We have witnessed the unrest and violence back home that continues to directly affect the people of Oromia, both in Ethiopia and in the diaspora. As an institution, OLLAA is invested in sharing and highlighting news coverage that pertains to the human rights situation in Ethiopia. Below are links to articles from various publications that are relevant to the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia. OLLAA will continue to update this page weekly.
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08/06/2023 (United Nations) ETHIOPIA Situation Report
07/06/2023 (PRIO) New figures show conflict-related deaths at 28-year high, largely due to Ethiopia and Ukraine wars
07/06/2023 (Addis Standard) Unpacking practical hurdles, concerns over Ethiopia’s transitional justice draft policy document
06/06/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia says HRW report on Ethnic cleansing in western Tigray ‘distorted and misleading’, seeks to achieve ‘political agenda’
05/06/2023 (VOA) Caught Between Two Wars: Sudan’s Ethiopian Refugees
05/06/2023 (The New Humanitarian) WFP leadership in Ethiopia resigns amid aid diversion probe
03/06/2023 (The Reporter) HRW urges Ethiopia to screen security forces over war abuses
02/06/2023 (Addis Standard) Security, intelligence task force says three people killed, 63 security forces injured at Grand Anuwar Mosque security crackdown
02/06/2023 (Addis Standard) Islamic Council expresses discontent with Oromia region statement on demolition of Mosques, engaged in discussion with federal gov’t
02/06/2023 (United Nations) ETHIOPIA Situation Report
01/06/2023 (Human Rights Watch) Ethiopia: Ethnic Cleansing Persists Under Tigray Truce
01/06/2023 (Addis Standard) Fighting at local monastery in Amhara region leaves multiple casualties, authorities confirm military action
01/06/2023 (Addis Standard) Why resolving war in Oromia through peace talks is long overdue
31/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Amhara Prosperity Party hits back at internal disputes, threatens armed groups as ruling party wraps up executive meeting
31/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Oromia region defends demolition of buildings as “constitutional and legal”, blames extremists for “false propaganda”
30/05/2023 (U.S State Department) Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer Travels to Djibouti and Ethiopia
30/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Uproar after mayor’s bodyguard abducts young woman in Hawassa, regional police in pursuit, detain six suspects
26/05/2023 (Addis Standard) UN says humanitarian situation worsening for over 850,000 people displaced in Western Oromia, urges multi-sectoral support
25/05/2023 (The Conversation) Africa is getting renewed attention from Washington — and some African states are courting African Americans
25/05/2023 (Aljazeera) UN conference pledges fall short of $7bn goal for Horn of Africa
24/05/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 29 APRIL-19 MAY 2023
24/05/2023 (Addis Standard) The rise of Abiy and the state of misinformation against ‘Oromummaa’
23/05/2023 (Africa News) Eritrea, authoritarian regime in the Horn of Africa
23/05/2023 (Aljazeera) Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw
23/05/2023 (United Nations) WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia
23/05/2023 (Ethiopia Insight) Justice for atrocity victims in Ethiopia is a pipedream
23/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Caucus of Opposition Parties say gov’t funded paper on constitutional reform ‘highly disturbing’, leads country into ‘more chaos’
22/05/2023 (The Africa Report) Ethiopia peace deal offers Tigrayans hope but dilemmas persist
21/05/2023 (Le Monde) In Addis Ababa, residents are being sacrificed on the altar of development
21/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Media authority temporarily suspends license of Orthodox Church affiliated TV
18/05/2023 (African Newsroom) World Bank Group Statement on Current Situation in Ethiopia
17/05/2023 (OLA) Military Update No: 2023-05-17
17/05/2023 (Addis Standard) What and how should I tell my kids about the Tigray war in our ‘post-war’ life?- A father’s reflection
17/05/2023 (Reuters) Oromo rebels accuse Ethiopian forces of attacks following peace talks
17/05/2023 (The Africa Report) Ethiopia’s Oromia region at risk of full-blown conflict amid stalled negotiations for peace
17/05/2023 (OX FAM) HUNGER IN EAST AFRICA TO HIT NEW PEAK WITH ONE PERSON LIKELY TO DIE EVERY 28 SECONDS DESPITE G7 PLEDGE TO END FAMINE
17/05/2023 (RFI) Ethiopia’s Oromo rebels accuse govt forces of offensive
17/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Tigray interim admin, TPLF say election board decision unacceptable legally, politically; caution it endangers existence of interim admin, renders peace process ownerless
16/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Civilians suffer “in silence” amidst armed conflict in Guji zones, Oromia region- report
16/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Armed attack on police station in Bishoftu city kills four police officers
15/05/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Floods Flash Update, As of 12 May 2023
13/05/2023 (The Reporter) A journey towards peace
13/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Election Board declines to restore TPLF’s legal registration as political party
12/05/2023 (CPJ) Journalist Gobeze Sisay facing terrorism investigation in Ethiopia after arrest in Djibouti
12/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Addis city district administrator gunned down; community police officer under custody
11/05/2023 (Addis Standard) OLF warns transgression of international conventions after senior officials go missing from police custody
10/05/2023 (U.S State Department) Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer Travels to Los Angeles, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico
10/05/2023 (Responsible Statecraft) The conflict in Sudan threatens to devolve into a regional maelstrom
10/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Orthodox Patriarch cautions challenges in Oromia, Tigray “going beyond Church”, becoming people’s
10/05/2023 (Crisis Group) CrisisWatch Digest Ethiopia
09/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Amb. Teshome Toga- Navigating Ethiopia’s delicate ambition to demilitarize amidst “deliberate misunderstanding”, hoping to avoid a fourth DDR
09/05/2023 (Ethiopian Human Rights Commission) EHRC Statement Presented at the 75th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
09/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian rights commission says “concerning” human rights abuses in Amhara region in connection with ongoing military actions
08/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Prosperity Party organizational department Head of Haruka Woreda, Afar region, shot dead en route from Adama
06/05/2023 (European Union) Ethiopia: the worst drought in a generation
06/05/2023 (Aljazeera) Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?
