[Ethiopian Herald] The famous shrine got its name from its location, Faraqasa, - a locality in Merti woreda of Arsi zone, Oromia region. It is situated 225 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa. The nearest big town to Faraqasa is Abomsa town, just abo...

[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is endowed with abundant agricultural resources because of its vast areas of fertile land, diverse climate, generally adequate rainfall, and large labor pool. The county's economy is highly dependent on agriculture, which ...

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today has expressed sadness at the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

[Ethiopian Herald] The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), African Union (AU) and African Field Epidemiology Network Limited (AFENL) signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement a project titled Republic of Korea (RO...

[Ethiopian Herald] Aimed at delivering advanced social, health and economic services Ethiopia is working on distributing digital ID cards to its citizens. Last week, Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT) State Minister Huriya Ali had consulted...

[Crisis Group] Tigray's leaders have withdrawn their forces from neighbouring regions and called for a cessation of hostilities followed by negotiations. Ethiopia's federal government should grasp this opportunity to end the fighting, while internati...

[Agenzia Fides] Addis Ababa -- "Ever since we began to see the bitter warning signs of a war, we have expressed in every way through declarations and prayers, the invitation to all actors to consider the path of dialogue rather than that of arms. War...

[CAF] Ethiopia's head coach Wubetu Abate has named a 25-man squad ahead of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021.

[U.S. Congress] Washington, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.) urged President Biden to reconsider his Administration's November 2, 2021 decision to terminate Ethiopia's designation as a benefic...

[CFR] Tigrayan forces' withdrawal from regions beyond Tigray, framed as an olive branch to the Ethiopian state to end the warring parties' conflict, is unlikely to have any meaningful effect in incentivizing peace.

[Ethiopian Herald] The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has recently passed a resolution on Ethiopia to undermine the efforts of the Ethiopian government to address the alleged human rights violations and the Joint Investigation Report of ...

[DW] The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said its forces will be returning to Tigray. The group's head said the move " will be a decisive opening for peace."

[RFI] Tigrayan forces fighting the central government have withdrawn from neighbouring regions in Ethiopia's north a step towards a possible ceasefire after major territorial gains by the Ethiopian military.

[Ethiopian Herald] The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) announced it is supporting various cross-border economic projects as part of integrating the region and promoting people-to-people ties.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The UN Security Council members will discuss the situation in Ethiopia under "any other business" today. The meeting was requested by Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, the UK and the US. Under-Secretary-General for Hum...

[Addis Standard] JAKENN Publishing PLC, the publisher of Addis Standard publication, is alarmed by the repeated dissemination of unfounded allegations and dangerous defamation by the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC).

[VOA] After months of fighting, forces of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front say they are withdrawing their forces to their home Tigray region.

[State Department] The United States is gravely concerned by unconfirmed new reports alleging mass detentions, killings, and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in western Tigray by Amhara security forces.  The UN reports that 1.2 million people h...

[Ethiopian Herald] The Ethiopian government said it will not acknowledge the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) resolution for the establishment of an independent investigation team for the alleged human rights violation in the northern conf...

[DW] Two weeks ago, the Ethiopian army regained control of key territories in the Amhara region from Tigrayan forces. Their war has left communities displaced and in mourning, infrastructure looted and the economy shattered.

[DW] The UN's human rights body voted to set up an experts panel to examine allegations of war crimes in Ethiopia. The resolution was brought forward by the EU.

[VOA] Following last month's release of a joint report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the United Nations citing widespread human rights abuses in the country, a U.N. human rights body voted Friday to establish a group of experts to furt...

[UN News] Serious concerns over alleged severe human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia should be investigated by an international rights probe, the Human Rights Council agreed in a vote on Friday.

[African Arguments] While Abiy may control the plains, the TPLF are almost impossible to defeat in the mountains. The one factor that could change things is external.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass detentions, killings, and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in the Western Tigray territory of northern Ethiopia, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The remaining people who were said to have gone missing after the contradicting reports surrounding the killing of 14 members of the Karrayyu Gadaa leadership were found in a detention center in Mojo, reports said. The...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The French Government donated 1,000, 800 doses of Johnson and Johnson covid-19 vaccines to Ethiopia, that will be delivered on December 17th in Addis-Abeba, through Covax mechanism.

[State Department] The United States is gravely concerned by unconfirmed new reports alleging mass detentions, killings, and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in western Tigray by Amhara security forces. The UN reports that 1.2 million people hav...

[Ethiopian Herald] Digital technologies are electronic tools, systems, devices and resources that generate, store or/and process data. Well known examples include social media, online games, multimedia and mobile phones. As well, digital learning is ...

[RSF] Arrests of more journalists in recent weeks for their coverage of the 13-month-old civil war have confirmed the disastrous setback for press freedom seen in Ethiopia in 2021, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF), calling on the authorities to f...