[HRW] Nairobi -- UN Rights Body Should Create International Inquiry into War Crimes

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In its 2021 report on the global status of press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Ethiopia among the worst jailers of journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa after Eritrea. The report that was released to...

[RFI] The UN World Food Program (WFP) has suspended aid distribution in the northern Ethiopian town of Kombolcha after "mass looting" of its warehouses blamed on Tigrayan forces.

[CPJ] In a Facebook post at the end of October, Awlo Media Center, an Ethiopian online news outlet critical of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration, announced that the government's "pressure and obstruction" had forced it to shut down and lay o...

[East African] African Union's High Representative for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday visited Nairobi as part of continued shuttle diplomacy over conflicts in the region.

[VOA] The United Nations said Wednesday that large amounts of food supplies have been looted from their warehouses in northern Ethiopia, leading to the suspension of food distributions in two towns.

[The New Humanitarian] Rome -- 'The lack of consequences for the crimes committed in Tigray has made it easier for warring parties to commit further atrocities.'

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Activist and co-founder of youtube channel Ubuntu , Eyasped Tesfaye was arrested by police at his parents' house, his mother told the BBC Amharic. The former member of the Semayawi party was taken from his home yesterd...

[Nation] Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has indicated further crucial victories against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) even as the rebels claimed they had only retreated to strategise.

[DW] After more than a year of war in Tigray, Ethiopia's ethnic divides now run deeper than ever. This will make it hard for the country to heal if peace ever comes.

[Dalsan Radio] Ethiopia's Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, on Wednesday, held a phone conversation with Somalia's president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo over bilateral issues.

[Ghanaian Times] After twelve months of fighting that has caused thousands of lives and millions displaced, and thousands more faced with the grim prospect of a famine, international efforts aimed at a cessation of hostilities between Ethiopian Feder...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Earlier last week, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued a new directive, amending an earlier directive in use since October 2020. The NBE explained that the new directive would enable it to carefully manage its s...

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[DW] Dessie and Kombolcha are now the front lines of the ongoing Tigray conflict. Ethiopian forces have claimed they have taken the key towns but Tigrayan forces say they made a planned withdrawal.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Federal allied forces from the national defense forces and Amhara and Afar special forces as well as Amhara Popular Force (Fano) militia have yesterday retaken Dessie and Kombolcha cities in Amhara state from Tigrayan ...

[UN News] Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday.

[VOA] Six nations including the United States say they are "profoundly concerned" about reports that the Ethiopian government is carryout mass detentions based on ethnicity and without charge.

[East African] The US Embassy in Ethiopia has urged its citizens in Addis Ababa to leave the country, providing several evacuation options for its citizens, amid heightened conflict in the country.

[Nation] The embassy of the United States in Ethiopia has provided several evacuation options for its citizens in the Capital Addis-Ababa as conflict continues in the country.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations World Food Programme said in a statement that its ability to meet the critical food and nutrition needs of millions of people in Ethiopia due to shortage of funding. WFP said it has a funding gap of ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Education last week announced its decision to close all secondary schools so students can harvest crops for those on the frontline of the war. The ministry defended its decision citing the need for the ...

[State Department] The following is the text of a joint statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A joint statement signed by the governments ofAustralia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States and released this afternoon expressed profound concern about the "detention of certai...

[East African] The desire by the Ethiopian government to seal off external access routes for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has attracted Middle East rivals to the Tigray war, adding outside influence to the year-long conflict.

[Leadership] The civil strife in Ethiopia is a safety concern for Nigerians living in the East African country following advisories issued by some countries and organisations for their citizens and staff to leave the country amid the escalating civil...

[UN News] Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence against women and girls caught in the Tigray conflict in northern Ethiopia.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Yesterday, the federal supreme court 2nd cassation bench ruled in the favor of the defendants on Jawar Mohammed's file whose defense team appealed at the federal supreme court 2nd cassation Bench, to reverse the federa...

[Ethiopian Herald] The terrorist TPLF's short-lived control has caused enormous public and private property damage in Debre Sina and Shewa Robit towns of North Shewa Zone of the Amhara State, officials and a resident said.

[Chatham House] Alexander Rondos warns that the ongoing conflict spells turmoil for the Horn of Africa