03/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia says “constructive” talks with OLA concluded today with no agreement; OLA says understandings reached “on some outstanding issues” but not on “key political matters”
02/05/2023 (United Nations) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk ends visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
02/05/2023 (U.S State Department) Statement Marking Six-Month Anniversary of the Cessation of Hostilities in Northern Ethiopia
02/05/2023 (Addis Standard) Critiquing the anti-Oromo nascent narrative of disgruntled Amhara elite in the diaspora: A rejoinder to the wrong manifesto
01/05/2023 (CPJ) CPJ, 47 rights organizations call on Ethiopia to end internet shutdowns
01/05/2023 (Medium) What is the way forward for Oromo?
28/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Talks between Ethiopian gov’t, Oromo Liberation Army reps enter fourth day under “encouraging”atmosphere
27/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia welcomes EU’s move to normalize relations, opts to strengthen partnerships
27/04/2023 (VOA) Peace Talks Between Ethiopian Government, OLA Continue in Tanzania
27/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Girma Yeshitila, Amhara Prosperity Party head, shot dead
27/04/2023 (The East African) Kenya, Norway lead Ethiopia, Oromo army peace talks in Tanzania
26/04/2023 (Human Rights Watch) Ethiopia: Companies Long Ignored Gold Mine Pollution
26/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Human Rights Watch says companies “took no action” over gold mine pollution in Guji, urges gov’t to halt resumed mine operations
25/04/2023 (VOA) Talks Begin Between Ethiopia, Oromo Rebel Group
25/04/2023 (AP News) In Tanzania, Ethiopia begins talks with violent Oromo rebels
25/04/2023 (Addis Standard) EU sees return to full relations with Ethiopia “subject to” sustained implementation of CoHA
25/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Preparations underway to kickstart peace talks between Ethiopian gov’t, OLA in Tanzania
25/04/2023 (Monitor) Ethiopia gov’t, Oromo rebels in Tanzania for peace talks
25/04/2023 (Reuters) Talks between Ethiopia and Oromo rebel group begin in Zanzibar
24/04/2023 (DW) Ethiopia announces peace talks with Oromo rebel group
24/04/2023 (Reuters) Ethiopia to begin negotiations with OLA rebel group
23/04/2023 (VOA) Ethiopia to Begin Negotiations With OLA Rebel Group
23/04/2023 (Aljazeera) Ethiopia PM says negotiations with OLA set to begin this week
23/04/2023 (France 24) Ethiopia says talks with Oromo rebel group set to begin this week
23/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Negotiations between government, Oromo Liberation Army to start in Tanzania: PM Abiy
20/04/2023 (Addis Standard) G7 pushes for progress on transitional justice, accountability in Ethiopia
19/04/2023 (Prime Minister of Canada) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed
19/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Opposition OLF says seven of its officials in police custody in Burayu missing
13/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Freedom House annual report labels Ethiopia ‘Not Free’, again
13/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Despite massive resources mobilization, drought victim IDPs in Borana zone complain inadequate, unfair aid distribution
13/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Residents in several cities in Amhara region witness relative calm, EHRC calls for restraints, confirms civilian casualties
12/04/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 1-7 APRIL 2023
12/04/2023 (The Guardian) Gun battles erupt in Ethiopia as PM axes Amhara region’s security force
12/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Italy’s PM due in Ethiopia for two days official visit
11/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Police accuses Meskerem Abera of giving “shooting exercise” to informal groups, requests 13 more days to file charges
11/04/2023 (Addis Standard) German Commissioner for Human Rights due in Ethiopia today
09/04/2023 (Addis Standard) PM Abiy vows gov steps to dissolve, reintegrate special forces “will be implemented” even at a cost; cautions “law enforcement” measures against attempts to impede
08/04/2023 (Addis Standard) No decision to “disarm” and “dismantle“ regional special forces; reorganizing steps “matter of constitution”: Army General
07/04/2023 (Aljazeera) Ethiopia to integrate regional forces into central army, police
07/04/2023 (Ethiopia Insight) As Ethiopian alliances shift, Abiy’s anniversary met by Amhara protests and violence
07/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Nekemte mayor, other gov’t officials arrested following murder of ruling party official
07/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia begins “practical activities” to dissolve, reenlist controversial regional special forces, cautions actors not to imped move
06/04/2023 (Aljazeera) In southern Ethiopia, drought kills livestock and brings hunger
06/04/2023 (WHBL) Ethiopia to dismantle regional special forces in favour of ‘centralized army’
04/04/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Drought Snapshot – 4 April 2023
04/04/2023 (Addis Standard) US sanctioned Eritrean military leader visits Ethiopian intelligence, security facilities to “consolidate military ties”
04/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian Security, Intelligence task force detains “covert group” suspected of working to “instigate nation-wide conflict”
03/04/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia – Situation Report, 03 Apr 2023
03/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Health ministry requests WHO 1.2 million Cholera vaccines to contain raging outbreak in Southeastern Ethiopia
01/04/2023 (Addis Standard) Eleven Ethiopian migrants killed in fatal truck accident in Bosaso, Somalia
01/04/2023 (Addis Standard) As violence in Fentalle persists, another Karayyu Gadaa leader died after heavily beaten by gov’t security forces – residents
31/03/2023 (United Nations) Today’s top news: Ethiopia, Syria
31/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Hachalu Hundessa Foundation inaugurates two drinking water projects in drought hit Borana zone
30/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ruling Prosperity Party head in East Wollega, Oromia shot dead
30/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian Rights Commission denounces gov’t restrictions, harassment on opposition political parties
29/03/2023 (Monitor) Ethiopia PM scoffs at resignation calls
29/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian rights defenders’ call for independent investigations into war-related crimes deterred, as gov’t pushes for transitional justice
29/03/2023 (The New Humanitarian) Ethiopia’s new struggle over war crimes accountability
29/03/2023 (Ethiopia Insight) With a new Tigray leader in place, Amhara dispute comes into focus
29/03/2023 (Ethiopia Insight) Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army edge towards talks
29/03/2023 (Addis Standard) OLA calls PM Abiy’s remarks on peace talks “ill-timed and misleading”, yet notes “positive signs” for negotiations
