[DW] The country on the horn of Africa has apparently deployed a massive contingent of its own troops to Ethiopia's Tigray. This could torpedo further peace negotiations. International criticism is mounting.

[UN News] The UN Secretary-General issued a statement on Saturday expressing grave concern over the escalation of fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where Government troops and separatist forces have been locked in conflict since November 202...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Two civil servants and a teacher have been brought to a court in Sidama regional state for the second time on 12 October after being accused of financially supporting the armed group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), common...

[State Department] The United States is deeply concerned over reports of increasing violence, loss of life, indiscriminate targeting of civilians, and destruction in the conflict in northern Ethiopia, particularly around Shire in the Tigray region. W...

[The Conversation Africa] Tragic stories of suffering and death have emerged from Tigray since 2020, when civil war erupted between the central Ethiopian government and the regional Tigrayan government.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Yesterday, the Ministry of Education announced that one student was killed, and many examiners taking national school leaving exam and security forces were injured in a violence caused by the students at Debre Tabor Un...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Moibon Bekele, a member of the central committee of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and an author, has been shot dead near his residence in Addis Abeba on the night of 12 October.

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Residents of East Hararghe and West Hararghe in eastern Oromia who spoke with Addis Standard say communities are reeling from a fresh wave of conscription of the youth into the military, mass arrest, the snatching youn...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A group of western countries issued a new statement of concern at "the escalation of the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia."

[Leadership] The federal government has explained that Ethiopian airline was chosen ahead of others as successful bidder to manage its new national carrier - Nigeria air, in order to open air sky, open market and promote intra-African business.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Birtukan Mideksa, Chairwoman of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), announced Monday that the Board was preparing to hold a referendum in six zones and five special districts in the Southern Nations, Natio...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) announced Monday that Ethiopia has earned more than US$13 million from exporting electricity to neighboring Sudan and Djibouti.

[CFR] An absence of political will may prove a far harder problem than complicated logistics

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[Agenzia Fides] Addis Ababa -- Hopes of further peace talks launched by the African Union (AU) in South Africa to find a solution to the conflict in the Tigray region (see Fides 6/10/2022), faded on the same weekend of October 8, 2022 in which they w...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Oromia regional state security forces have placed distinguished Oromo scholar Alemayehu Diro under custody as of 29 September 2022; he has since been denied of the right to appear before court, his wife Lakech Hailu co...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia condemned "the barbaric and cowardly attack" on 06 October on the Tadjourah Regiment of the Djibouti army at Garabistan.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Ethiopian 12th grade leaving national examinations have begun in Ethiopia today.

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Some 5.8 million people in Ethiopia are in need of a response to gender-based sexual violence due mainly to the escalation of militarized violence in the northern and other parts of the country, according to a new repo...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- A 12th grade student has died and several others were injured after a bridge linking two campuses of the Hawassa University in Sidama regional state collapsed on Monday.

[Reporter] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) extended the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) with a majority vote. The council voted on October 7, 2022, after the resolution on the situation of huma...

[DW] Analysts have welcomed peace talks in South Africa between regional leaders of Ethiopia's Tigray region and the federal government but say both sides must get serious this time amid a war that has killed thousands.

[RFI] Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta will be heading to South Africa to join Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday as mediators for African Union-brokered peace talks between the Federal government of Ethiopia and Tigray representa...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said that its staff in Gambella regional state received threats and intimidation after it published a report highlighting rights violation including extrajudicial killings c...

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- National Bank of Ethiopia says it has closed 391 bank accounts and due to file charges against the account holders who are suspected of engaging in illegal money transfer activities.

[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- The largest hospital in the Tigray region, Ayder referral hospital, is calling for an urgent lifesaving diabetes health care supply.

[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Diplomats say African Union-sponsored peace talks planned for this weekend between Ethiopia's federal government and Tigrayan rebels have been delayed due to logistical problems.

[State Department] The United States welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) at the 51st Human Rights Council session. We view the ICHREE as an important complementary mechanism...

[Daily Maverick] SA had offered a platform to the parties in the conflict, whose peace negotiations will be led by the African Union.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ahead of the anticipated AU-led Ethiopia "peace talks", a government-affiliated "Fact-check" team known as "Ethiopia Current Issues Fact Check" has issued a list containing terms associated with Tigray region and warni...