[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- About a dozen journalists and media personalities were arrested in a span of three days, reports said. The arrests were made in Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara region, and Addis Abeba according to information acqu...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Amhara Regional State Peace and Security Bureau chief, Desalegn Tassew, said 4,552 suspects have been arrested in connection with the ongoing "rule of law operation" in the region since a week ago.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The shareholders of KEFI Minerals, the gold exploration, and development company authorized 28 GBP, or 1.8 billion ETB, into the company's capital raisings, reports said. This money is intended to be imputed into its T...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Reports of unrest, widespread detentions as well as casualties and deaths emerged in the past few days in connection with clashes between security forces and armed groups in some parts of the Amhara region. Tensions we...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Four people were killed by unidentified individuals at a refugee camp located in Merkes Kebelle, Dima Woreda of Gambella regional state, according to the regional state's Police Commission.

[Dabanga] Galabat -- The crossing between Sudan and Ethiopia between Galabat in El Gedaref and Metema in northern Ethiopia remains closed for the second day, after the killing of three Sudanese within days by Ethiopian gunmen (called shifta in the re...

[DW] Reports that factions involved in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict are readying themselves to fight again raise concerns that the country's fragile truce may shatter.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Brigadier General Tefera Mamo, the former commander of Amhara regional state Special Forces, was arraigned at the Amhara Region Supreme Court yesterday where he was accused of attempting to dismantle the constitution, ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Muhayadin Abdullahi, Afan Oromo journalist, and Editor at Harari region's broadcaster, Harari Mass Media agency, was released yesterday after nine days in police custody. Muhayadin told Addis Standard that he was recei...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Southern Nations SNNPR Police Commission announced that it has arrested over 300 individuals suspected of partaking in the recent conflict within Derashe special woreda.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- On 22 December 2020, about six weeks after the start of the civil war in Tigray regional state, Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave a statement assuring Ethiopians and the inter...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromo Legacy Leadership & Advocacy Association (OLLAA) released a statement addressing the United States, United Kingdom, and multilateral forums like the EU and AU in a wider call to the international community to...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Colonel Gemechu Ayana, senior Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) leader was arranged at the federal supreme court cassation bench alongside four other ranking members of the party over 3 months after the court closed the fil...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Several African Civil Society organizations wrote a letter to the United Nations Security Council, highlighting concerns over the situation in Ethiopia. A consortium of individuals and organizations were signatories to...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A new report by Oxfam International and Save the Children warned one person was "likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia due mainly to the ongoing sever drought and "the w...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- EHRC asked for the immediate release of all detainees held without due process, for Oromia state to investigate its security officers and officials who beat prisoners and held them to account, as well as for compensati...

[VOA] Gashena -- A total of 1.39 million children in the Tigray region are currently missing out on education because of Ethiopia's civil war, according to the United Nations.

[Dabanga] Galabat -- Two Sudanese farmers were killed and another wounded in an attack by Ethiopian gunmen (called shifta in the region) near Galabat in eastern Sudan on Monday. Sources from Galabat in El Gedaref report that the attack resulted in th...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia paid a visit to the CDC Ethiopia Office, which is hosted at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI). The visit also included a ses...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) unveiled a new strategy with regard to its international development policy in what has been deemed as a world increasingly affected by geopolitics'.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Eritrean government released a statement on Tuesday 17 May accusing Tigrayan forces of advancing for another war with the "support and blessing" from "western forces"; and vowed Eritrea has the right to defend itse...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the number of migrants into cities has surged as a result of the war in north Ethiopia. The number of refugees in Addis Abeba surged from 30,000 to 80...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Muhayadin Abdullahi, an Afan Oromo journalist, and Editor at Harari region's broadcaster, Harari Mass Media Agency, was arrested on Tuesday, May 10 from his office, his family members told Addis Standard. Muhaydin, a j...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- After reports surfaced that Brigadier General Tefera Mamo, the former commander of Amhara regional state Special Forces, was missing since last night, his wife confirmed today that he did not come home after he went to...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Khaled Al-Dakhnan, the head of Kuwait's Federation of Domestic Labor Recruitment Offices, said the salary of new Ethiopian domestic workers in Kuwait will be set around 90 dinars per month (=$293).

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The World Bank (WB) signed a grant agreement amounting to US$300 million (ETB 15.6 billion) with the Ministry of Finance to support the reconstruction and recovery efforts of conflict-affected areas in Ethiopia, the Mi...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Amhara Regional State Peace and Security Bureau announced that the registration of arms that were not previously registered but are privately owned will be carried out for as of tomorrow 17 May for four consecutive...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Eight out of 21 zones in the Oromia region are experiencing drought, according to the regional government. Addis Standard's consecutive reports have covered the rather under-reported impact of the drought on the lives ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia congratulated the re-election on Sunday of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the next President of neighboring Somalia. After congratulating t...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), the state-owned electric producer in Ethiopia, signed a memorandum of understanding to supply electricity to South Sudan, according to the state utility.