28/03/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Cholera Outbreak – Flash Update #6
28/03/2023 (Crisis 24) Kenya, Ethiopia: Disruptions due to flooding ongoing across parts of Kenya and southern Ethiopia as of March 28
28/03/2023 (Ap News) Ethiopia’s PM announces outreach to rebel group in Oromia
28/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Premier hints at ongoing efforts to resolve conflict in Oromia; responds to lawmakers’ tough asks on security, political instability
28/03/2023 (Addis Standard) PM Abiy endures tough questions from MPs including on whether he would consider to resign
27/03/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: The Difficult Choice Between Water and School
25/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Veteran Oromo politician, scholar says govt must lift terrorist designation from OLA to enable dialogue
25/03/2023 (The Reporter) A painful yet necessary step
24/03/2023 (Addis Standard) New cross-border Cholera outbreak kills five in Moyale town, vicinity areas
22/03/2023 (Addis Standard) UN Rights Council says scale of violations in Ethiopia “must not be forgotten”
22/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Senior Karrayyu Gadaa leader and survivor of 2021 massacre gunned down in latest clashes, residents suffering persistent violence, drought
22/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian Parliament de-lists TPLF from terrorist designation
20/03/2023 (Africa Intelligence) Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission
20/03/2023 (United Nations) WHO Ethiopia donates medical equipment and supplies worth over 1.3Million USD
21/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia dismisses US atrocities determination as “untimely”, “selective”, and “inflammatory”; says it “unfairly apportions blame”
21/03/2023 (Aljazeera) Ethiopia, Eritrea say US allegations ‘inflammatory’, ‘defamatory’
20/03/2023 (Addis Standard) US determines Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces committed crimes against humanity in Tigray; war crimes committed by all sides
20/03/2023 (U.S State Department) 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Ethiopia
20/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Lawmakers from Oromia urge AU to “intervene and negotiate” to end conflict in Oromia, repeat call for warring parties
17/03/2023 (United States Institute Of Peace) Peace for Ethiopia: What Should Follow Blinken’s Visit?
17/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Fresh clashes near Oromia, Somali regions border claim lives, Oromia gov’t dismisses allegations
17/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ruling Party Executive admits Ethiopia at “a crucial stage”, warns “inability to manage freedom” should be reversed
17/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian rights commission hails US support for ongoing “nationally owned-led transitional justice initiative”
16/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Addis Mayor’s latest remark reveals widening divergence between Amhara, Oromo ruling class of Prosperity Party. What is at stake?
16/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Alarmed Electoral Board condemns rising government, security restrictions on assembly, undue pressure on opposition political parties
15/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed
15/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability
15/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Ethiopian Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide Following Tour of UN Logistics Center Warehouse
15/03/2023 (Reuters) Blinken praises Ethiopia on Tigray peace, no return to trade programme yet
15/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) Signatories
15/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before Meeting with Ethiopian Civil Society Leaders
15/03/2023 (U.S State Department) $331 Million in New Humanitarian Assistance for Ethiopia
15/03/2023 (Addis Standard) US announces allocating nearly $2 m to support independent investigations of human rights atrocities as Blinken arrives in Addis Abeba
15/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mekonnen
15/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen Before Their Meeting
15/03/2023 (Aljazeera) US’s Blinken meets Ethiopian leaders to repair bilateral ties
14/03/2023 (U.S State Department) The United States and Ethiopia: A Long-Term Partnership
13/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Saudi Arabia resumes Ethiopian domestic workers recruitment after three years of deferment, recruitment fee limits at $1,840
13/03/2023 (Addis Standard) UN says 11 million people food insecure as drought situation in Ethiopia continues to worsen, requires urgent response
13/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Political parties oppose ongoing consultations on transitional justice policy options, urge priority for peace, national dialogue
13/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ever-increasing Cholera outbreak in Oromia Region may lead to disastrous consequences – OPA
13/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Communities in drought-hit Borana reel amid rising aid delivery scandal, officials refute allegations
11/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Amnesty asks Blinken to put human rights at heart of conversation with Prime Minister Abiy
11/03/2023 (Ethiopia Insight) Minority rights dilemma exemplifies Ethiopia’s brutal identity crisis
10/03/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Drought Situation Update #1 – As of 10 March 2023
10/03/2023 (The Africa Report) Ethiopia asks US to reinstate AGOA trade benefits as Blinken heads to Addis, Niger
10/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee On the Secretary’s Upcoming Travel to Ethiopia and Niger
10/03/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Ethiopia and Niger
09/03/2023 (Foreign Policy) U.S. Weighs Offering Economic Lifeline to Ethiopia Despite War Atrocities
09/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Amnesty joins growing calls urging Ethiopian gov. to lift month-long blockade on selected social media platforms
08/03/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 25 FEBRUARY-3 MARCH 2023
08/03/2023 (Addis Standard) OPA says people in Borana zone dying of hunger, treatable conditions as health impact of prolonged drought gets severe
08/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Stalemate in Guji zone, Southern Oromia as protests over government’s decision to incorporate Negelle town into East Borana zone continue
07/03/2023 (Addis Standard) UN says withdrawal of Eritrean army from Tigray remains “very slow”, human rights violations in Eritrea extremely dire
04/03/2023 (The Reporter) Human rights organizations, advocates press UN to reject Ethiopia’s plea
03/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Residents say at least three killed in Guji zone following protests over decision to incorporate Negelle town into newly formed East Borana zone
03/03/2023 (Amnesty International) Ethiopia: Government’s effort to end mandate of UN human rights commission must be rejected.
