[ISS] Illegal transnational dealings drain government revenue and force Ethiopians to pay huge sums for fraudulent and dangerous cars.

[The Conversation Africa] The US has revived diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute sparked by Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project on the Nile. Sudan and Egypt, which rely most heavily on the Nile's water flow, consider the U...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia are undertaking a visit to Ethiopia from 25 to 30 July 2022. This will be the Commission's first visit to Ethiopia since it was established...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- On 29 December 2021, the House of People Representatives (HoPR), approved the establishment of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission under the proclamation No.1265/202. The proclamation establishing the Commission...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Somali regional state security council said on Sunday that Al-Shabaab militants entered the Somali region through Afdheer zone on 20 July; they crossed from Aato area, in Bakool region of neighboring Somalia border...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ambassador Mike Hammer, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA), is due to arrive in Ethiopia for his second visit since his assumed the position on 01 June. The Ambassadors' tour between July 24- 01 August w...

[Shabelle] The Security Council of the Somali Regional Government has issued a statement on a 4-day battle between the Liyu Police and Al-Shabaab fighters.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Joint task force also said it has foiled planned "terrorist attack" on capital, its environs by "Al-Shabaab, ISIS, TPLF junta, Shene and extremist Fano"

[African Arguments] The state has been pressured into talks in Tigray but not in Oromia, where a liberation movement complainsof generations of subjugation.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Members of the U.N. appointed International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia "will be in Addis Abeba on the week of July 25," a well placed source told Addis Standard.

[State Department] Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer will travel to Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Ethiopia July 24-August 1. He will provide U.S. support toward forging a diplomatic resolution to issues related to the Gr...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The International Monitory Fund (IMF) has briefed creditor's committee meeting under the G20 common framework on Tuesday 19 July and hinted at sending "program negotiation mission" to Ethiopia between "late September t...

[Capital FM] Eugene -- After securing their places in the men's 5000m final, Jacob Krop, Daniel Simiyu and Nicholas Kimeli have vowed to fight hard to seize the world title from their Ethiopian and Ugandan rivals.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba: Judges at the Oromia Supreme Court who are presiding over the case involving 17 defendants, including two journalists from Oromia News Network (ONN), on 21 July decided to accept the charges by the prosecutor and proceed...

[Addis Standard] Judges at the Arada Division of the Federal Court of First Instance ordered police to complete the investigation within 7 days on the case of Alazar Terefe, a journalist at the UAE owned Al-Ain, Amharic-based digital media, and adjou...

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Al-Shabab militants from Somalia launched a cross-border attack into Ethiopia's Somali region Thursday, triggering gunbattles with Ethiopia's paramilitary Liyu police that caused an unknown number of casualties. This is be...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Metema-Gallabat dry port on the Ethiopia-Sudan boarder has resumed service as of 21 July, according to Biks Worke, the Administrator of Western Gonder zone in Amhara regional state.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Henok Aklilu, the defense lawyer of journalist Temesgen Desalegn told Addis Standard that his client remained in police custody despite court bail because "the prosecutor requested the federal court to consider the rev...

[RFI] Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into the massacre of more than 400 Amhara civilians in Ethiopia's Oromia region last month, citing eyewitnesses who blamed a local rebel group for the killings.

[AI London] On 18 June hundreds of Amhara residents in Oromia region were killed and scores injured Victims' family members claim atrocities committed by Oromo Liberation Army Most of those killed were unarmed women and children, including newborns ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Civilians in areas bordering the Oromo Special zone and North Shewa zone of the Amhara regional state have once again came to bear the brunt of yet another round of violence which started on 10 July and lasted for days...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Mayor of Dire Dawa City Administration, Kedir Juhar, has announced the naming of a park in the city after prominent Oromo artist Ali Birra.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay a working visit to Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo on July 24-28, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba: Amnesty International has called for independent investigations into the killings of civilians on Saturday June 18 in Tole Kebele, Gimbi Woreda of west Wollega zone of Oromia regional state. Describing the massacre as "c...

[VOA] Heavy fighting was reported Wednesday after al-Shabab militants attacked two Somali towns along the border with Ethiopia.

[The Conversation Africa] In November 2020 an outbreak of violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region captured worldwide attention. The conflict was between Tigrayan forces and the forces of the Ethiopian government and its allies.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise said that Gibe, one of its cargo ships, has docked in Mombasa Port in Kenya after 23 years of absence.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba: The Burayu District Court, in Oromia Regional State Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, has passed a verdict on 18 July to free four senior officials of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) after assessing their Ha...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) contributed USD 60 million the World Food Program (WFP) to support its humanitarian response in Ethiopia, WFP said.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Leaders of the recently formed caucus of opposition parties have met with members of the diplomatic community at the British Embassy in Addis Abeba. In attendance at the meeting were high-ranking officials from the Oro...