Ethiopia: Egypt's El-Sisi to Award Trump Nile Collar for Role in Gaza Ceasefire, Renews Warning Over GERD

Egyptian media have reported that President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has decided to confer the Nile Collar, Egypt's highest state honor, on U.S. President Donald Trump in recognition… Read more »

Ethiopia: World Bank Says Ethiopia's Poverty Rate Expected to Climb to 43% in 2025, Reversing Years of Progress

The World Bank's latest assessment on poverty and equity in Ethiopia forecasts that poverty will increase to 43% by 2025, up from 33% in 2016 (measured at $3 per day, 2021 PPP). Read more »

Somalia: The Northeastern State of Somalia: a Gateway to Enhance the Federal Model or a Step to Exacerbate Existing Tensions?

EPC Horn of African Studies Unit Read more »

Ethiopia: Widespread Road Closures, Abductions and Curfews Severely Restrict Freedom of Movement Across Regions in Ethiopia: Rights Commission Warns

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has raised grave concern over the growing restrictions on people's freedom of movement across several regions, citing abductions, road… Read more »

Ethiopia: Over 288,000 People Reportedly Displaced Following Renewed Conflict Along the Oromia-Somali Region Border - UNOCHA

Addis Abeba- Over 288,000 people have been displaced since July 2025 following renewed inter-communal violence between Oromo and Somali communities along the Oromia-Somali regional… Read more »

Ethiopia: UNICEF Reports Over 100,000 Children Treated for Severe Wasting Across Ethiopia in Two Months

More than 100,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition were admitted for treatment across Ethiopia between July and August 2025, UNICEF said in its latest Humanitarian… Read more »

Ethiopia: Displaced People From West Oromia Sheltering in Wag Hemra Zone Report Dire Conditions

Addis Abeba- Displaced people from East Wollega Zone, Oromia region, who have sought refuge near Sekota town in the Wag Hemra Nationality Administration of Amhara region, said they… Read more »

Ethiopia: Taxing the People, Leaking the Budget: Ethiopia's Fiscal Reform Demands More From Citizens, Overlooks Inefficient Spending

In recent years, the Ethiopian government has introduced a series of fiscal measures designed to strengthen revenue collection from both tax and non-tax sources in order to finance… Read more »

Ethiopia: TPLF Rejects Claims of Alliance With Eritrea, Calls Cross-Border Ties a Step Toward Peace

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has written to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, rejecting allegations made by Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Reiterates Concern Over Inadequate International Support for Hosting South Sudanese Refugees

Ethiopia has expressed concern over declining international support for its refugee response, despite continuing to host new arrivals from South Sudan and other neighboring… Read more »

Ethiopia: From Fragmentation to Order: How New Traffic Regulation Creates Safer, Unified Roads

Last year, the Council of Ministers ratified Traffic Regulation No. 557/2024, a measure designed to strengthen oversight of road transport and enhance traffic safety. Since taking… Read more »

Somalia: Somali Govt Gives Ethiopia Envoy 72 Hours, Summons Its Envoy From Addis

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia issued an official statement confirming Ethiopia's Ambassador Muktar Mohamed Ware "has been informed to… Read more »

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 »

Ethiopia: Funeral Ceremony for Slain Oromo Artist Happening in Ambo Amid Tight Security

The funeral ceremony for slain Oromo singer/song writer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa is taking place amid tight security in his native city Ambo, some 107 km west of the capital Addis… Read more »

Ethiopia: Why Afaan Oromo Should Be the Other Federal Working Language in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia: The Poetics and Politics of Oromo Resistance

Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating 'the Oromo question'. Read more »