethiopia's delicate transition is under severe strain. A ferocious burst of communal violence in July, touched off by the murder of a popular Oromo singer, which claimed some 160… Read more »