Ethiopia: Despite Public Protests Over Exclusion, Admin Hurdle, Shaggar City Council Established, Mayor Sworn in

Municipal council of the recently established Shaggar City has held its inaugural assembly to form a Council and has appointed officials including speaker and mayor to the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Detainees Disappear In Custody, Police Ignore Court Orders

Disappearance in police custody and remaining behind bars despite acquittal by the court of law became a modus operandi in the Oromia regional state. Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Sudan Border Communities Hold People-to-People Dialogue to Resolve Frequent Insecurities

Ethiopians residing in Western Gonder, Quara district and the Sudanese residing in Ankurana and Kerchedi villages held people to people discussions on 01 January aimed at… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray's Biggest Hospital Remains Short of Medical Supplies

Doctors at Ayder Comprehensive Referral hospital, the biggest in war-torn Tigray Region told Addis Standard, that, "medicine supply remains in shortage" despite the peace deal. Read more »

Ethiopia: Army Threatens to Eradicate Oromo Armed Group

The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) has announced, once again, a renewed military operation against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which the government refers to as… Read more »

Ethiopia: Why Tigray Needs Technocratic Interim Government Now

On Monday, December 19, 2022, a document specifying terms of reference (TOR) for a monitoring, verification, and compliance mechanism of the "Permanent Cessation of Hostilities… Read more »

Ethiopia: Govt Loses Second Bid to Defund UN Rights Experts

Ethiopia's draft resolution requesting the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly to not approve any resources for the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on… Read more »

Ethiopia: Measles Vaccination Drive Targets More Than 15 Million Children

UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and other partners kicked off on Friday, a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targeting more than 15 million children. Read more »

Ethiopia: Emotions Burst As Tigrayan Families Disconnected By Blockade Meet Loved Ones in Mekelle

Scenes of ululations, tight hugs and kisses, prayers, tears and gasps. These were emotions visibly displayed when civilian passengers on board Ethiopian Airlines' first commercial… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Army Chief Leads Delegation to Türkiye, Meet Counterpart, Tours Defense Tech Industries

A delegation led by Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), is visiting Türkiye where he met and discussed with his… Read more »

Ethiopia: Authorities Withhold Over U.S.$20 Million In Alleged Illegal Foreign Currency

Ethiopian Financial Intelligence Service (FIS) said it has suspended more than US$20 million which it said was allegedly accumulated in illegally collected foreign currency. Read more »

Ethiopia: Over 300 Covid Health Workers Dismissed From Their Jobs Send Complaint Letter to PM Abiy

About 340 health professionals have sent a letter of complaint to the Prime Minister's Office arguing that the ministry of health dismissed them after three years' service on… Read more »

Ethiopia: Parliament Speaker Leads First High-Level Federal Officials Delegation to Mekelle

A high level delegation of federal government officials led by Tagesse Chafo, Speaker of the House People's representatives (HoPR) is headed to the capital of Tigray regional… Read more »

Ethiopia: Education Cannot Wait Announces U.S.$5 Million Grant in Response to Drought i

In response to a devastating drought that has impacted 1.6 million children, taken lives and pushed millions into hunger, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today a US$5 million… Read more »

Ethiopia: Red Cross Unable to Deliver Services in Tigray

Ethiopian Red Cross Tigray branch office has said it is unable to deliver its services to drought and conflict-stricken people in the Tigray due to scarcity of medicine and… Read more »

Ethiopia: Two Killed, Seven Injured in Dispute Over Borehole Drilling in Somali Region

Two people were killed and seven others were severely injured in Shilabo district of Korahe zone, in the Somali regional state, on Tuesday in a dispute after local authorities… Read more »

Somalia: Why It Is Time to 'Africanize' Somaliland's Foreign Policy

Few of us were surprised by the fact that the United States did not invite Somaliland and Eritrea to the U.S - Africa Leaders meeting, which was concluded last week in Washington… Read more »

Ethiopia: Amidst Growing Calls to Resolve Oromia Conflict Peacefully, Govt. Gears to Conduct 'Organized Law Enforcement Measures'

The Oromia regional state has announced that it is preparing to take an "organized law enforcement measure" against rebel group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which it refers to as… Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopia Secures Release of Six Djiboutian Soldiers Kidnapped By Armed Group

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told state media that the Ethiopian government has secured the release peacefully of six Djiboutian soldiers who were held hostage by the FRUD… Read more »

Ethiopia: Federal, Tigray Senior Military Commanders Meet in Nairobi

Representatives of the Ethiopian federal government and Tigrayan senior commanders are meeting in Nairobi at the Moran Training Center in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya for a consultative… Read more »

Ethiopia: Oromo and Amhara: the Quest for Transethnic Solidarity and Its Discontents

In Greater Ethiopia: The Evolution of a Multinational State, Donald Levine presents the Oromo and Amhara as two dominant ethnic groups who have taken turns in shaping Greater… Read more »

Ethiopia: Incessant Cement Supply Crisis BoGs Ethiopia Leaving Countless Workers Reel in Despair - Govt Hopes to Fine-Tune Chaos

The normalcy of cement production and distribution has fallen under impediments since the past three years in general, and past six months in particular, leaving significant number… Read more »

Ethiopia: CBE Resumes Banking Services in Three Tigray Cities, but Access to Savings, Cash Withdrawal Off Limit

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) said it has reopened branches and resumed banking services in Shire, Alamata and Korem, allowing people to deposit money and receive funds sent to… Read more »

Ethiopia: CPJ Demands Unconditional Release of Meskerem Abera, Cease Harassment On Members of Press

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday "Ethiopian police should unconditionally release online journalist Meskerem Abera and cease harassing members of the press." Read more »

Ethiopia: How Killing of Professor Unfolded, Led to U.S.$2 Billion Lawsuit Against Meta

Meareg Amare Abreha, 60, a father of four children, and a full-time Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Bahir Dar University, was shot dead in front of his residence around midday… Read more »