May 03, 2022
Ethiopia: Security Agency Says Cyber Attack On Grand Renaissance Dam, Financial Institutions Foiled
Shumete Gizaw (PhD), Director General of Information Network Security Agency (INSA) said that the Agency as thwarted planned cyber attacks targeting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance… Read more »
Ethiopia: Security Forces Detain 76 Suspects After Police Officer 'Accidentally Discharged' Teargas At Eid Prayers
Peace and Security Joint Task Force announced yesterday that it arrested 76 suspects accusing them of "leading involvement in the riots and violence" during the Eid al-Fitr prayers… Read more »
Ethiopia: Gunmen Kill Regional Govt Official
Gunmen killed Joberna Assefa, the Administrator of Derashe Special Woreda, in Konso zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples' (SNNP) region. He was killed on… Read more »
Ethiopia: Rights Commission Expresses Concern Over Detentions of Journalists
- Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) expressed concerns over medial professionals detentions and other factors affecting the media landscape in Ethiopia, including "taxation,… Read more »
Ethiopia: Court to Pass Verdict On ONN Journalists Accused of Collaborating With OLF to Install Transitional Govt in Oromia
The 17 defendants in the Qasim Abdullahi's file, including journalists Bikila Amenu, Dachasa Wirtu Bati, and Desu Dulla appeared at the Oromia Supreme court today as per the… Read more »
May 02, 2022
Ethiopia: Opposition Party Says Civilian Dying in Govt Campaign in Oromia
OFC detailed the killings of civilians in various places and said "more than 278 civilians were massacred only in the last few days, April 16-29, in a joint operation by the… Read more »
April 29, 2022
Ethiopia: UNICEF Executive Director Visits Drought-Stricken Somali Region
After a four-day visit to Ethiopia, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell called for a rapid scale-up of support to prevent a humanitarian disaster due to the drought in… Read more »
August 13, 2020
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 »
July 02, 2020
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 »
July 03, 2015
Ethiopia: Why Afaan Oromo Should Be the Other Federal Working Language in Ethiopia
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June 23, 2015
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 »