03/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian Rights Commission says one killed during 127th Adwa victory celebrations, EOTC accuses police of forcefully disrupting spiritual services
02/03/2023 (Ad News) SBS review sparks language changes
01/03/2023 (International Rescue Committee) Crisis in Ethiopia: Drought and conflict put 28 million in need
01/03/2023 (United Nations) Today’s top news: Ethiopia, Syria, Türkiye, Madagascar
01/03/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia Price Bulletin, February 2023
01/03/2023 (Addis Standard) Despite alarming reports, Oromia region claims drought in Borana not out of hand, govt “responding appropriately”
01/03/2023 (Addis Standard) A whopping near $4 bn required to help more than 20 m Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023
01/03/2023 (Addis Standard) More than 60 rights orgs appeal to UN members, observer states to reject Ethiopia’s attempt to terminate mandate of UN rights experts
28/02/2023 (Ethiopia Insight) A rift in Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has been healed, but tensions remain
28/02/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Humanitarian Response Plan 2023 (February 2023)
28/02/2023 (Human Rights Watch) Threats to Terminate the Mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
27/02/2023 (US News) Exclusive-Ethiopia Seeks to End U.N.-Ordered Probe Into Tigray War Abuses
27/02/2023 (Addis Standard) No peace without justice and accountability; and neither justice, nor accountability without truth first
27/02/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia Cholera Outbreak – Operational Update
27/02/2023 (Helvetas) Drought, Hunger and Abuse: The Tragic Realities of Southern Ethiopia
25/02/2023 (Business Ghana) Seven die as drought ravages southern Ethiopia
25/02/2023 (Addis Standard) More than 7,800 students dropout of school as impact of prolonged drought takes toll in Borana, Oromia region refutes drought related death
24/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Four high-ranking officials of opposition OLF including CC member Kennasa Ayana critically ill inside prison, denied treatment
23/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Unresolved IDP crisis, alarming lack of basic healthcare causing suffering in conflict affected parts of Oromia – OPA
22/02/2023 (United Nations) Another poor rainy season forecast for drought-hit Horn of Africa
21/02/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 11-17 FEBRUARY 2023
21/02/2023 (Addis Standard) “Government’s lack of clear political agenda exacerbated the war in Oromia”: Colonel Gemechu Ayana
20/02/2023 (Addis Standard) After all livestock are dead, now what is left for Borana pastoralists? Unveiling devastating impacts of prolonged drought
18/02/2023 (Addis Standard) OLA says Oromia region call for reconciliation “welcome news”, issues “key aspects” to be clarified
18/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Orthodox Synod says agreement to resolve schism breached as breakaway group expresses dissent
18/02/2023 (Reuters) U.N. allocates $250 million for crises like famine threat in Africa
18/02/2023 (The Reporter) Ethiopia seeks AU support to terminate ICHREE’s mandate
18/02/2023 (The Reporter) Door to peace must remain open!
17/02/2023 (FBC) UN Will Continue Supporting Ethiopia To Consolidate Peace: Envoy
17/02/2023 (VOA) Water Shortage Protest Turns Deadly in Ethiopia’s South
17/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Oromia Region President calls for reconciliation with OLA
16/02/2023 (The New Humanitarian) Ethiopian minorities remain fearful despite peace deal
16/02/2023 (Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs) Visit to Ethiopia and Kenya
16/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian Orthodox Church leaders resolve schism through dialogue, restore Church unity “based on church’s canon”
15/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Security forces detain two journalists amidst crackdown following ongoing Orthodox Church schism, ensuing unrest
15/02/2023 (Addis Standard) At least 50 killed on IDPs shelter in East Wollega, attack blamed on Oromo rebels; eight more killed by federal forces accused of links with rebels: Rights Commission
14/02/2023 (Pressenza) Oromia: Ethiopia’s War in the Shadows
14/02/2023 (VOA) Ethiopia’s Oromo, Amhara Actors Promote Traditional Conflict Resolution
14/02/2023 (Curate Oromia) Spokesperson Ned Price snubs Amhara journalist’s question about schism in Ethiopian Orthodox Church
14/02/2023 (U.S State Department) High-level U.S. Government Delegation Travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
14/02/2023 (Addis Standard) President Sahle-Work cautions against using “race and religion” for political gain, calls it “crossing red line” after meeting with Orthodox Church leaders
13/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Victims of violence in East Wollega endure dire situations, hesitant to return home citing lingering insecurity despite officials urge otherwise
12/02/2023 (Aljazeera) What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Orthodox Tewahedo Church?
