[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told lawmakers today that the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) has decided to pursue peaceful path with the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) based on the national interest of the country,...

[VOA] Geneva -- A UNICEF official has told VOA that Ethiopia's drought-stricken population could face a full-blown famine without immediate help.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Around 80 households in Arada Sub City, Woreda 01 here in the capital Addis Abeba in the areas commonly known in Amharic as Eri Bekentu, are bracing for harsh rainy season after "the government has evicted us from our ...

[CPJ] Nairobi -- Ethiopian authorities should unconditionally release journalist Abebe Bayu and all other members of the press held for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.

[African Union] Addis Ababa -- 06 July 2022: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, has learnt with concern the reports of attacks in the Welega zone of the Oromia region in Western Ethiopia resulting in the deaths...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Members of the House of People's Representatives (HoPR) held a special session today on current security affairs in Ethiopia focusing on violence and atrocities against civilians perpetrated in "Oromia, Gembella, South...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "There were an unknown number of deaths and casualties following a peaceful demonstration in Shewa Robit town of the Amhara region," residents told Addis Standard. There are still some detainees in police custody after...

[allAfrica] Harare -- As its federal and Tigray regional governments are finally gearing up for direct negotiations for peace,  Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused a rebel group of carrying out a "new massacre" of civilians in the western Oromia s...

[IGAD] Nairobi -- Peace, Prosperity and Regional Integration - The 39th Heads of State and of State and Government Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on Tuesday, 5th of July 2022 in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya, c...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- More than 150 civilian members of Amhara community are reported to have been killed in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yesterday was a "new massacre" in Kellem Wollega environs, in western Oromia regional state. Pr...

[DW] Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Sudan's military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday to settle a border dispute that has led to violent clashes in recent weeks.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The families of Journalist Abebe Bayu, the YouTube based "Ethio Forum" media, said they were told by freed detainees that he is in Awash Arba, located in the Afar Regional state.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Charles Michel, President of the European Council, said that the EU was finalizing "measures worth ?81.5 million to support the basic needs of vulnerable population of Ethiopia."

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his delegation arrived in Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the 39th Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD Heads of State and Government.

[Crisis Group] Ethiopia's federal and Tigray regional governments are finally gearing up for direct negotiations. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert William Davison discusses why the feuding parties are edging toward peace and what the main obstacles a...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Addis Abeba City Trade Bureau said it has confiscated eight trucks loaded with fuel and belonging to fuel stations for allegedly failing to to allow the fuel trucks to enter Addis Abeba city. The news comes in the ...

[HRW] Ethiopia's Tigray War Overshadows Ongoing Cycles of Violence in Oromia

[VOA] Geneva -- A senior UNICEF official says humanitarian aid is flowing into previously inaccessible areas in northern Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region. He says lifesaving aid is reaching hundreds of thousands of people in need thanks to the gove...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Laga Dadi groundwater project which cost 4.2 billion ETB was inaugurated today. It has two reservoirs with a capacity of 2,000 cubic meters and 5,000 cubic meters, according to a local news agency. The ceremony was...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal High Court Lideta Division First Constitutional and Terrorism Criminal Bench granted Journalist Temesgen Desalegn a bail of 100,000 birr.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The House of Peoples' Representatives it strongly condemns the recent massacres of civilians in West Wollega and elsewhere in the country. The House issued the condemnation after a discussion between the leadership of ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal Police Commission said that it was investigating "extremist forces" suspected of causing property damage at the Addis Abeba Islamic Affairs Council bureau on Thursday 30 June.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved the second phase of the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the Horn of Africa (DRDIP II) for $180 million in International Development Associa...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A new report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said that in the month of May the Commission has followed and monitored the detention of around 9, 000 Tigrayans who are held "illegally and unconstitutional...

[UN News] UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they've launched a probe into an alleged massacre of at least 200 people in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's ruling party said this week it wants the African Union, partnering with the United States, to mediate any peace talks to end the war with Tigrayan forces. But the Tigray People's Liberation Front, or TPLF, has said it ...

[VOA] Chifra -- The battles between Ethiopian government-aligned troops and Tigrayan forces may have stopped, but herders in western Afar region are left fighting for survival.

[HRW] 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council

[VOA] Geneva -- A U.N. investigative panel is calling on the government of Ethiopia to end conflict-related rights violations on its territory and bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice. The commission has submitted its first report to the U.N. ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In the course of the twice-postponed and contested Ethiopia's sixth national elections held last in June 2021 in some parts of the country, opposition parties, Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo Federalist Congress...