Ethiopia: Schism Threatens Oldest Oromo Political Party, Once Again. Can Latest Electoral Board Decision Right the Wrong?

Founded in 1973, Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo (ABO) - the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), is one of the oldest political parties in Ethiopia whose household name among the Oromo people is… Read more »

Ethiopia: Sudan Accused of Invading Land, Killing Citizens, Stealing Property Worth $25m

Dessalegn Tasew, the administrator of West Gondar Zone, Amhara regional state, has issued a statement yesterday regarding the ongoing border conflict between Ethiopia and Sudan.… Read more »

Ethiopia: Defendants in Eskinder Nega File Enter Not Guilty Plea

Five defendants in the file under Eskinder Nega, Founder of the opposition party Balederas for Genuine Democracy, have entered a plea of not guilty after prosecutors submitted… Read more »

Ethiopia: Rights Commission Reports on Attack by Armed Group, Killing At Least 100

In Benishangul-Gumuz Region's Metekel Zone, an armed group shot at residents and set fire to their homes as they lay asleep, killing at least 100 people. The attack in Bulen… Read more »

Ethiopia: Eyewitnesses Say More Than 90 Killed in Fresh Attack in Bulen Wereda, Benishangul Gumuz

Disturbing eyewitness reports are reaching Addis Standard about overnight attacks which left "more than 90" people killed in Bekuji Kebelle, Bulen Wereda, Metekel Zone, in… Read more »

Ethiopia: Oromia Region Says Measures Taken On Several Dozen Rebel Members, Thousands Arrested

Opposition party Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), said yesterday that ten of its members, including two journalists working for its broadcast, Sagaallee Billiisummaa Oromo (SBO), were… Read more »

Ethiopia: IOM, Partners Provide Relief to People Affected By the Crisis in Northern Ethiopia

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and conflict-affected communities are in dire need of humanitarian and recovery assistance after weeks of conflict in the northern Ethiopian… Read more »

Ethiopia: As Killings of Civilians Continue in Metekel, Authorities in Benishagul Gumuz, Amhara Regional States Step Up Blame

Fresh attacks mounted by armed men on December 15, left yet another round of unknown numbers of civilians killed in Dangur and Dibate Weredas of Metekel Zone, in Benishangul Gumuz… Read more »

Ethiopia: Nestlé Launches a Waste Management Program to Tackle Plastic Pollution

Nestlé has partnered with local sustainability consultant TS Environment to set up a plastics waste recovery program in Ethiopia. The objective of the program is to achieve… Read more »

Ethiopia: Less Than Three Years After Declaring 'New Era', Ethiopia Is Back in the List of Countries Jailing Journalists. We Traced 33 Cases

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's stellar speech about freedom of press on world freedom day is fresh in the memory of many Ethiopians who were full of optimism about the reform that… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray Interim Admin CEO Says Mekelle Gets New Mayor, Urges Civil Servants to Resume Work

Mulu Nega (PhD), CEO of Tigray regional state interim administration, told local media today that the interim administration has appointed a new mayor to the city of Mekelle, the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ruling Party Members Speak of Need to Repeat Tigray Military Operation in Benishangul Gumuz As Amhara Region Govt, Nama Ramp-Up Calls for Actions

Members of the Benishangul Gumuz Regional State Prosperity Party (PP) Women's League have demanded the federal government to repeat in Benishangul Gumuz regional state, Metekel… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ending Ethiopia's Armed Conflicts: a Modest Proposal

In my March 5, 2019 article, can Ethiopia make the transit to stability? I discussed in more detail the causes and dynamics of the political changes in Ethiopia, leading to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ceva Logistics Continues African Expansion With Joint Venture in Ethiopia

*CEVA Logistics acquires minority stake in MACCFA in Ethiopia further strengthening its east African presence Read more »

Ethiopia: 'Exceedingly Worrying and Volatile Situation' - UN Rights Commissioner

The following is a transcript of remarks UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet made at a press conference in Geneva on 9 December 2020 in response to questions on… Read more »

Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Presents Its Business Model, Impact and 10-Year Strategy

The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has presented its Business Model & Impacts from 2010 - 2020 and its strategy for the next 10 Years at the Sheraton Addis… Read more »

Ethiopia: Opposition Party Says It Will Not Take Part in Coming Elections Under Existing Conditions

In a statement it released today, the opposition party, Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) says despite having the willingness, it finds it "extremely hard" to take part in coming… Read more »

Ethiopia: Opposition Oromo Party Will Find It 'Extremely Hard' to Take Part in Coming Elections Under Existing Conditions

In a statement it released today, the opposition party, Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) says despite having the willingness, it finds it "extremely hard" to take part in coming… Read more »

Ethiopia: More Than 10 Civilians Killed in a Fresh Attack in Amhara Region

Benishangul Gumuz regional state communication bureau announced that security forces in the regional state have started taking "decisive measures" against armed groups accused of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Amhara Police Request Federal Govt Help for Crisis in Neighbouring Benishangul Region

Abere Adamu, Commissioner of the Amhara Regional State Police Commission, said that the region's police was requesting the federal government to "either be given the responsibility… Read more »

Ethiopia: Djibouti Railway Suffers From Theft and Vandalism, Leading to Heavy Revenue Loss

Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) said the 752.7km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, an electrified, standard gauge international railway linking Addis Abeba to Djibouti,was not… Read more »

Ethiopia: A Federal High Court Repeals Lower Court Bail Grant, Remands Four Journalists for Thirteen More Days

November 23, 2020 was the second court appearance for the four journalists including Medhanie Ekubamichael, product editor at Addis standard, and three journalists from Ethiopian… Read more »

Ethiopia: Travel - Swayne's Hartebeest: an Indigenous Beauty Saved By Indigenous System

"Senkelle is the wealth of the Oromo as it is conserved by the Gada System. If the system was extended as it should have been the world would have benefited, let alone the region.… Read more »

Ethiopia: Commission Calls On Govt to Restore Services in Tigray, Wants Independent Investigation Into Rights Violations

EHRC also said it has been "monitoring complaints of ethnic profiling of Tigrayan origin most notably manifested in forced leave from work and in stopping people from traveling… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray Youth Committed What Could Amount to War Crimes - Human Rights Commission

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found that an atrocious massacre of civilians has been committed by an informal group of Tigrayan youth known as 'Samri', aided and… Read more »