December 13, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Charges Four Including Construction and Logistics Deputy of Intelligence On Grand Corruption
The Ministry of Justice says it has filed grand corruption charges against four employees of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) including its deputy director for… Read more »
Ethiopia: AfDB Approves $10 M Grant to Support Tulu Moye Geothermal Resource Development
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $10 million reimbursable grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support a… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Ethiopia: Will Latest Crackdown Stop Corruption?
Corruption has become a daily inescapable challenge in Ethiopia to an extent that people are deprived of their rights to basic public services that they are legally entitled to. It… Read more »
Ethiopia: State-Owned Utility Suffers U.S.$1.8 Million Loss Due to Theft
State owned electric utility, Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), transmission lines and distribution stations operations sector said that in 2014 Ethiopian calendar alone, some 756… Read more »
Sudan: Benishangul Gumuz Region Signs Peace Agreement With Second Rebel Group, Deal Signed in Sudan
The Benishangul Gumuz regional government said it has signed a peace agreement on 10 December with the armed group Benishangul People's Liberation Movement (BPLM) in Khartoum,… Read more »
December 10, 2022
Ethiopia: Police Bosses Meet About How Media, Political Parties 'Create More Violence'
The federal police commission said a joint emergency meeting between the federal and and regional states police commissioners was held on Friday at the Ethiopian Federal Police… Read more »
Ethiopia: City Police Say Seven People Injured in Bomb Explosion in Lemi Kura District of Addis Abeba
Addis Abeba Police announced that seven people were injured when a bomb exploded on the balcony of a grocery store in Lemi Kura sub-city, district (Woreda) 9 of the capital Addis… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Ethiopia: Opposition OFC Calls for Comprehensive Peace Solution to Oromia War to Avert Looming National Crisis
The opposition party, Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), said Oromia "has entered into a stage of such a devastating war and great political crisis" while the overall political… Read more »
Ethiopia: UK Pledges Full Support to Ethiopia's 'Path to Recovery', Urges International Community to Rally Behind
UK's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly who is paying a working visit to Ethiopia to observe the improvements of humanitarian aid in the war-stricken northern part of the country… Read more »
Ethiopia: Tigray Interim Regional Administration: a Case for Government of National Unity
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December 08, 2022
Ethiopia: Orthodox Church Denounces Killings of Tigrayan Prisoners, Civilians in East Wollega
The Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church Abune Matias has denounced recent killings carried out in different parts of the country by armed groups and government… Read more »
Ethiopia: More Than 30,000 Civilians Displaced From Violence-Hit Districts Endure Dire Humanitarian Crisis
Civilians from the towns and villages of Gida Ayana and Kiramu districts of East Wollega Zone, in western Oromia who fled their homes due to the recent violence are going through… Read more »
Ethiopia: Civilians Subjected to 'Grave Violation of Human Rights' in Oromia - EHRC
Civilians are caught in crossfire and subjected to alarming crimes amounting to "grave violation of human rights" in the escalating attacks and militarized clashes in different… Read more »
Ethiopia: Conflict, Drought Forces 3.6 Million Children Out of School in Last Six Months Alone: New Report
A new report by the UN's global fund for education in emergencies, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), revealed that conflict, climate change, malnutrition and displacement forced 3.6… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Ethiopia: Tigray Capital Reconnected to National Power Grid, State-Owned Power Company Says
Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), state owned electric provider has said Mekelle, the capital city of the war torn Tigray region, is re-connected to the national power grid after… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ezema Recommends Arming Civilians At Risk
Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (Ezema), called on the federal government to "arm communities" living in "areas where government security forces cannot easily reach and are… Read more »
Ethiopia: Physicians Call On International, National Health Actors to Give Attention to War-Affected Areas in Oromia
Oromia Physicians' Association (OPA ), a non-governmental professional association, called on governmental and non-governmental bodies, international and national humanitarian… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethio-Russia Joint Ministerial Commission Meeting in Addis Discusses Trade, Economic, Scientific Cooperation
The 8th Ethiopia-Russia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) meeting kicked off on Tuesday in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Read more »
Ethiopia: A Year After Their Gada Leaders' Brutal Execution Karrayyu Community Get 'Neither Justice Nor Peace'
On 31 November around 41 members of Gada leaders of the pastoralist Karrayyu community were rounded up by government security forces at a place called Motoma, in Fentalle District… Read more »
December 06, 2022
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 »
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: Innovation - Third Round Hult Prize On Campus Kicks Off At Addis Abeba University
Addis Abeba Addis Abeba University (AAU) kicked off the latest edition of the HULT prize on-campus program with them "Challenging students to Redesign Fashion, launching an… Read more »
December 05, 2022
Ethiopia: Doctors Urge Govt Intervention to Lower Impact of Skyrocketing Stroke Cases
Yetimmork Derbe, 29, starts her day at 11 o'clock every morning. Being a mother of two children, she is responsible for looking after them, washing their clothes, serving them… Read more »
Ethiopia: Tigray Forces Commander Says Nearly 65% of Combatants Disengage From Front Line
Tigray topmost military commander General Tadesse Worede said nearly 65% of Tigray's armed combatants were disengaged from front lines as part of efforts to implement the permanent… Read more »