Ethiopia: 'It Feels As If George Orwell Wrote About What Oromos Continue to Go Through... ' - Translating 'Animal Farm' Into Afaan Oromoo

Amenti Bonja was born in East Shewa zone of Oromia, in a rural area called Qilee Dooyyoo, where he spent the first seven years of his life. He started his first grade education at… Read more »

Ethiopia: Fitch Downgrades Ethiopia to 'CCC-' - Removes From Under Criteria Observation

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Ethiopia: Tigray Leader Blames Federal Govt for Slow Implementation of Peace Agreement, Obstructing Humanitarian Aid

Leader of Tigray Regional State, Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), said on Sunday that although his side has been implementing the Pretoria and Nairobi peace pact since it was signed,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Hit By Sugar Shortage - Trade Bureau

The Addis Abeba City Administration Trade Bureau has announced that the capital city is hit by severe shortage in the supply of sugar products in the city. Read more »

Ethiopia: Oromia Police Detain Ethiopian Tallest Man Negewo Jima for a Week, Fail to Bring Him to Court of Law

Oromia police have detained Ethiopian tallest man, Negewo Jimma, in Meki town, East Shoa zone, since Saturday 10 December 2022, Negewo's family confirmed to Addis Standard. Read more »

Ethiopia: Oromia Security Situation 'Fast Deteriorating, As Thousands Displaced, Essential Services Not Functional: UN

A new report by the United Nation's Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says humanitarian delivery to people in need in the Oromia regional state is "fast… Read more »

Ethiopia: Federal Police Detain Meskerem Abera, Again - Request 14 More Days to File Charges of Multiple Offences

The Federal Police in Addis Abeba detained, for the second time, Meskerem Abera, founder and owner of "Ethio Niqat", a YouTube based media where she frequently appears, on 14… Read more »

Ethiopia: New Amnesty Report Reveals Ethiopian Migrants Forcibly Returned After Detention in Abhorrent Conditions in Saudi Arabia

A new report by Amnesty International revealed that Saudi authorities are forcibly returning hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian migrants after arbitrarily holding them in… Read more »

Ethiopia: Skepticism, Higher Prices Drag Govt's Effort to Encourage Use of EVs in Ethiopia

Electric Vehicles (EV) are slowly gaining momentum on the roads in Ethiopia's capital Addis Abeba, as the government exempted them from value added tax and excise tax since… Read more »

East Africa: WHO Director General Says Eritrean Troops 'Murdered' His Uncle, More Than 50 People in Tigray Village

Tedros Adhanom (PhD), Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said Eritrean troops have killed his uncle and "more than 50" others in a village in the Tigray… Read more »

Ethiopia: Akobo Minerals Makes a Third Gold Discovery At Segele

Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, today announced that it has made a new gold discovery at Segele. "This is the third… Read more »

Ethiopia: WB Emphasizes Importance of Ending the Country's Internal Conflict

In a meeting held with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the World Bank Group President David Malpass "emphasized to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed the importance of ending internal conflict… Read more »

East Africa: Abiy, Blinken Discuss Urgent Need for Withdrawal of Eritrean Forces

In the first ever in-person meeting held between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the two "discussed the urgent need for all Eritrean forces to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Court Hands Death Sentence to Police Officer Who Shot Dead Somali Region MP

High court in Jigjiga, the capital of Somali regional state, sentenced to death on 12 December a member of federal police who shot and killed Juweria Subcis, a member of the ruling… Read more »

Ethiopia: Lawmakers Oromia Request Tigray Peace Deal Redo Between Govt, OLA Armed Group

Members of Ethiopian parliament elected from the Oromia region said they have submitted a letter consisting ten points to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and senior leaders of the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Unrest, Violence in Addis Schools About Oromia Flag, Anthem Lead to Security Crackdown

On Monday 12 December, Lydia Girma, Head of the Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Administration Bureau, announced that security forces in the city detained 72 individuals on… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Threatens to Sue Safaricom Ethiopia Over Service Disruptions in Afar Region

Ethio Telecom says the service disruption its customers experienced in Semera, the capital city of Afar regional state, on Sunday, 11 December was due to telecom lines installation… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Threatens to Sue Safaricom Ethiopia Over Service Disruptions in Afar Region

Ethio Telecom says the service disruption its customers experienced in Semera, the capital city of Afar regional state, on Sunday, 11 December was due to telecom lines installation… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »