[The Conversation Africa] The African Union (AU) held its first summit in 2002, establishing itself as a new international organisation. It also launched a new vision for African security cooperation.

[IPS] Dili -- Seven highly respected leaders in conflict resolution have issued a call for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to take immediate action to bring a halt to the atrocities being committed in the Tigray region of his nation. The letter u...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The South West Regional State referendum Organizing Committee has requested the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) to reconsider its decision to extend the planned referendum date. The Committee also requested...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ever since Abiy Ahmed was installed as Prime Minister in 2018 by the then ruling EPRDF party, following the 2016-2018 popular unrest, Ethiopia and Ethiopians have been continuously experiencing massive displacements, p...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a press conference, Gebreegziabher Aregawi, Director of the Tigray Regional State Agricultural and Rural Development Bureau Disaster Risk Management Directorate, said that 6.3 people in Tigray require immediate huma...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a statement released last night by the State Department, the United States said it was "gravely concerned about the environment under which these upcoming elections are to be held," and cited "the detention of oppos...

[VOA] Geneva -- United Nations agencies are warning that tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia's northern Tigray province are at risk of death from starvation and malnutrition-related illnesses because aid agencies cannot reach the region with hu...

[State Department] On June 21, many Ethiopians will be able to cast ballots in elections, an important exercise of their civil and political rights.

[Africa Renewal] Frequent air travelers within Africa agree that the cost of air tickets is too high. So serious is this issue that top African aviation stakeholders met virtually early this year to discuss factors responsible for the high cost of ai...

[Africa Renewal] Only 38 million vaccines have been received on the continent of about 1.2 billion people.

[United States Mission to the United Nations] (AS DELIVERED) I guess that's where we'll start now is just by saying I feel like we've been muted for the past seven months on Tigray. But, again, where I started is to thank you, Nima, and to welcome ev...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) yesterday released another statement reiterating calls on the international community to press for immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Oromia and Benishangul- Gumuz regions. Th...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Following an announcement of the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) to postpone the South West Regional referendum, Kaffa and Daworo zones voiced their disappointment. Officials from both zones said in statemen...

[VOA] Geneva -- The World Food Program warns the food situation in northern Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region has reached catastrophic proportions and people are beginning to die. The United Nations warns more than 350,000 people in Tigray are faci...

[HRW] To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland)

[HRW] UN Says 350,000 People in Tigray Starving, Millions More at Risk

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Ministry of Information has denied reports that Somali troops were trained in Eritrea and fought in Ethiopia's war in Tigray. The rejection came as parents of allegedly missing troops held another protest demanding to kno...

[UN News] The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver lifesaving assistance to Ethiopia's Tigray region, where ongoing fighting between government and regional forces has put some 350,000 people at ...

[DW] United Nations experts say some 350,000 people in Ethiopia's Tigray province are acutely threatened by starvation, with millions more at risk. Agencies and aid groups say conflict is to blame.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- At a presser the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) gave to the media today, it unveiled a date for a second round of elections in 54 constituencies despite scheduling the date for polling in said constituenci...

[HRW] Nairobi -- Hold Abusive Officials, Security Forces Accountable

[Addis Standard] Addis Abebe -- The recent US government sanction on Ethiopia has exacerbated polarization of public opinion among Ethiopians both at home and abroad. As it happens, even in normal times, political discourse in Ethiopia comes in black...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- The role of civic society organizations (CSOs) in elections often takes the form of support for institutional processes and creates awareness in a given community to substantiate democratic and peaceful electoral envir...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Following an official one-day visit to Sudan by Egyptian ministers of Foreign Affairs and Irrigation and a meeting with senior officials in Sudan, the two sides issued a joint statement on the meeting of the Ministers ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- According to the East Wellega Zonal Disaster Risk Management Office (DRMO), the number of conflict-displaced people (IDP) in East Wollega Zone, in Oromia regional state, has reached 55,163 (9,825 households) following ...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan and Egypt issued a joint statement yesterday to express their concerns over the unresolved issues regarding the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) after a meeting between ministers of both countries...

[DW] Ethiopia's civil actors are key to mobilizing and ensuring that the electoral process reaches the remotest places. But they face hurdles in a country still shaped by years of feeble democracy and top-down approaches.

[VOA] Hawzen -- On the outskirts of Hawzen, Ethiopia, rocks and dirt cover the bodies of war victims in shallow graves.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concerns over the reports of three individuals who were returned from Djibouti to Addis Ababa last week. The Ethiopian federal police commission said that the...

[VOA] Mekelle, Edaga Hamus, Ethiopia -- Fifteen-year-old Beriha lost one eye in the war and was permanently blinded in the other.