[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Thousands of prisoners taken by Tigrayan forces have been paraded through the recaptured regional capital, Mekelle, in an apparent breach of the principles of international law governing the treatment of prisoners-of-war.

[Nation] Ethiopia on Monday announced plans to cut the number of embassies it has in other countries by at least half in a bid to save costs.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Reports are surfacing to the arbitrary arrest and rounding up of ethnic Tigrayans residing in Addis Abeba by police along with non-uniformed security forces. Addis Standard received reports indicating that these arrest...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal high court Lideta branch anti- terrorism and constitutional 2nd bench today arrived at guilty verdict on the three defendants accused of having involvement in the assasination of Hachalu Hundesa.

[ISS] Despite some delays, 21 June saw Ethiopia hold its sixth national elections since the downfall of the Derg regime and the reconfiguration of the state along ethno-regional lines in 1991. Although the 2005 polls had an element of competitiveness...

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has expressed his party's readiness to form a strong government, if declared winner of the 6th General Election by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The House of People's Representatives (HPR) has approved 561.7 billion Birr budget for the Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2014.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Benishangul Gumuz regional government yesterday announced that it has given Two regional, Three zonal and 16 woreda level leadership positions to 25 former members of an armed group which operates in the region.

[Nation] Desmond Tutu said, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." As Ethiopians recently voted in national and regional parliamentary elections, a feeling of worthlessness, hopelessness and reject...

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said various consultations had been held before the declaration of the to address challenges in Tigray region.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called on various countries across the world to recognize the real intention of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

[Nation] The Safaricom-led consortium has appointed Vodacom DRC managing director Anwar Soussa as the boss of the new telco in Ethiopia effective July 1, 2021.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Agegnehu Teshager, Amhara Regional State President, said in a statement on his Twitter account, "The Operation is still going on." He accused the Tigray People's Libration Front (TPLF) of preparing to commit terrorism....

[RFI] Rebel leaders in Ethiopia's Tigray region have accepted "in principle" a ceasefire with the federal Ethiopian government but laid down strict conditions for it to be formalised.

[Nation] Tigray Defence Forces (TDF), that retook regional capital, Mekelle, from Ethiopian government forces, have issued conditions for a truce with the central administration.

[allAfrica] The following statement was issued by the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front and posted on Twitter by executive committee member and spokesperson, Gatechew K. Reda, who served as Ethiopian Minister of Communications when the TPLF controlled ...

[Ethiopian Herald] Over 1.9 billion Birr has been secured from various income generating schemes for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during the past 11 months of the current fiscal year, Office of National Council for t...

[Daily Maverick] Unless there is a political solution soon, Ethiopia is on the brink of descending into an ethnic meltdown similar to the disintegration of Yugoslavia, one that will redraw the map of the Horn of Africa and cause reverberations throug...

[ENA] Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed his condolence over the death of renowned Ethiopian philanthropist Abebech Gobena.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt has been engaged in negotiations for 10 years to settle the crisis of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) but in vain due to Ethiopia's intransigence.

[Ethiopian Herald] Part Two - I have a few humble suggestions.

[DW] The Tigray People's Liberation Front has demanded that "invading forces from Amhara and Eritrea" withdraw from the northern region first. The rebels are also seeking the restoration of their government.

[Ethiopian Herald] Historian and Novelist Jeff Pearce announced that Ethiopia has now turned its face towards fresh opportunities and diversifying its economy after saddled with a mind-boggling debt created by the TPLF terrorist organization and its ...

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The main actor behind the undue pressures exerted on Ethiopia from different quarters is Egypt which attempts to maintain its hegemony over Blue Nile, East African Policy Research Institute (EAPRI) Deputy Director-General Birhanu...

[UN News] Senior UN officials appealed on Friday for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Tigray - and for an end to deadly attacks on aid workers - as the Security Council held its first open meeting on the conflict in the restive north...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM) is one of the oldest political parties in the country formed during the Derg era to fight for the right to self-determination for Sidama people. The Derg regime at that time answered th...

[Nation] Kenya and peers at the UN Security Council have endorsed an African Union commission of inquiry into atrocities in Tigray even as the Ethiopian government began to count the cost of the war it began in November.

[ENA] Diplomats at the UN Security Council (UNSC) have reaffirmed their respect and commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ethiopia and commended the government for the unilateral ceasefire it declared over Tigray.

[Ethiopian Herald] Part One: In 2015, while the war with ISIS was still going on, I had the opportunity to visit a Peshmerga base where I leaned on sandbags, and my fixer pointed out a village two kilometers away, held by one of the most despicable t...

[DW] The World Food Programme faces damaged transport and communication links while delivering aid to Tigray. But Ethiopia denied it was "trying to suffocate the Tigrayan people."