Ethiopia: Unidentified Assailants Kill Police Chief, Injured Another in Southwest Region

Unidentified armed assailants killed Godere Woreda police chief while another police sustained serious injury in an attack on a vehicle traveling from Mizan city, in the southwest… Read more »

Ethiopia: Militants Kill At Least Five, Wound Several People in Renewed Attacks in Western Oromia

Armed militants described as members of the irregular Fano militia killed at least five people, injured dozens in a new attack in Amuru district of Horo Guduru Wollega zone of the… Read more »

Ethiopia: US Senator Accuses 'Leaders At the Top' of Aid Organizations After Ethiopia Food Aid Theft Revelations

In a strongly worded statement issued last night, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member, Senator Jim Risch, denounced Wednesday's news revelations that… Read more »

Ethiopia: World Bank Group Pledges Support for Safaricom Ethiopia's Internet Expansion

The World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have revealed plans to fund the ongoing expansion of Safaricom… Read more »

Ethiopia: Safaricom Ethiopia Gets Additional Investment, Loan to Support Affordable Internet, Reliable Mobile Connectivity

World Bank Group signing an agreement with Safaricom Ethiopia (Photo: Anuwar Soussa, CEO, Safaricom Ethiopia) Read more »

Ethiopia: Blinken, Demeke Meet As USAID Suspends Food Aid to Ethiopia After Widespread, Coordinated Diversion

DPM/FM Demeke Mekonnen with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in March. Photo: Antony Blinken Read more »

Ethiopia: Donor-Funded Food Diversion in Ethiopia 'Coordinated, Criminal Scheme'

Following the suspension of food aid delivery by the USAID and WFP, which at first appeared to have been triggered by food aid diversion in the war-torn Tigray regional state, an… Read more »

Ethiopia: Oromia President Pledges to Address Muslim Community's Concerns Over Demolition of Mosques

Following a five-hour intensive discussion between the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council, under the leadership of Sheikh Haji Ibrahim Tufa, and Shemelis Abdissa, the… Read more »

Ethiopia: World Food Programme Refutes Report Saying Senior Staff in Ethiopia Resigned

The World Food Program (WFP) has denied what it described as an inaccurate media report about the resignation of its senior leadership in Ethiopia. Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopian Forces in Somalia Foil Attack By Al-Shabaab Militants - Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Ethiopian forces "foiled an attack by the terrorist Al-Shabaab group in Dolow town on the Ethiopia-Somalia border." Read more »

Ethiopia: Ceasefire Monitoring Experts' Term Extended Until December

Members of the African Union Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mechanism (AU-MVCM) team during the launching ceremony in Mekelle. Read more »

Ethiopia: Kebena Community in Gurage Zone to Replace Ge'ez Alphabet With Latin to Develop Kebena Written Language

Members of the Kebena community in the Kebena Woreda of the Gurage zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional said they are about to switch the use of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Senior Citizens of Tigray Stage Demonstrations in Mekelle Over Unpaid Pension

Hundreds of retired civil servants in the Tigray region have staged demonstrations in the capital Mekelle, protesting against interrupted pensions following the war that has… Read more »

Ethiopia: Unpacking Practical Hurdles, Concerns Over Transitional Justice Draft Policy Document

In the aftermath of the Tigray war, Ethiopia has unveiled a draft of its comprehensive Transitional Justice Policy, marking a decisive moment in the country's effort to come to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Says HRW Report On Ethnic Cleansing in Western Tigray 'Distorted and Misleading'

The Ethiopian federal government rejected a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing accounts of continued ethnic cleansing being committed in Western Tigray as a " distorted… Read more »

Ethiopia: Gambella-Dembidollo Road in Western Ethiopia Operational After Three Years

The Gambella to Shebel, Dembidollo road, connecting Gambella and Oromia regions in Western Ethiopia, which was closed for more than three years due to insecurity problems in the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Court Acquits Fano Militia Leader Zemene Kase

A court in Bahir Dar, capital of the Amhara region has exonerated Zemene Kase, leader of the Fano militia, due to insufficient evidence corroborating the charges filed against him,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Children Dying of Acute Malnutrition in Tigray, Sharply Increasing Amid Dire Humanitarian Crisis

The Tigray regional health bureau said the number of under five children dying of acute malnutrition has increased by 28% between March and April amidst worsening humanitarian… Read more »

Ethiopia: Exchange Rate Reform - Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

The political and business corridors of Addis Abeba are overwhelmed by talks of an upcoming devaluation of the local currency - Ethiopian Birr. This is despite a recent statement… Read more »

Ethiopia: Rights Commission Urges Immediate Halt to Ever-Increasing Enforced Disappearance of People

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has urged the need to immediately halt the ever-increasing enforced disappearance of people in Ethiopia and advised the government to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Watchdog Says Eritrean Refugees and Asylum Seekers Subjected to Arbitrary Arrest in Addis Abeba

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said following complaints filed to the commission by Eritrean refugees and Asylum seekers in Addis Abeba, it observed that hundreds of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines Refutes Accusation of Blocking Tigrayans From Travel

Ethiopian Airlines Group refuted as "false allegation" a report that its services was blocking Tigrayans from travel to and the the Tigray regional state. Read more »

Ethiopia: Thousands Attend Funeral of Four Muslims Killed By Security Forces in Addis Abeba

Thousands attended the funeral ceremony of Muslims who were killed by security forces. Photo: Harun Media Read more »

Ethiopia: House Committee Finds Illicit Fertiliser Trade in Amhara Region

Members of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Affairs of the House of People's Representatives (HoPR) inspecting fertilizer stockpile in Amhara region. Photo: HoPR Read more »

Ethiopia: Heavy Rainfall Amid Refugee Influx From Sudan Intensifies Challenges At Metema Border Point

Heavy rainfall in Metema over the last few days has exacerbated an already challenging situation of refugees crossing to Ethiopia from war-torn Sudan, according to a recent UN… Read more »