Ethiopia: Rhode Island-Based U.S. Defense Team Begins Peacekeeping and Human Rights Training in Ethiopia

A U.S. defense team from Rhode Island has begun providing military training at Ethiopia's Defense Peacekeeping Center, focusing on human rights protection and compliance with… Read more »

Ethiopia: Western Tigray's Crisis - How Federal Backing of Extra-Constitutional Committees Undermines Pretoria Accord

Nearly six years since the outbreak of the war in Tigray, the federal government's narrative of a "law enforcement operation" has collapsed under the weight of a singular,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Fano Leader Says Armed Groups Have Formed Coalition to Work Toward 'Fall of Abiy Ahmed'

Zemene Kassie, chairman of the Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM), says Fano has established a unified command structure and reached agreements with armed groups representing… Read more »

Ethiopia: Fighting Erupts in Somalia's Baidoa Between Federal Forces, Former Southwest President Loyalists

Heavy fighting erupted in central Baidoa on Monday between Somali federal forces and armed groups loyal to former South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Drought Threatens Livelihoods of Irob Minority Community in Eastern Tigray

A worsening shortage of rainfall is putting the livelihoods of the Irob community in eastern Tigray at growing risk, with local authorities warning that prolonged dry conditions… Read more »

Ethiopia: Beyond National Dialogue - Political Architecture for Democratic Transition in Ethiopia

On 15 July 2026, Ethiopia's long-awaited National Dialogue Conference officially commenced in Addis Abeba. The Conference has again placed Ethiopia's constitutional future at the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Growing Malaria Drug Resistance Posing Threat to Frontline Treatment, New Study Reveals

A nationwide genomic surveillance study has identified widespread antimalarial drug-resistance markers in Ethiopia, including mutations associated with partial artemisinin… Read more »

Ethiopia: 50,600 Ethiopians Left Country in First Quarter of 2026 Amid Economic Hardship, Migrant Exploitation

An estimated 50,600 people left Ethiopia through the Eastern Route during the first quarter of 2026, as migrants increasingly used alternative routes and faced exploitation by… Read more »

Ethiopia: News - Coalition Says Abeshige Extrajudicial Killings 'Comparable to the Red Terror', Demands Investigation

The Coalition for Ethiopian Unity, a five-party opposition political coalition, has condemned the reported killing of three young men in Abeshige Woreda of Central Ethiopia… Read more »

Ethiopia: Five Detained Ethiopian Journalists Pressured to Admit Terrorism Involvement in Exchange for Release, CPJ Says

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ethiopian authorities to release five journalists who have been detained for about three years while awaiting trial,… Read more »

Sudan: RSF Says It Captures Key Sudan Town Near Ethiopian Border As Army Withdraws

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied fighters have advanced into Al Kurmuk, a strategically important town in Blue Nile State bordering Ethiopia, according to reports by… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigray Supreme Court Defends Zewdu Haftu Case Acquittal, Says Appeal Remains an Option

The Tigray Regional State Supreme Court has defended the acquittal of two men previously convicted of brutally murdering Zewdu Haftu, saying the Mekelle City High Court reached its… Read more »

Ethiopia: Media Warfare, National Consequences - How Ethiopia's Propaganda War Threatens Fragile Peace

Recently, media outlets affiliated with Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party have carried strikingly similar narratives about the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Whether… Read more »

Ethiopia: Forced Conscription Resurfaces Across Oromia As Ethiopia Continues to Grapple With Security Crises

Reports of forced conscription are resurfacing in several parts of Oromia, including the Sheger City area surrounding the capital Addis Abeba, with families alleging that young… Read more »

Ethiopia: Central Ethiopia Security Chief Says 'Measures' Against 'Armed Men' After Reported Extrajudicial Killings of Three

The head of Central Ethiopia Regional State's Peace and Security Bureau said authorities had taken "measures" against "armed men" in Abeshige Woreda who rejected "government calls… Read more »

Ethiopia: 'The Acquittal of Zewdu Haftu's Killers Is Killing Her Twice.' Nine Civic Group Coalition Demand Immediate Appeal

A coalition of nine Tigrayan civic and gender-justice advocacy organizations has demanded an immediate appeal of the acquittal of two men previously sentenced to life imprisonment… Read more »

Ethiopia: Economics of Language - Rethinking Ethiopia's Multilingual Future, Harnessing Human Capital Potential

Language policy has long been one of Ethiopia's most contested political issues. Debates have rightly focused on linguistic rights, cultural recognition, and political… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Bishoftu Airport Project Emerges As New Arena for US-China Competition

Ethiopia's planned US$12.5 billion Bishoftu International Airport has emerged as a new arena for competition between Chinese and US companies, with Beijing-backed firms leading the… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Paramilitary Forces Attack Border Town, Army Alleges Assault Launched From Ethiopia

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked the border town of Geissan in Blue Nile State on Tuesday, according to the RSF and local authorities, while a Sudanese army… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopians Make Up Overwhelming Majority of Migrants Arriving in Yemen Amid Worsening Regional Conditions

Ethiopian nationals accounted for 91% of the 13,687 migrants who arrived in Yemen in July 2026, making them by far the largest group of migrants recorded entering the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Drought Returns to Devastate Tigray's Abergelle Yechila

Severe drought has "killed thousands of livestock and left over 4,000 hectares of farmland" without satisfactory yields in Abergelle Yechila district in the Central Tigray Zone, as… Read more »

Ethiopia: Unraveling the Political Settlement That Held Ethiopia Together

Ethiopia is approaching a dangerous precipice. The armed conflicts in Oromia and Amhara, and the possibility of renewed war in Tigray, are only the visible crises. Beneath them… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland's Unrewarded Success - From Independence to Democratic Governance and Right to Re-Recognition

Over six decades ago, on 26 June 1960, Somaliland became the first East African country to obtain independence from colonial rule, having previously been a British protectorate. At… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Hands Over Burhakaba Base After Nearly 12 Years As Aussom Faces Mounting Funding Crisis

Ethiopia has handed over its forward operating base in Burhakaba, a strategic town in Somalia's Bay region, to Somali security forces as part of the ongoing transition toward… Read more »

Ethiopia: Authorities in Benishangul-Gumz Say Security Forces 'Repel' Armed Group's Attempted Entry Into Gilgel Beles

Security forces in Metekel Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, have repelled an alleged attempt by armed groups to enter Gilgel Beles town early Tuesday morning, according to… Read more »