[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a letter from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen and sent to the United Nations Security Council, Ethiopia says it "rejects the unwelcome meddling by the League of Arab States on t...

[UN News] Humanitarian operations have been gradually resuming in the war-ravaged Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, but resupply of aid and fuel for civilians caught up in the fighting is urgently needed, the United Nations said on Tuesday, citing ...

[State Department] Washington, DC -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today. The Secretary stressed the need for all parties to the conflict to commit to an immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefir...

[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.

[East African] The Ethiopian ambassador to Kenya now says Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was being hypothetical when he said the embassy in Kenya was among those to be shut down to save costs.

[United States Senate] Jersey City -- U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  today called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to prevent all Ethiopian soldiers who have participated in military ...

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

[ENA] The Ethiopian Dispaora in various states of the U.S are planning to stage a demonstration in New York City to oppose the meeting of the UN Security Council on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal High Court Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-Terrorism Bench at the hearing last week ordered the four defendants in Jawar Mohammed's file Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba, Hamza Adane and Dejene Taf...

[Nation] The Ethiopian ambassador to Kenya now says Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was being hypothetical when he said the embassy in Kenya was among those to be shut down to save costs.

[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.

[Ethiopian Herald] Recently, the contribution of Ethiopian Diasporas has been increasing in every direction. The government also established the diaspora agency so as to create conducive environment for diaspora who would like to contribute to their ...

[Ethiopian Herald] For more than 40 years Hon Dr. Abebech Gobena was working day and night to give a mother's love for thousands of children in Ethiopia. Surprisingly, she was doing all this charity despite many ups and downs that no one dares to fac...

[IMF] Washington, DC: The following statement on Ethiopia was issued today by Gerry Rice, spokesperson for the International Monetary Fund:

[Ethiopian Herald] Our world has seen many prominent figures in the past few centuries. People call these persons in different names. Some are under the category of care, love and humanity. Some of the best persons in the course of history are: Mahat...

[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...

[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...