12/02/2023 (Africa News) Ethiopia Orthodox leaders postpone protest called amid hegemony claims
11/02/2023 (Minister for Foreign Affairs) Humanitarian Assistance to fight Global Hunger
11/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian rights commission says eight people killed in Shashemene, security forces applied “excessive use of force”
11/02/2023 (BBC) Ethiopia’s online horrors: ‘I saw my father’s dead body on Facebook’
11/02/2023 (The Reporter) The fine line between religion and politics
11/02/2023 (Jacobin) The West Is Ignoring the Nightmarish War in Ethiopia
10/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Synod Secretariat sends letters to five Tigray Archbishops seeking “reconciliation”, blames “political conspiracy” for rift
10/02/2023 (BBC) Ethiopia Orthodox Church split: Social media restricted
10/02/2023 (The East African) Ethiopia blocks social media amid Orthodox church tensions
10/02/2023 (Aljazeera) Social media restricted in Ethiopia as church rift turns violent
10/02/2023 (Addis Standard) PM Abiy in meeting with Orthodox Patriarch
10/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Oromia, Harari and South West regional states endorse Joint Task Force decision to ban rallies, Oromia says out of “patience”
09/02/2023 (Mail & Guardian) The war in Ethiopia is not over
09/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Govt, Orthodox Synod in heightened war of words; Synod goes ahead with planned rally despite warning by joint task force
09/02/2023 (Net Blocks) Social media and messaging apps restricted in Ethiopia amid religious tensions
09/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Joint Security, Intelligence Task Force cautions against unauthorized rallies, threatens to take actions as Orthodox Church Schism takes toll
08/02/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: UN refugee agency chief calls for more aid, new long-term strategy
08/02/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 28 JANUARY-3 FEBRUARY 2023
08/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Court to rule on Orthodox Church’s request to ban breakaway archbishops for three months as it prepares to press charges
08/02/2023 (Addis Standard) “Enough! Let them come to peaceful path”: Oromia president wants to end fighting peacefully, but remains vague on how
07/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Addis Police says 19 officers injured in confrontation with group gathered in Orthodox church in Oromia special zone; urges refrain from “actions to disturb peace”
06/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Clashes between Orthodox faithful, local police claim “lives of many” in Shashemene; Holy Synod, government in war of words as both stick to their positions over Church schism
04/02/2023 (VOA) Three Killed in Attacks on Ethiopian Orthodox Church, According to Report
03/02/2023 (Aljazeera) Ethiopia PM meets Tigray leaders for first time since peace deal
03/02/2023 (U.S State Department) Assistant Secretary Phee’s Travel to South Africa, Nigeria, and Ethiopia
03/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Orthodox Synod declares faithful to wear black for Fast of Nineveh to protest against “illegal group”
03/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia asks US support to terminate mandate of UN Human Rights Experts
03/02/2023 (Addis Standard) Measles, cholera outbreaks pose deadly threat to already malnourished children in Ethiopia
02/02/2023 (U.S State Department) Department Press Briefing – February 2, 2023
02/02/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Northern aid access improving but some areas still hard to reach
02/02/2023 (Addis Standard) As schism deepens, Orthodox Synod slams PM Abiy’s remarks on ongoing crisis point by point, threaten to organize worldwide protest
02/02/2023 (Addis Standard) “We have given up on our cattle, we are now striving to save our lives”: Borana drought victim
01/02/2023 (Addis Standard) PM Abiy weighs in with call for dialogue in the deepening crisis within Orthodox Church as accusations of state interference grow louder
31/01/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 21-27 JANUARY 2023
31/01/2023 (Global Times) One confirmed dead among the nine Chinese attacked in Ethiopia: Chinese Embassy
31/01/2023 (FNN Media) Deadly Amhara Attack on Wallo Oromos Sparks Criticism, Oromo Clergy Split from Ethiopian Orthodox Synod
31/01/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Bulletin, January – December 2022
31/01/2023 (The Guardian) Ethiopia’s drought-stricken internally displaced people – in pictures
31/01/2023 (Responsible Statecraft) Ethiopia is dangerously adrift after Tigray war
30/01/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Cholera Outbreak – Flash Update #5 (As of 30 January 2023)
30/01/2023 (Barrons) In Drought-stricken Ethiopia, The Herders’ Heartache
28/01/2023 (Journal du Cameroun) Ethiopian gov’t ‘open to talks’ with Oromo insurgents
28/01/2023 (The Reporter) “Nation-building in Ethiopia is a work that has yet to start”
28/01/2023 (The Reporter) Realizing Ethiopians’ aspiration for enduring peace and stability
26/01/2023 (Addis Standard) As Ethiopians long for peace and stability, religious leaders, scholars in search of irreplaceable roles of religion in peace building
26/01/2023 (United Nations) The Policy Options for Transitional Justice in Ethiopia
26/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Holy Synod revokes authorities of three Archbishops, 25 Episcopate involved in recent “illegal” anointment
26/01/2023 (AP News) Witnesses say latest ethnic clashes in Ethiopia kill dozens
25/01/2023 (Foreign Affairs) Ethiopia After the War: How America’s Approach to the Country Should Change
24/01/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 14-20 JANUARY 2023
24/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Civilians killed, villages burnt in latest violence in restive Oromo special zone, neighboring North Shewa zone in Amhara region; federal forces deployed
24/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia should democratize its multinational federalism and properly implement its constitution, not amend it
23/01/2023 (Addis Standard) US turns attention to “end instability in Oromia”; confirms Eritrean troops “ongoing” withdrawal from Tigray
22/01/2023 (Ethiopia Insight) Ethiopian nation-building is haunted by its troubled history
21/01/2023 (Addis Standard) UK announces £16.6 m to support drought, conflict-affected Ethiopians; calls on international community not to lose focus on “deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia”
21/01/2023 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Response to Internal Displacement, January – December 2022
