[VOA] Updated August 10, 2021 08:12 PM - The Ethiopian government appealed Tuesday for its citizens to join the military to fight the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the embattled northern Tigray region.

[AI London] Forces aligned to the Ethiopian government subjected hundreds of women and girls to sexual violence Rape and sexual slavery constitute war crimes, and may amount to crimes against humanity

[UNHCR] This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov -- to whom quoted text may be attributed -- at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

[Nation] Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday urged all eligible citizens to join the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and its allied regional forces and militias to fight against Tigrayan rebels.

[Reporter] The federal government announced the Defense Forces, Regional Special Forces and militia have been directed to halt the destruction by the TPLF.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Government of Ethiopia has ordered today the National Defense Force, Regional Special Forces and Militia to halt the destruction of the treasonous and terrorist TPLF organization and the machinations of foreign hands once and...

[Ethiopian Herald] Addis Ababa -- Sudan recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia on Sunday 07, 2021 immediately after consultation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power.

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a statement released today, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed discussed current affairs and issued a national call. The PM called on all forms of complete mobilisation against Tigrayan forces.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Addis Abeba, August 10/2021 - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued a report where it discussed the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ethiopia. It disclosed in the r...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- It was reported that the federal police commission has released 10 Staff members of Awlo media yesterday by guarantee of their identification cards after 41 days of imprisonment in the Afar region.

[UN News] UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing "humanitarian catastrophe" in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month.

[RFI] After Sudanese efforts to help broker a ceasefire in Tigray were rejected by Ethiopia, Khartoum has recalled its ambassador to Addis Ababa.

[Nation] Hundreds of people were killed after a relief camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia's Afar region was attacked by an armed group.

[WHO-AFRO] Asmera Seyum is one of the frontline workers in Ethiopia who has been caring for the COVID-19 patients since March 2020, when the first case was detected in the country. She is a senior nurse, and ward coordinator at Eka Kotebe General Hos...

[VOA] Food aid from the United Nations only reached half of its intended recipients in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the World Food Program (WFP) said Monday.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's Ambassador to Ethiopia, Jamal El Sheikh, has been summoned "to consult and identify options" after Ethiopia refused offers by Sudan to mediate in the ongoing and escalating conflict in the Tigray region*, Sudan's F...

[The Conversation Africa] The Ethiopian government has suspended the activities of three foreign humanitarian organisations which had been working in the Tigray region. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Mukesh Kapila, a specialist in...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Despite Amhara's regional government's recent calls for a "Survival Campaign" and a corresponding responses by other regional states, residents of Woldia complained about fresh attacks by forces allied to the Tigray Pe...

[Nation] As conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region spills to neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions, two opposition political parties have called for a comprehensive national dialogue to resolve the crisis.

[Ethiopian Herald] Yohanis Bimrew, 21, is a first-year student at Addis Ababa University. He is investing in innovations in renewable energy, agriculture and aviation sectors. Recently he launched his innovational technology product focusing on susta...

[Ethiopian Herald] Recently Commercial Bank of Ethiopia launched a mobile app, entitled It Is My dam which aims to stream line the funding contributed by Ethiopians in the diaspora for the successful completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries in the world with almost 80 percent of its population dwelling in the rural part mostly engaged in farming.

[Ethiopian Herald] Looking at the process of the sixth national general poll which was held last June, many are optimistic about the next parliament expected to be formed in the upcoming September. Despite some improvements, the House was considered ...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela in the country's neighbouring Amhara region, Reuters reports.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Ethiopia has to take the economic pressures imposed on it as the inspiration to be food self-sufficient and bring meaningful progress in all aspects to ease its reliance on aid and donation, so stated a senior economic...

[Ethiopian Herald] JIMMA - Jimma University yesterday graduated 3,927 students in first degree and second degree program apart from granting full rank of professor for six University lecturers.

[Nation] Kenyan officials fear expanded skirmishes in Ethiopia could hurt planned economic projects between the two countries, even though the conflict, for now, is seen as distant.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Two opposition political parties have called for national dialogue as means to end all current conflicts and address root problems in Ethiopia. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) issued a statement after a mee...

[The Conversation Africa] "There's famine now in Tigray." That 10 June 2021 declaration by the UN's most senior humanitarian official was the clearest indication yet that embattled Tigray faced a severe food emergency. Close to five million Tigrayans...