April 13, 2023
Ethiopia: Humanitarian Community in Ethiopia Condemns Killing of Two Humanitarian Workers
The humanitarian community in Ethiopia issued a statement strongly condemning the killing of two humanitarian colleagues in the Amhara Region earlier this week. Read more »
April 11, 2023
Ethiopia: Heavy Fighting Near Debre Birhan As Violence Continues to Rock Amhara Region
Several cities in the Amhara region, including the capital Bahir Dar, have continued to witness violence on Tuesday following protests against the government's move to disband the… Read more »
Ethiopia: German Commissioner for Human Rights Due in Ethiopia Today
Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, is traveling to Ethiopia from 11 to 14 April and… Read more »
Ethiopia: Police Accuses Meskerem Abera of Giving 'Shooting Exercise' to Informal Groups, Requests 13 More Days to File Charges
Meskerem Abera, founder and owner of "Ethio Nikat", a YouTube-based media, who was arrested for the third time on Sunday by members of the federal police and security officers… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Ethiopia: Somali State Cabinet Unanimously Approves Govt's Plan to Dissolve, Reintegrate Regional Special Forces
The Cabinet of the Somali Regional state has passed a unanimous vote to implement the federal government's plan for "the reorganization of the special forces of the region",… Read more »
Ethiopia: Heavy Artillery Fired in Kobo As Protests Engulf Amhara Region Following Decision to Dissolve Regional Special Forces
The security situation in Amhara region is changing fast as civilians in various cities of the region staged protests against the government's "practical activities" to dissolve… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ruling Party Warns Opposition Political Actors, Activists to Refrain From 'Illegal and Unprincipled Activities'
The ruling Prosperity Party (PP) issued a stern warning to opposition "political actors" and social media influencers to refrain from "illegal and unprincipled activities" related… Read more »
Ethiopia: Gonder City Security Command Post Imposes Restrictions On Firearms, Movements a Day After Mass Protest
Addis Abeba- The Security Command Post office of the city of Gonder in Amhara regional state announced a list of movement restrictions. Read more »
April 09, 2023
Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Vows Govt Steps to Dissolve, Reintegrate Special Forces
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced early this morning that the government's decision to dissolve and reintegrate regional special forces into other security structures "will be… Read more »
April 07, 2023
Ethiopia: More Than 90 Foreign Nationals, Locals Detained for Alleged 'Illegal Exploitation' of Gold
Security and Intelligence Joint Task Force announced detaining more than 90 foreign nationals and their local associates for allegedly engaging in "illegal exploitation" of gold… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Ethiopia: Security, Intelligence Task Force Detains 'Covert Group' Suspected of Working to 'Instigate Nation-Wide Conflict'
The Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force in the capital announced that it has detained several members of "covert group" whom it accused of allegedly attempting to "instigate… Read more »
Ethiopia: U.S. Sanctioned Military Leader Visits Ethiopian Intelligence, Security Facilities to 'Consolidate Military Ties'
A delegation of Eritrean army generals and senior officials led by General Abraha Kassa, head of Eritrean National Security Agency who was sanctioned by the US government in… Read more »
Ethiopia: Gambella Region Deputy Police Chief Appears in Court On Suspicion of Commanding Brutal Killing of Innocent Civilians
Tut Kor, the former deputy commissioner of the Gambella regional police commission, has been brought to court suspected of gathering police members and commanding them to kill… Read more »
Ethiopia: Parliament Revokes Dr Chala Wata's Immunity, Approves Lelise Desalegn's Appointment As President of Federal High Court
The House of Peoples Representatives (HoPR) has voted to revoke the immunity of MP Chala Wata (PhD) on a corruption related offense. Read more »
March 27, 2023
Ethiopia: Only One Body Recovered After Boat Carrying Eight People Capsized in Lake Chamo
Only one body is recovered so far after a boat carrying eight people capsized in Lake Chamo, near Arba Minch in SNNP region, on Saturday. A local official told Addis Standard the… Read more »
March 23, 2023
Ethiopia: Benishangul Gumuz Region Releases Two Rebel Groups' Leaders, Members Following Peace Accords
Benishangul Gumuz's regional government releases leaders and members of two rebel groups, Gumuz People's Democratic Movement (GPDM) and Benishangul People's Liberation Movement… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Ethiopia: Newly Established Gurage Opposition Party Complains Detention of Its Leaders, Undue Pressure From Govt
The newly established Gurage opposition political party, Gurage Unity and Justice Party (GOGOT) has said security forces detained 12 leaders and officials of the party on Monday as… Read more »
Ethiopia: Security, Intelligence Task Force Accuses 'Some Foreign Nationals' of Alleged Dollar Laundering and Counterfeit
The Ethiopian Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force accused "some foreign nationals" who enter the country using tourist visas and other legal means, are engaged in weakening… Read more »
March 04, 2023
Ethiopia: Security Forces Arrest Several Senior Govt Officials, Youth, Activists in Gurage Zone
Residents of the restive Gurage zone in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR) told Addis Standard that security forces have intensified arrests including on… Read more »
March 03, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Rights Commission Says One Killed During 127th Adwa Victory Celebrations
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said, security forces have "overreacted" and needlessly beaten people, used tear gas, plastic and lethal bullets, and other excessive… Read more »
February 27, 2023
Ethiopia: No Peace Without Justice and Accountability - and Neither Justice, Nor Accountability Without Truth First
The direction of the long and arduous journey to heal millions of Ethiopians who are subjected to unimaginable cruelty and bloodshed during the two years of war, which started in… Read more »
February 24, 2023
Ethiopia: Four High-Ranking Officials of Opposition OLF Critically Ill In Prison, Spokesperson Says
Kennasa Ayana, member of the executive committee of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and three other senior officials of the party who are also the party's central… Read more »
February 23, 2023
Ethiopia: Journalist Tewodros Asfaw Released On Bail After Nine Days
Journalist Tewodros Asfaw has been released from prison on Wednesday night after federal supreme court upheld federal high court's ruling of his release on 30,000 birr bail. Read more »
February 15, 2023
Ethiopia: At Least 50 Killed at IDP Shelter in East Wollega, Attack Blamed On Oromo Rebels
A new report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said at least 50 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack between 02 and 04 February targeting an… Read more »
February 14, 2023
East Africa: Families of Ten Tigray Youngsters Abducted By Eritrean Forces Search for Their Sons
The families of the 10 youths who were abducted by Eritrean troops from Gure Endagabir, a place around Axum city, in the Tigray regional state, on 18 January 2023 ,have expressed… Read more »