July 31, 2023
Ethiopia: Condemning Abhorrent Food Aid Theft By Cutting Aid Is Punishing Victims Twice
Since the onset of a "reformist government" under the leadership of the ruling Prosperity Party in April 2018, Ethiopians are enduring a cocktail of deadly humanitarian crises,… Read more »
July 30, 2023
Ethiopia: Residents Call for Urgent Intervention After Seven Killed in Latest Armed Attack
Local residents of East Meskan Woreda, in Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and people's (SNNP) regional state, are calling for a government intervention and… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Ethiopia: Addis Abeba Trade Bureau Takes Actions Against Illicit Activities, Closes Thousands of Businesses
In a sweeping crackdown on non-compliant businesses during the 2015 Ethiopian fiscal year, the Addis Abeba Trade Bureau has shuttered an astounding number of over 22,000… Read more »
July 25, 2023
Ethiopia: U.S. Congress Calls For Sanctions On Perpetrators of Human Rights Abuses in Western Tigray
Three members of the US Congress have written a letter urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen to impose sanctions on individuals… Read more »
July 12, 2023
Ethiopia: Curfew In City of Gambella as Armed Attack Leaves 31 dead, 20 Injured
An armed militia attack on Nuer village in the city of Gambella, the capital of Gambella regional state has resulted in at least 31 fatalities and 20 injuries, according to a… Read more »
Ethiopia: Caffee Oromia Revokes Immunity of Imprisoned Former Nekemte Mayor
The Oromia regional state's council, Caffee Oromia, has revoked the immunity of one of its members, the former mayor of Nekemte City Tolera Ragassa who was imprisoned in April… Read more »
July 13, 2023
Ethiopia: Khat Farmers, Exporters in Oromia Battle to Overcome Multilayered Crises Made Worse By Govt Interventions
Farmers and exporters of the lucrative khat crop, an essential stimulant plant, cultivated in vast areas of in the Oromia region are facing an unforeseen socio-economic crisis as a… Read more »
July 17, 2023
Ethiopia: Online Media Outlet Ethiopia Insider Suffers Robbery, Jeopardizing Daily News Production
An online media news outlet, Ethiopia Insider, managed under Haq Media and Communication, fell victim to a robbery last night. Haq Media and Communication issued a statement today,… Read more »
July 11, 2023
Africa: AU Rights Commission Terminates Tigray Probe, No Report After 2 Years
The African Union's Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), had quietly liquidated the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation in the Tigray Region, the… Read more »
July 07, 2023
Ethiopia: Another Police Officer Shot Dead in Shewa Robit, Amhara Region
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July 06, 2023
Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed Pledges Thorough Audit of Non-Government-Funded Mega Projects Amid Transparency Concerns
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has announced his willingness to subject mega projects, not financed from the government's coffer, to a thorough audit during a parliamentary… Read more »
July 05, 2023
Ethiopia: Shewa Robit Interim Security Command Post Imposes Indefinite Curfew As of Today
Shewa Robit City Administration Interim Security Command Post has imposed indefinite curfew as of 6:00 PM local time today in the wake of the shooting death on 04 July of Abdu… Read more »
July 04, 2023
East Africa: Ethiopia to Enact Law Normalising Informal Cross-Border Trade Along Djibouti, South Sudan Borders
The Ethiopian government is taking strides to acknowledge and regulate the longstanding informal cross-border trade occurring along the Djibouti border. The Ministry of Trade and… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Ethiopia: New Tax On Condominium Houses Ignites Controversy, Concerns Arise Over Legal Implications, Potential Social Crisis
The recent implementation of a revised tax rate on condominium house roofs and walls by the Addis Ababa City Administration Revenue Office has sparked a heated debate and raised… Read more »
June 20, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Army Member Accused of Killing Four, Injuring Three in Kebri Dehar, Somali Region
At least four people were killed in Kebri Dehar city, in Somali regional state, after a soldier purportedly identified as a member of Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF)… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Ethiopia: Court Acquits Fano Militia Leader Zemene Kase
A court in Bahir Dar, capital of the Amhara region has exonerated Zemene Kase, leader of the Fano militia, due to insufficient evidence corroborating the charges filed against him,… Read more »
June 03, 2023
Ethiopia: House Committee Finds Illicit Fertiliser Trade in Amhara Region
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June 30, 2023
Ethiopia: How 'Extrajudicial Killings' By Uniformed Govt Forces Continue Unabated
A graphic video of uniformed government security forces shooting two people, in civilian clothes with their hands tied behind their backs and facing away, in the back of their… Read more »
June 27, 2023
Ethiopia: New Bill to Modernise Fruit, Vegetable Production
The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is collaborating with the Agricultural Transformation Institution to develop a new bill that will regulate the production, trading, and export of… Read more »
June 30, 2023
Ethiopia: Oroma Musican's Widow Decries Lack of Justice For His Assassination Three Years Ago
The widow of artist Hachalu Hundessa who was assassinated on 29 June, 2020, Fantu Damisew said justice has not been served and she doesn't know who killed him three years after his… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Ethiopia: Election Board Chairperson Resigns
Birtukan Mideksa, Chairperson of the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), has resigned from her position citing personal need for "a long-term rest to maintain my health." Read more »
June 21, 2023
Ethiopia: #asdailyscoop - U.S. District Judge Postpones Ethiopian Air 737 Max Litigation
Boeing Co. has settled another case with the relatives of those killed in a 2019 Ethiopian Airlines jet disaster, delaying a trial that was scheduled to start yesterday. The… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Ethiopia: Tigray Publishes Preliminary Findings on Food Aid Diversion
The committee established by the interim regional administration of Tigray to investigate diversion of humanitarian food in the region has revealed that the Ethiopian federal… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Ethiopia: Unidentified Assailants Kill Police Chief, Injured Another in Southwest Region
Unidentified armed assailants killed Godere Woreda police chief while another police sustained serious injury in an attack on a vehicle traveling from Mizan city, in the southwest… Read more »
June 07, 2023
Ethiopia: Senior Citizens of Tigray Stage Demonstrations in Mekelle Over Unpaid Pension
Hundreds of retired civil servants in the Tigray region have staged demonstrations in the capital Mekelle, protesting against interrupted pensions following the war that has… Read more »