December 13, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Threatens to Sue Safaricom Ethiopia Over Service Disruptions in Afar Region
Ethio Telecom says the service disruption its customers experienced in Semera, the capital city of Afar regional state, on Sunday, 11 December was due to telecom lines installation… Read more »
Ethiopia: Unrest, Violence in Addis Schools About Oromia Flag, Anthem Lead to Security Crackdown
On Monday 12 December, Lydia Girma, Head of the Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Administration Bureau, announced that security forces in the city detained 72 individuals on… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Ethiopia: Four University Lecturers Detained in Arba Minch in Connection With Strike Released
Four teachers, including the president of Arba Minch University Teachers' Association, have been arrested in connection with the ongoing strike in various universities of the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Police Detain Many in Somali Region After Protests Against Corruption - Religious Leader, Activist Among Detainees
Addis Abeba -The Somali region police detained religious leader Sheikh Cade Abdiwali and activist Mohamod Habene (Huno) in connection to a protest that underwent against the ruling… Read more »
Ethiopia: Protests Erupt Across Oromia After Latest Violence in East Wollega, OLF Calls On Oromos to ''Defend' Themselves
Protests erupted in many towns and cities, including schools and university compounds, in different places across Oromia following the weekend violence in East Wollega zone of… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Ethiopia: China Provides Ethiopian Federal Police With Equipment Worth More Than U.S.$600,000
The Chinese government has provided the Ethiopian Federal Police with five Corolla Cross patrol vehicles, a bullet-proof vehicle, a Communication Upgrading System worth more than… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Ethiopia: Police in Pursuit of Five Addis Abeba City Officials Suspected of Land Grabbing, Corruption
Addis Abeba police says five senior officials of land management office of Lemi Kura sub-city are on the run and being sought by law as part of government's anti-corruption… 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 23, 2022
Ethiopia: Heavy Security Crackdown Sees More Than Hundred Youths Detained Following Daylong Strike in Wolkite, Gurage Zone
Residents of Wolkite town, the capital of the Gurage zone in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) region told Addis Standard that more than 100 youths were arrested… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Ethiopia: Lawmakers Fiercely Oppose TV License Fee, As State Broadcaster Doubles Fee in Revised Bill
Members of the House of People's Representatives have expressed their fierce opposition against a proposed TV license fee outlined in a new draft bill to re-establish the Ethiopian… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Ethiopia: Justice Ministry Files Charges On Suspects of Murder, Serious Crime Against Ride Taxi Drivers in Addis Abeba
The Ministry of Justice has announced that it has filed charges of murder and serious crimes against 12 individuals who are suspected of committed series of murders and robbery… 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 »
Ethiopia: Former Senior Health Bureau Official, Government Critic Detained in Somali Region, Accused of Hate Speech
Siraj Adem, former Somali region senior health bureau official, has been detained on Thursday 17 November in Dire Dawa and taken to regional capital Jigjiga where he is currently… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Ethiopia: Up-and-Coming Oromo Singer Goes Missing From Police Custody
Oromo singer Damiso Mosissa has gone missing after spending more than a year in police custody, a family member told Addis Standard, adding that his families were unofficially… Read more »
Ethiopia: U.S. Threatens Sanctions If Agreement Not Heeded
A senior U.S. government official told reporters yesterday that the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) between the federal government and representatives of the… Read more »
Ethiopia: News Alert - Journalist Temesgen Desalegn Released On 30,000 Birr Bail
Journalist Temesenge Dessalen, Founder and Managing Director of the Amharic weekly "Fitih" Magazine, is released on 30, 000 birr bail after five months of imprisonment. He was… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Kenya Ink Agreement to Jointly Prevent Organized Crimes, Terrorism
On November 14, 2022, the intelligence and security institutions of Ethiopia and Kenya agreed to jointly prevent terrorism, human trafficking, and organized crimes and terrorism,… Read more »
November 12, 2022
Ethiopia: Federal, Tigray Military Commanders Agree to Facilitate Unhindered Humanitarian Access
The top military leadership of the federal army and Tigrayan forces who have concluded a five day meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, have agreed to form a joint committee to "elaborate on… Read more »
Ethiopia: More Than a Dozen Civilians Killed in Clashes Between Afar, Somali Regions Militias Near Border Areas
At least 18 civilians were killed, several others were injured in fresh clashes in areas bordering the Somali and Afar regional states on 09 November, according to a source from… Read more »
November 10, 2022
Ethiopia: Supreme Court Upholds Ruling to Release Journalist Gobeze Sisay On Bail
The Federal Supreme Court has upheld a ruling by the federal high court to release journalist Gobeze Sisay on bail his lawyer, Addisu Algawu, told Addis Standard. Read more »
November 09, 2022
Ethiopia: Civilians Killed Following Intense Fighting Between Rebel Group, Govt Forces in Western Oromia
Residents say civilians have been killed following an intense fighting between fighters of rebel group, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and the government forces in Nekemte city, the… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Ethiopia: Experts and Addict Urge Tramadol Users to 'Stop' As Drug Authority Fastens Control Over Medicine
On 01 November, the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority issued an unusual announcement that it was set to implement a strict control and has directed pharmacies in Ethiopia to… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Ethiopia: Nine Priests Abducted By Militants Remain Missing
Nine out of 11 priests abducted by militants last week in an incident that left a deacon killed in Gebre Guracha town, North Shewa zone of Oromia Region, remain missing, while a… Read more »
Ethiopia: Rights Bodies Urge Effective Transitional Justice in Wake of Peace Agreement
In the wake of the "agreement for lasting peace and cessation of hostilities" signed by the federal government and the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF), Ethiopian Human… 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 »