21/01/2023 (U.S State Department) Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed
20/01/2023 (United Nations) UK announces support to Ethiopian drought and conflict-affected regions
20/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Civilians killed in clashes between militias from Oromia and residents of Somali region after dispute over dam construction
18/01/2023 (Down To Earth) ‘Over 22 million in Ethiopia facing severe food crisis’
17/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Chief Justice, deputy resigned, parliament approves Chief Justice replacement
17/01/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 7-13 JANUARY 2023
17/01/2023 (The Guardian) ‘If you had money, you had slaves’: how Ethiopia is in denial about injustices of the past
17/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Transitional Justice crucial to reveal of truth, victim compensation, prosecute perpetrators’ and avoid similar acts: EHRC Deputy Chief Commissioner
16/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Leading Oromo Advocacy group says 2022 “difficult year”of extreme rights violations in Oromia region, calls for independent prob into atrocities
15/01/2023 (Save the Children) Ethiopia, Africa | Hunger crisis – Operation Update no. 3, Emergency appeal No. MDRET027
14/01/2023 (Addis Standard) France, Ethiopia sign two financial support agreements worth 42 million euro
13/01/2023 (Save the Children) ETHIOPIA: TOUGH MONTHS AHEAD AS RAINS FAIL FOR THE FIFTH SEASON IN A ROW WITH MILLIONS IN NEED OF URGENT FOOD ASSISTANCE
12/01/2023 (The New Humanitarian) As violence subsides in Tigray, Ethiopia’s Oromia conflict flares
12/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Police in Kellem Wollega Zone, Oromia detain more than 20 teachers for refusing mandatory salary cut, local authorities deny
12/01/2023 (Addis Standard) German, France Foreign Ministers in Ethiopia; peace agreement, human rights among topics for high level meetings
12/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Addis Abeba City new multi-lingual curriculum adopts Afaan Oromoo, Amharic as supplementary languages
12/01/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO DECEMBER 2022 MONTHLY: CONFLICT EXPANDS IN OROMIA REGION
12/01/2023 (Human Rights Watch) Ethiopia Events of 2022
11/01/2023 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 10 DECEMBER 2022-6 JANUARY 2023
11/01/2023 (Addis Standard) OLA fighters break into prison, set hundreds of detainees free in West Guji Zone, Southern Oromia
10/01/2023 (Amnesty International) Ethiopia: Human rights defenders held for documenting forced evictions must be released immediately
10/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Systematically smuggled and abused: Victims of child trafficking crowd streets of Addis Abeba
09/01/2023 (Sudan Tribune) Travel ban imposed against Tigray passengers
09/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Passengers return home as inexplicable restriction on flights from Mekelle to Addis takes a toll
07/01/2023 (Aciafrica) Christian Human Rights Group Calling for Withdrawal of Eritrean Troops from Ethiopia
06/01/2023 (VOA) After Peace Deal, Orthodox Ethiopians Keep a Christmas of Hope
06/01/2023 (VOA) Critical Malnutrition in Ethiopia as Aid Response Continues
06/01/2023 (The North African Post) France, Germany to send top diplomats to Ethiopia to consolidate peace agreement with Tigray
06/01/2023 (VOA) VOA TV Special, “Ethiopia: Paths to Peace,” Talks Unity, Reconciliation with Diaspora Experts
06/01/2023 (The East African) Ethiopia-US ties back on track as Biden names new envoy to Addis
06/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia Rights Council urges release of four staff detained while on assignment to asses complaints of ongoing houses demolition in Addis Abeba
05/01/2023 (Borkena) Unconfirmed: Debretsion Gebremichael poised to be Deputy Prime Minister
05/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Our concern was always to the vulnerable people impacted by war, not pressuring one side”-UK’s Ambassador to Ethiopia
05/01/2023 (ABC) Ethiopia sets out on long road to peace after two years of civil war in Tigray region
05/01/2023 (Addis Standard) ‘Find and Treat’: A campaign to save lives in Borena zone
03/01/2023 (The White House) President Biden Announces Key Nominees
03/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Newly formed Southwest Ethiopia State establishes 70-members regional council
03/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Oromia’s makeshift prisons where “there are neither rights nor humanity”: testimonies of former prisoners
03/01/2023 (Addis Standard) Army threatens to eradicate Oromo armed group, again, claims success in liberating villages
02/01/2023 (Fox News) Minnesota businessman returning home after detainment at Ethiopia airport
02/01/2023 (A Washpost) The Hidden Reign of Terror in Oromia
31/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia loses second attempt to defund resources for UN rights experts
30/12/2022 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions
30/12/2022 (International Crisis Group) What now for the Ethiopia-Tigray peace deal?
29/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia Rights Commission condemns arrest of underage students by police following recent violence in Addis Abeba schools
28/12/2022 (Le Monde) Specter of civil war resurfaces in the Oromia region of Ethiopia
26/12/2022 (New Lines Magazine) Evidence of Drone Strikes Inside Civilian Areas in Ethiopia
26/12/2022 (Reuters) Federal government visits Ethiopia’s Tigray in peace ‘milestone’
22/12/2022 (United Nations) Fulfilling the protection needs of women and girls affected by conflict and drought in Oromia, Ethiopia
22/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Amidst growing calls to resolve Oromia conflict peacefully, govt. gears to conduct “organized law enforcement measures”
20/12/2022 (Addis Standard) “It feels as if George Orwell wrote about what Oromos continue to go through…”- Translating ‘Animal Farm’ into Afaan Oromoo
20/12/2022 (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) Risks of Mass Atrocities in Ethiopia Remain High Despite Peace Deal
19/12/2022 (Gavi) Battling the cow pox: Ethiopia embarks on an unprecedented livestock vaccine drive
19/12/2022 (Atalayar) Ethiopia and Sudan exchange 62 prisoners captured during border dispute over Al-Fashaga
19/12/2022 (Education International) Ethiopia: Education union’s plea for peace
19/12/2022 (VOA) Ethiopians Voice Hopes and Fears About Peace Process
19/12/2022 (Schengenvisa News) Norway Urges Its Citizens: Do Not to Travel to Ethiopia
19/12/2022 (Foreign Policy) Will Ethiopia’s Peace Deal Last?
