[allAfrica] The Federal Government in Addis Ababa and Tigrayan authorities have agreed on a ceasefire.

[The Conversation Africa] The main combatants in the two-year Ethiopia-Tigray war have announced a dramatic pause in hostilities. What started on November 3 2020 as a swift armed mission by Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed to bring the rebellious ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- A new report by the UN said that at least nine people have died following the latest cholera outbreak across five districts in Oromia and Somali regional state, with over 330 cases reported as of 31 October.

[allAfrica] An agreement to end the fighting in northern parts of Ethiopia was announced at a press conference in Pretoria by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has been mediating peace talks on behalf of the African Union. The full agr...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Olusegun Obasanjo, the High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, announced that AU-led peace talks in South Africa has resulted in agreement of cessation of hostilities between the federal...

[UN News] A peace deal between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) signed on Wednesday in South Africa, represents "a critical first step" towards ending the brutal two year war, said the UN chief.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Olusegun Obasanjo, the High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, is scheduled to provide a briefing to the media today in the afternoon in Pretoria, according to the South African governme...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the federal government is "trying to convince [the] TPLF to respect the law of the land, to respect the constitution, to act as one state in Ethiopia."

[Shabait] During the past week, peace talks between the Ethiopian government and a delegation from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) took place in South Africa. The talks, led by the African Union and which finally commenced after earlier b...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Once hailed as one of the responses for Oromo residents of Addis Abeba city who want to send their kids to Afaan Oromo-only Schools, teachers and students in these schools are now reeling from the double shock of chron...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- The Ethiopian Electric Utility says electricity has been restored in areas stretching from Alamata in southern Tigray to Kobo in North Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region. The towns include Korem, Waja, Timuga, and Kobo, a...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says due to man-made and natural disasters including Covid-19 pandemic, drought and conflicts in Ethiopia women and children in have been exposed to heightened violations of...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has introduced a livestock insurance program in support of long-term resiliency efforts that help communities recover from the devastating impact of drought and be be...

[RFI] Peace talks between the Ethiopian government and rebel authorities in Tigray have been extended into this week. The talks are aimed at finding a resolution to the two-year conflict that has killed thousands of people and created a humanitarian ...

[The Exchange] Ethiopia is a unique country in Africa not only because it was not colonised but because it stands as a beacon of resilience regardless of the challenges it has faced over the decades.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ayder Referral Hospital, the largest hospital in the war-torn Tigray Region, is "doomed to collapse soon" if it is left without any support, the hospital's CEO Dr Kibrom G/Selassie warns.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A new report by UNICEF says since fighting resumed in late August in Northern Ethiopia, approximately 574,000 people have been additionally displaced in conflict affected Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions.

[The Herald] ETHIOPIAN Airlines yesterday made its maiden flight to Bulawayo as it landed at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport, a key development in the aviation industry that will boost the tourism sector as well as ease international trave...

[Daily Maverick] The organisers have been maintaining almost complete radio silence about the talks, making it very difficult to assess progress.

[DW] The World Health Organization warned that hospitals are running dangerously low on medical supplies, as fighting between federal and Tigrayan forces intensify following a lull in the conflict between March and August.

[VOA] A commission of independent U.N. experts examining rights violations and atrocities in the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region says that without an end to the fighting, the risk of further atrocity crimes is growing.

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Thirty seven people have died and more than 131, 000 have been infected with malaria in the past three months, Abera said, the deputy head of the Oromia Health Bureau, Abera Botore said. The number of malaria cases in ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed his hopes that the AU-led peace talks happening in South Africa between the representatives of the federal government and Tigrayan authorities "will lead ...

[UN News] The UN health agency WHO expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike in a range of preventable diseases in Ethiopia's northern regions - and in particular Tigray - caused by nearly two years of conflict and chronic aid access ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) "strongly condemned" the killing by "armed forces" of its staff, Mengist Minyil, who was an ambulance driver in the North Gonder branch of the Ethiopian Red Cross, in Amhara regio...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The International Organization for Migration says there are 2.72 million internally displaced people in Ethiopia according to data collected between June and July, a slight decrease from previous round of data collecti...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- The Ethiopian government said it "is forced to weigh its options and consider its relations with some states and entities" that it accused of "making unsubstantiated and politically motivated accusations of such gravit...

[The Conversation Africa] The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years. Scientists suspect that a multi-year La Niña cycle has been amplified by climate change to prolong dry and hot conditions.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Juweria Subcis, a member of the ruling Prosperity Party Central Committee and the Somali regional state Parliament was shot and killed "deliberately", Mohamed Guray, Deputy Chief of Security of the Somali regional stat...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, today announced that it has broken ground at its Segele gold mine, marking an "important milestone on the path to gold prod...