Ethiopia: #asdailyscoop - Italy's PM Due in Ethiopia for Two Days Official Visit

Addis Abeba- Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will pay a two-day official visit on 14 and 15 to Ethiopia. Read more »

Ethiopia: Heavy Fighting Near Debre Birhan As Violence Continues to Rock Amhara Region

Several cities in the Amhara region, including the capital Bahir Dar, have continued to witness violence on Tuesday following protests against the government's move to disband the… Read more »

Ethiopia: UNHCR Relocates More Than One Thousand Somalia Refugees Newly Arrived in Ethiopia

1,036 most vulnerable and newly arrived refugees in the Somali region of Ethiopia, who fled clashes in Somalia's Lascanood city, have been relocated from border areas to a new… Read more »

Ethiopia: Police Accuses Meskerem Abera of Giving 'Shooting Exercise' to Informal Groups, Requests 13 More Days to File Charges

Meskerem Abera, founder and owner of "Ethio Nikat", a YouTube-based media, who was arrested for the third time on Sunday by members of the federal police and security officers… Read more »

Ethiopia: Catholic Relief Services 'Devastated' After Two Staff Shot and Killed in Amhara Region

Aid agency Catholic Relief Services said it was "devastated" by the death of two staff members who were "shot and killed in [an] CRS vehicle in the Amhara region" where tensions… Read more »

Ethiopia: Health Minister Arrives in Tigray to Discuss Rehabilitation of Health Facilities Damaged in War

High level federal delegation from Ministry of Health led by minister Liya Tadesse (PhD) has arrived in Tigray, Mekelle, today to observe the status of severely damaged health… Read more »

Ethiopia: German Commissioner for Human Rights Due in Ethiopia Today

Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, is traveling to Ethiopia from 11 to 14 April and… Read more »

Ethiopia: Somali State Cabinet Unanimously Approves Govt's Plan to Dissolve, Reintegrate Regional Special Forces

The Cabinet of the Somali Regional state has passed a unanimous vote to implement the federal government's plan for "the reorganization of the special forces of the region",… Read more »

Ethiopia: Heavy Artillery Fired in Kobo As Protests Engulf Amhara Region Following Decision to Dissolve Regional Special Forces

The security situation in Amhara region is changing fast as civilians in various cities of the region staged protests against the government's "practical activities" to dissolve… Read more »

Ethiopia: Gonder City Security Command Post Imposes Restrictions On Firearms, Movements a Day After Mass Protest

Addis Abeba- The Security Command Post office of the city of Gonder in Amhara regional state announced a list of movement restrictions. Read more »

Ethiopia: Ruling Party Warns Opposition Political Actors, Activists to Refrain From 'Illegal and Unprincipled Activities'

The ruling Prosperity Party (PP) issued a stern warning to opposition "political actors" and social media influencers to refrain from "illegal and unprincipled activities" related… Read more »

Ethiopia: Is Tigray's Plan to Resume Schools Soon Far Out of Reach?

A month ago, the Education Bureau in Tigray region announced a plan to resume schooling, which had been shut down as a consequence of the two-year-long war in the region between… Read more »

Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Vows Govt Steps to Dissolve, Reintegrate Special Forces

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced early this morning that the government's decision to dissolve and reintegrate regional special forces into other security structures "will be… Read more »

Ethiopia: More Than 90 Foreign Nationals, Locals Detained for Alleged 'Illegal Exploitation' of Gold

Security and Intelligence Joint Task Force announced detaining more than 90 foreign nationals and their local associates for allegedly engaging in "illegal exploitation" of gold… Read more »

Ethiopia: Moves to Dissolve, Re-enlist Controversial Regional Special Forces

The federal government has announced last night that it has started taking "practical activities" to dissolve the controversial regional state special forces following a decision… Read more »

Ethiopia: Transport and Logistics, Tigray Region Officials Discuss Ways to Reopen Land Transport to Tigray

The Ministry of Transport and Logistics said its senior officials held a consultative meeting in with officials of the Tigray Regional State interim administration on ways to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Security, Intelligence Task Force Detains 'Covert Group' Suspected of Working to 'Instigate Nation-Wide Conflict'

The Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force in the capital announced that it has detained several members of "covert group" whom it accused of allegedly attempting to "instigate… Read more »

Ethiopia: U.S. Sanctioned Military Leader Visits Ethiopian Intelligence, Security Facilities to 'Consolidate Military Ties'

A delegation of Eritrean army generals and senior officials led by General Abraha Kassa, head of Eritrean National Security Agency who was sanctioned by the US government in… Read more »

Ethiopia: Gambella Region Deputy Police Chief Appears in Court On Suspicion of Commanding Brutal Killing of Innocent Civilians

Tut Kor, the former deputy commissioner of the Gambella regional police commission, has been brought to court suspected of gathering police members and commanding them to kill… Read more »

Ethiopia: Parliament Revokes Dr Chala Wata's Immunity, Approves Lelise Desalegn's Appointment As President of Federal High Court

The House of Peoples Representatives (HoPR) has voted to revoke the immunity of MP Chala Wata (PhD) on a corruption related offense. Read more »

Ethiopia: The Fracturing of the Oromo Elite and Return of Ethiopia's Law and Order State

Ethiopia's delicate transition is under severe strain. A ferocious burst of communal violence in July, touched off by the murder of a popular Oromo singer, which claimed some 160… Read more »

Ethiopia: Funeral Ceremony for Slain Oromo Artist Happening in Ambo Amid Tight Security

The funeral ceremony for slain Oromo singer/song writer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa is taking place amid tight security in his native city Ambo, some 107 km west of the capital Addis… Read more »

Ethiopia: Why Afaan Oromo Should Be the Other Federal Working Language in Ethiopia

The top twenty three reasons Read more »

Ethiopia: The Poetics and Politics of Oromo Resistance

Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating 'the Oromo question'. Read more »