19/12/2022 (Ethiopian Human Rights Commission) EHRC/OHCHR’s Joint Advisory Note and Key Findings Stemming from Community Consultations on Transitional Justice to inform the development of a Transitional Justice Policy Framework for Ethiopia
19/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Tigray leader blames federal govt for slow implementation of peace agreement, obstructing humanitarian aid
18/12/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) Ethiopia’s winner-takes-all politics threatens Tigray peace deal
18/12/2022 (Haaretz) Ethiopia Obtains Phone-hacking Tech From Israeli Firm Cellebrite
18/12/2022 (BBC) Ethiopia’s PM sees OLA rebellion grow in his own backyard
17/12/2022 (University World News) 42% of public university graduates are unemployed
17/12/2022 (The Reporter) “What happens here has implications for Europe,”
17/12/2022 (The Reporter) Forgotten, south Ethiopian migrants’ endless suffering
17/12/2022 (The Reporter) Ethiopia demands termination of mandate for UN rights experts
17/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromia police detain Ethiopian tallest man Negewo Jima for a week, fail to bring him to court of law
16/12/2022 (United Nations) WFP Ethiopia Drought Response Situation Report #6 (November 2022)
16/12/2022 (Amnesty International) Saudi Arabia: “It’s like we are not human”: Forced returns, abhorrent detention conditions of Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia
16/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Security situation “fast deteriorating” particularly in western Oromia as thousands displaced, essential services not functional: UN
15/12/2022 (United Nations) Ethiopia – Situation Report, 15 Dec 2022
15/12/2022 (US Senate) VAN HOLLEN STATEMENT ON MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER ABIY AHMED
15/12/2022 (Addis Standard) WB emphasizes importance of ending Ethiopia’s internal conflict, full implementation of peace agreement; Board approves $745 m grant
14/12/2022 (International Rescue Committee) Somalia, Ethiopia and Afghanistan top IRC’s Emergency Watchlist 2023
14/12/2022 (Reuters) Crisis-hit Somalia, Ethiopia top aid group’s Watchlist for 2023
14/12/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 3-9 DECEMBER 2022
14/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Abiy, Blinken discuss urgent need for withdrawal of Eritrean forces, US wants access by international human rights monitors
14/12/2022 (Aljazeera) Meta sued for $2bn over Facebook posts ‘rousing hate’ in Ethiopia
13/12/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) THE NORTHERN ETHIOPIA CONFLICT: A STEP TOWARDS PEACE?
13/12/2022 (U.S State Department) Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed
13/12/2022 (Aljazeera) Justice in Ethiopia must not be killed by a peace deal
13/12/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopia to investigate deaths of 27 migrants in Zambia – state news agency
13/12/2022 (Reuters) U.S. says to commit $55 bln to Africa ahead of summit
13/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Lawmakers from Oromia region request Tigray peace deal redo between govt, OLA armed group
12/12/2022 (Human Rights League) ETHIOPIA: THE GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS FAILURE TO PROTECT CIVILIANS IN OROMIA FROM CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS
12/12/2022 (SBM) Africa Watch – Another crack bursts
12/12/2022 (Satenaw) WHY DO YOU NOT CONDEMN TERRORISM IN ETHIOPIA?
09/12/2022 (Bloomberg) As One Conflict in Ethiopia Peters Out Another Flares Up
08/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Civilians subjected to “grave violation of human rights” in clashes, attacks by armed groups, gov’t security forces operating in Oromia – EHRC
08/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Conflict, drought in Ethiopia forces 3.6 million children out of school, half a million in last six months alone: new report
08/12/2022 (Addis Standard) More than 30,000 civilians displaced from violence hit East Wollega districts endure dire humanitarian crisis
08/12/2022 (The Conversation) Abiy Ahmed gained power in Ethiopia with the help of young people – four years later he’s silencing them
07/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Physicians call on international, national health actors to give attention to war affected areas in Oromia, as UN warn hostilities “continue to uproot civilians”
07/12/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO MONTHLY: NOVEMBER 2022
07/12/2022 (Addis Standard) A year after their Gada leaders’ brutal execution Karrayyu community get “neither justice nor peace”
07/12/2022 (Concern Worldwide) Major international response needed to save lives in Horn of Africa
07/12/2022 (Human Rights Watch) Warring Parties in Yemen Silent Amid Reports of Migrant Abuse
06/12/2022 (Addis Standard) Protests erupt across Oromia after latest violence in East Wollega, OLF calls on Oromos to “defend” themselves
06/12/2022 (Afrik21) ETHIOPIA: ADF releases $14 million to build climate resilience in Borana
06/12/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 26 NOVEMBER-2 DECEMBER 2022
05/12/2022 (United Nations) Humanitarian Action for Children 2023 – Ethiopia
04/12/2022 (The Conversation) Half a million Ethiopian migrants have been deported from Saudi Arabia in 5 years – what they go through
03/12/2022 (Addis Standard) District court judge, dozens of civilians killed, entire residents of a district displaced in attacks blamed on “Fano militants” in East Wollega
03/12/2022 (MSN) Residents and MPs report hundreds killed in several militia attacks in Oromia region
02/12/2022 (U.S State Department) Department Press Briefing – December 2, 2022
01/12/2022 (United Nations) Global Humanitarian Overview 2023
01/12/2022 (VOA) Guterres Praises Ethiopia Cease-Fire
01/12/2022 (Garowe Online) Eritrean troops kill over 111 civilians in Tigray, Ethiopia after peace agreement
01/12/2022 (ABC News) Ethiopia says new talks begin inside Tigray on disarmament
30/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Commission rules out participation of armed groups in planned inclusive national dialogue
30/11/2022 (Addis Standard) UN hosts Internet Governance Forum in Ethiopia amid criticism over longest running shutdown in Tigray, frequent interruptions in other parts
30/11/2022 (United Nations) Peace agreement’s opportunity must be seized to include rights and needs of children affected by conflict
29/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromia region calls on youth who join armed group to return, rules out peace talks to end war in region
29/11/2022 (Ahram Online) Ethiopia offers no date for end to blackout in Tigray region
29/11/2022 (Institute for Security Studies) Given the conflict’s ethnic dimensions, the war coalitions established on both sides must be persuaded to back peace
29/11/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 19-25 NOVEMBER 2022
28/11/2022 (Just Security) The Ethiopia-Tigray Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement and the Question of Accountability for International Crimes
28/11/2022 (U.S State Department) Ambassador at Large Fick’s Travel to Ethiopia
28/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Worsening security, drought drive Ethiopia humanitarian response rise to $3.335 billion; 11% increase in people in need
26/11/2022 (United Nations) Sub-Office Melkadida Drought Fundraising
