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 »
October 28, 2022
Ethiopia: Red Cross Society Condemns Killing of On Duty Ambulance Driver, Injured Patients Onboard aa_headline
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) "strongly condemned" the killing by "armed forces" of its staff, Mengist Minyil, who was an ambulance driver in the North Gonder branch of… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Ethiopia: Ruling Party MP Shot Dead at Airport 'Deliberately' - Regional Official
Juweria Subcis, a member of the ruling Prosperity Party Central Committee and the Somali regional state Parliament was shot and killed "deliberately", Mohamed Guray, Deputy Chief… Read more »
Ethiopia: Federal Police Detain Man, Accomplices for Alleged Illegal Possession of More Than Five Billion Birr, Money Laundering
The Ethiopian Federal Police says it has arrested an individual named Samuel Aguale Alemu, whom it accused of illegally possessing more than 5 billion birr. Read more »
October 25, 2022
Ethiopia: Somali Region MP Shot Dead Inside Jigjiga Airport
Juweria Subcis, a member of the Somali regional state parliament, was shot by a member of federal police officer inside Jigjiga Airport in the region's capital. Juweria died… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Ethiopia: UN Human Rights Experts On Ethiopia Brief UNSC A3 Group On 'Alarming Abuses Against Civilians'
Representatives of the the UN Security Council A3 member states, namely Gabon, Ghana and Kenya, met on Tuesday with the Commissioners of the International Commission of Human… Read more »
Ethiopia: Southern Region Police Apprehend Officer Suspected of Trafficking 48 Eritrean Nationals to Kenya
The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional state Police Commission has announced that a member of the South Omo Zone Police suspected of trafficking 48… 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 22, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines Refutes Reference to 'Airline Police Station' in Charges Against Police Officers
Ethiopian Airlines said that a reference to the presence of "Airline police Station" in the prosecutor's recent charges against members of law enforcement and their accomplices who… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Ethiopia: Prosecutor Charges Three Law Enforcement Officers and Accomplices
The Prosecutor filed charges against three police officers and their accomplices, including the head of criminal investigation department at the Airport Police Station, who are… Read more »
Ethiopia: Govt Security Forces Kill Member of Karrayyu Gadaa Leaders, Abduct Five Others in East Shewa Zone of Oromia
Government security forces have killed Boru Roba, a respected member of the Karrayyu Gadaa leaders, and abducted his brother and sister along with two other individuals in… Read more »