Ethiopia
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:13:47 GMTJournalist Arrested At Her House in Addis Abeba
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Journalist Meaza Mohammed was taken from her house in Addis Abeba Nifas Silk sub city this morning, according to her husband, Robel Gebeyehu who told Addis Standard, "They were not wearing uniforms but they showed her ...
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:07:02 GMTMore Misery for Millions As Aid Delivery Halted Amid Looting in Tigray
[DW] The United Nations has warned of increasing food insecurity for people living in northern Ethiopia after its warehouses, stocked with vital supplies, were ransacked.
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:53:45 GMTPolice Detain Terara Network Founder and Editor-in-Chief Tamerat Negera
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Terara Network Editor-in-Chief Tamrat Negera was taken from his home by the police this morning, the YouTube based media network said in a statement.
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:07:05 GMTTime to End Ethiopia's Unwinnable Civil War
[Crisis Group] Federal forces have recorded gains in recent weeks but Ethiopia's brutal civil war may well grind on without a winner. Addis Ababa must let more aid into blockaded Tigray and the region's dissident leadership should recognise the feder...
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:28:06 GMTTigray Forces Summarily Executed Civilians - Human Rights Watch
[HRW] Nairobi -- UN Rights Body Should Create International Inquiry into War Crimes
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:12:05 GMT'Ethiopia Among Worst Jailers of Journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa' - Committee to Protect Journalists
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In its 2021 report on the global status of press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Ethiopia among the worst jailers of journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa after Eritrea. The report that was released to...
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:40:18 GMTUN Suspends Vital Food Aid After Looting, Attacks By Tigray Rebels
[RFI] The UN World Food Program (WFP) has suspended aid distribution in the northern Ethiopian town of Kombolcha after "mass looting" of its warehouses blamed on Tigrayan forces.
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:17:14 GMTEthiopia's Civil War Dashes Once-High Hopes of Press Freedom
[CPJ] In a Facebook post at the end of October, Awlo Media Center, an Ethiopian online news outlet critical of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration, announced that the government's "pressure and obstruction" had forced it to shut down and lay o...
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:49:48 GMTObasanjo Visits Nairobi as Ethiopia Mediation Proves Elusive
[East African] African Union's High Representative for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday visited Nairobi as part of continued shuttle diplomacy over conflicts in the region.
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:03:39 GMTUN Food Stocks Looted in Northern Ethiopia - Some Aid Distribution Halted
[VOA] The United Nations said Wednesday that large amounts of food supplies have been looted from their warehouses in northern Ethiopia, leading to the suspension of food distributions in two towns.
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 06:01:23 GMTHow International Bodies Can Help Prevent More Massacres
[The New Humanitarian] Rome -- 'The lack of consequences for the crimes committed in Tigray has made it easier for warring parties to commit further atrocities.'
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:46:00 GMTActivist, Co-Founder of Online Media Ubuntu, Eyasped Tesfaye Arrested
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Activist and co-founder of youtube channel Ubuntu , Eyasped Tesfaye was arrested by police at his parents' house, his mother told the BBC Amharic. The former member of the Semayawi party was taken from his home yesterd...
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 06:46:40 GMTEthiopia Claims It Retook Towns as TPLF Claim Retreat, Not Surrender
[Nation] Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has indicated further crucial victories against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) even as the rebels claimed they had only retreated to strategise.
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 05:59:33 GMTTigray Conflict Threatens to Break Country Apart
[DW] After more than a year of war in Tigray, Ethiopia's ethnic divides now run deeper than ever. This will make it hard for the country to heal if peace ever comes.
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:14:58 GMTAbiy On Phone Call With Farmaajo As He Takes Break From War
[Dalsan Radio] Ethiopia's Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, on Wednesday, held a phone conversation with Somalia's president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo over bilateral issues.
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:31:23 GMTWhither Ethiopia, Whither...
[Ghanaian Times] After twelve months of fighting that has caused thousands of lives and millions displaced, and thousands more faced with the grim prospect of a famine, international efforts aimed at a cessation of hostilities between Ethiopian Feder...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:13:49 GMTNational Bank Amends Foreign Exchange Management Directive
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Earlier last week, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued a new directive, amending an earlier directive in use since October 2020. The NBE explained that the new directive would enable it to carefully manage its s...
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:39:04 GMTWax and Gold - the War for the Body and Spirit of Ethiopia
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Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:19:34 GMTGovt Claims Strategic Gains Despite TPLF Denials
[DW] Dessie and Kombolcha are now the front lines of the ongoing Tigray conflict. Ethiopian forces have claimed they have taken the key towns but Tigrayan forces say they made a planned withdrawal.
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:14:34 GMTGovt Forces Retake Dessie, Kombolcha Cities
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Federal allied forces from the national defense forces and Amhara and Afar special forces as well as Amhara Popular Force (Fano) militia have yesterday retaken Dessie and Kombolcha cities in Amhara state from Tigrayan ...
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:52:27 GMTSevere Cash Crunch Threatens WFP Operations in Ethiopia
[UN News] Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday.
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:29:29 GMTSix Nations Call On Ethiopia to Stop Mass Detentions
[VOA] Six nations including the United States say they are "profoundly concerned" about reports that the Ethiopian government is carryout mass detentions based on ethnicity and without charge.
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:39:19 GMTU.S. Embassy in Ethiopia Provides Plane to Evacuate Its Citizens
[East African] The US Embassy in Ethiopia has urged its citizens in Addis Ababa to leave the country, providing several evacuation options for its citizens, amid heightened conflict in the country.
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:15:58 GMTU.S. Provides Evacuation Plane for Its Citizens in Addis
[Nation] The embassy of the United States in Ethiopia has provided several evacuation options for its citizens in the Capital Addis-Ababa as conflict continues in the country.
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:05:20 GMTWFP Warns That Millions Could Fall Deeper Into Hunger As It Faces 'Major Funding Shortfall' in Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations World Food Programme said in a statement that its ability to meet the critical food and nutrition needs of millions of people in Ethiopia due to shortage of funding. WFP said it has a funding gap of ...
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:04:18 GMTSchools Closure Starts Today to Dispatch Students to Help With Harvesting
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Education last week announced its decision to close all secondary schools so students can harvest crops for those on the frontline of the war. The ministry defended its decision citing the need for the ...
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:55:09 GMTJoint Statement On Detentions in Ethiopia
[State Department] The following is the text of a joint statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:13:23 GMTAustralia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, UK, & US Call for Detention of Tigrayans to 'Cease Immediately'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A joint statement signed by the governments ofAustralia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States and released this afternoon expressed profound concern about the "detention of certai...
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 15:29:46 GMTAbiy's Efforts to Block External Supplies to TPLF Attract Mideast Powers to Conflict
[East African] The desire by the Ethiopian government to seal off external access routes for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has attracted Middle East rivals to the Tigray war, adding outside influence to the year-long conflict.
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 15:51:30 GMTConcerns Over Safety of Nigerians Caught in Ethiopian Civil War
[Leadership] The civil strife in Ethiopia is a safety concern for Nigerians living in the East African country following advisories issued by some countries and organisations for their citizens and staff to leave the country amid the escalating civil...