Ethiopia: Rights Group Says Saudi Arabia Executed At Least 17 Ethiopians Over Non-Lethal Drug Offenses in 2026, With Five Executed in a Single Day

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Ethiopia: Renewed Oromia-Sidama Border Clashes Leave Several Dead, School Burned, Crops Destroyed As Residents Question Peace Efforts

Renewed clashes along the border between East Guji Zone of Oromia Region and East Sidama Zone of Sidama Region have left at least 10 people dead, dozens injured, and thousands… Read more »

Ethiopia: Red Sea Security, Berbera Access - Geopolitical Realities Propelling Somaliland Recognition

For more than three decades, Somaliland has presented one of the most striking anomalies in contemporary international politics. It satisfies all classical criteria of statehood… Read more »

Ethiopia: World Council of Churches Condemns Reported Drone Strike On Monastery in Amhara, Calls for Impartial Investigation

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has condemned the reported drone strike on Abbay Giyorgis St. Arsema Unity Monastery in Ethiopia's Amhara Region, urging an immediate,… Read more »

Ethiopia: El Niño-Linked Extreme Weather Deepens Tigray Crisis As Hailstorm Kills Child, Displaces More Than 10,000 People

A devastating hailstorm and heavy rain in Tigray Region's Central Zone have killed a child, destroyed crops, killed livestock and displaced more than 10,000 people, adding to a… Read more »

Ethiopia: Local Rights Group Says 432 Civilians Killed in Targeted Attacks On Orthodox Christians in East Arsi Since 2021 - Thousands Displaced

The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) says at least 432 civilians and four local militia members have been killed in armed attacks across the East Arsi Zone of Oromia Region… Read more »

Ethiopia: Weaponizing Insecurity - How Survival Became Ethiopia's Governing Logic

The most serious accusation against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government is not that it secretly commands every armed group operating in Ethiopia. That claim requires evidence… Read more »

Ethiopia: Over 60 Percent Ethiopians Experienced Food Insecurity Between 2023-25, Healthy Diets Remain Unaffordable to Over Two-Thirds - Estimate Excluded Tigray

Nearly 80 million Ethiopians experienced moderate or severe food insecurity between 2023 and 2025, while more than two-thirds of the country's population could not afford a … Read more »

Ethiopia: Orthodox Patriarch Condemns Attacks On Believers After Monastery Drone Strike in Amhara, Separate Assault in Central Ethiopia Regions

His Holiness Abune Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, has strongly condemned recent attacks targeting monasteries and believers in the Amhara and Central… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Signals Renewed Africa Security Push Centered On Logistics, Partnerships At Addis Defense Summit

Senior United States officials used the opening of the African Logistics Communications Symposium (ALCS) in Addis Abeba on Monday to outline what appears to be an evolving U.S. … Read more »

Ethiopia: Fano Rejects National Dialogue Conference, Urges Boycott and Intensified Anti-Government Struggle

The Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM) has rejected Ethiopia's ongoing National Dialogue conference, describing it as a political exercise designed to restore the ruling… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Refugee Confronts Anti-Immigrant Protesters in South Africa As Xenophobic Tensions Deepen

An Ethiopian refugee who has lived in South Africa for more than 16 years confronted anti-immigrant protesters demanding that he shut down his tuck shop and leave the country,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Addis Ababa University Wins Inaugural Mastercard Foundation Prize, Secures $3 Million for Higher Education Transformation

Addis Ababa University (AAU) has been named one of five African universities to receive the inaugural Africa Higher Education for Transformation (AHEFT) Prize, securing USD 3… Read more »

Ethiopia: Federal Police Refer Case Against 17 Alleged Trafficking Syndicate Members Accused of Moving 40,000 Migrants, Extorting Over Birr One Billion

The Ethiopian Federal Police say they have completed an investigation and referred to the Ministry of Justice the case against 17 suspected members of an alleged transnational… Read more »

Ethiopia: Voting Interrupted in 'Certain Areas' of Oromia and Amhara Regions

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said 143 polling stations across the country failed to open today due to security-related problems, while voting that had already… Read more »

Ethiopia: Flash Floods, Landslides Kill 30 in Southern Ethiopia

Addis Abeba  – At least 30 people have died after landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall struck highland areas of Gamo Zone in the South Ethiopia… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Rights Commission Urges Urgent Federal, Oromia Action After Dozens Killed in Renewed Attacks in Oromia Region

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called on the federal government and the Oromia Regional State to take immediate, tangible, and sustainable measures to halt… Read more »

Eritrea: PM Abiy Issues Stern Warning to Eritrea, Says Further Attempt to Harm Ethiopia 'Will Be the Last'

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has warned that Ethiopia will not tolerate what he described as any further attempt by the Eritrean government to destabilize the country, saying a… Read more »

Ethiopia: Shrinking Press Freedom, Civic Space Undermine Free and Fair Election, Group of 41 Countries Cautions Ethiopia

A group of 41 countries has expressed concern over what it described as a shrinking civic space and deteriorating press freedom in Ethiopia, cautioning that ongoing restrictions on… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Kenya Agree to Launch Joint Military Operations to Secure Border Corridor, Lapsset

Ethiopia and Kenya have agreed to strengthen security coordination along the Moyale-Marsabit-Turkana corridor, endorsing structured joint military operations aimed at addressing… Read more »

Ethiopia: How National Army Battlefield Report, Fano Statements in Feb-March Lay Bare the Persistence and Intensity of Ongoing War in Amhara Region

More than two and a half years after the armed confrontation erupted in Ethiopia's Amhara region in April 2023, developments from early 2026 underscore not only the persistence of… Read more »

Ethiopia: UAE in Post-2018 Ethiopia - Strategic Depth or Ephemeral Hovering

Ethiopia has longstanding relations with countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. These relations--political, security, diplomatic, economic, and cultural--have been… Read more »

Ethiopia: Council of Ministers Refers External Loan Agreements to Parliament, Authorizes Mining License Deals

The Prime Minister's Office said the Council of Ministers has referred three external financing agreements to the House of Peoples' Representatives for approval and authorized the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Stalled Recovery, Rising Fragility - Tigray Between Self-Reliance and Societal Collapse

The people of Tigray, Ethiopia, have been stuck in misery and deprivation for the past five and a half years. Now, a new war looms over the region as the Ethiopian federal… Read more »

Ethiopia: PM Abiy Expresses Solidarity With Qatar in Call With Emir Following Iranian Attacks

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has expressed Ethiopia's solidarity with Qatar during a phone conversation with Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, following recent Iranian attacks that heightened… Read more »