25/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Southern region puts Gurage zone under indefinite command post after protests over statehood demands
25/11/2022 (Africa Intelligence) US-based lobbyists pressure AU over Oromia conflict
25/11/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) Many hurdles to peace in Tigray remain after Pretoria and Nairobi deals
24/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Number of people killed by latest Cholera outbreak in Bale, Oromia and Liben, Somali regions spike to 20, over half a million at high risk
24/11/2022 (Barrons) Coffee Is About to Be a Hot Commodity. How to Play a Brief Rally
24/11/2022 (Amnesty International) Ethiopia: Survivors of sexual violence deserve justice and accountability
23/11/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) Oromia’s Bale is facing a multi-layered crisis
23/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Tigray forces commander says disarmament linked to Eritrean, Amhara forces withdrawal as US calls for peace agreement immediate implementation
22/11/2022 (Addis Standard) EU donates €33 m to UNICEF, WFP to restore education services, school feeding program in conflict affected areas in Ethiopia
22/11/2022 (U.S State Department) Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy
22/11/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 12-18 NOVEMBER 2022
21/11/2022 (The National Law Review) Navigating U.S. Sanctions and Restrictions on Ethiopia and Eritrea
21/11/2022 (United Nations) Ethiopia: Humanitarian Response Plan Mid Year Review
21/11/2022 (International Organization for Migration) Perilous Journeys for Migrants Seeking Better Lives Out of Horn of Africa
19/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Climate-related shocks “devastate” lives and livelihoods of nearly 17 million pastoralists, agro-pastoralist in Ethiopia
19/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Gurage zone’s lingering request for statehood causes another stay-at-home protest in zonal capital
19/11/2022 (All Africa) Ethiopia: New Regulation Comes to Light to Govern Drone Operation, Imports
17/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Ukraine Ministry says ship with 27,000 tonnes of wheat leaves for Ethiopia
16/11/2022 (NPR) Drought crisis in Ethiopia shows price of climate change on world’s most vulnerable
16/11/2022 (Foreign Policy) Ethiopia’s Other War
16/11/2022 (Responsible Statecraft) Facing famine, Tigray concedes to Ethiopian government, and Abiy
16/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Up-and-coming Oromo singer goes missing from police custody, family accuses Oromia region police of extrajudicial killing
15/11/2022 (Nyasa Times) Immigration authorities arrest 18 Ethiopians for illegal entry
15/11/2022 (U.S State Department) Briefing with Senior State Department Official on the Situation in Ethiopia
15/11/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 5-11 NOVEMBER 2022
15/11/2022 (Global Migration Data Analysis Centre) Analysis of Missing Migrants Project Data 2014–2022
14/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Evangelical Church condemns killing of dozens of its worshipers in East, West Wollega, expresses dismay on government
12/11/2022 (U.S State Department) Resumption of Humanitarian Assistance to Northern Ethiopia
11/11/2022 (United Nations) Access Snapshot, Oromia region
11/11/2022 (United Nations) UNHCR Ethiopia Response to Internal Displacement Jan-Sep 2022
09/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Civilians killed following intense fighting between rebel group, government forces in Nekemte, western Oromia region
09/11/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO MONTHLY: OCTOBER 2022
08/11/2022 (Addis Standard) WHO Ethiopia joins emergency response to contain Cholera outbreak in Bale zone, Oromia region
08/11/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 29 OCTOBER-4 NOVEMBER 2022
08/11/2022 (ABC News) Witnesses say new fighting in Ethiopia’s Oromia kills dozens
07/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Becoming Ali Birra: the rise from “the little teacher” to a giant music legend
07/11/2022 (BBC) Ethiopia conflict: Looking for clues in video of forgotten massacre
04/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Nine priests abducted by militants since last week remain missing in North Shewa, Oromia Region
04/11/2022 (Reuters) U.N. hopeful it can restart aid into Ethiopia’s Tigray region “in days” – OCHA head
03/11/2022 (Aljazeera) Ethiopia: Government, Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war
02/11/20222 (U.S State Department) On the African Union-led Peace Talks
02/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Cholera outbreak kills nine as cases spike to over 330 in Bale zone Oromia and bordering Somali regions
01/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Teachers, parents reel from lack of basic facilities in Addis Abeba’s Afaan Oromo only schools
01/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopian women, children bear brunt of pandemic, conflicts, drought induced basic rights violation: Rights Commission
01/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Gov’t trying to convince Tigrayan authorities to “respect the law of the land, to respect the constitution, to act as one state in Ethiopia”: PM
01/11/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 22-28 OCTOBER 2022
01/11/2022 (Addis Standard) Pastoral farmers receive 2.87 million birr to prepare for drought
31/10/2022 (ABC News) Peace talks on Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict are extended
31/10/2022 (Operational Data Portal) A dashboard on UNHCR and its partners’ humanitarian response in Northern Ethiopia-January-September 2022
31/10/2022 (Early Warning Project) Risk Analysis for Ethiopia
31/10/2022 (International Committee of the Red Cross) Pastoral farmers receive 2.87 million Ethiopian Birr to prepare for drought
29/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Malaria kills 37, infects more than 130, 000 in Oromia in three months alone: Regional Health Bureau
28/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia cautions to weigh its options, consider relations with unnamed “states and entities” making “unsubstantiated and politically motivated” accusations
28/10/2022 (Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa) ACHPR 73rd OS: IHRDA statement on attacks against Oromo civilians in Northern Ethiopia
27/10/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopian government accused of deadly air strikes on Oromiya region
26/10/2022 (ABC News) Witnesses: Drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Oromia kill civilians
26/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia ranks 123 out of 140 in Rule of Law Index, a decline from last year
26/10/2022 (Addis Standard) UN Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia brief UNSC A3 group on “alarming abuses against civilians”
25/10/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 15-21 OCTOBER 2022
25/10/2022 (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) Museum Warns of Heightened Risk of Genocide, Mass Atrocities in Ethiopia
25/10/2022 (U.S State Department) On the Start of Northern Ethiopia Peace Talks
25/10/2022 (Addis Standard) At least 40 people extrajudicially killed by Eritrean forces in Sheraro – Amnesty International
25/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Residents say drone strike killed dozens of civilians in West Shewa, Oromia region; OLF, OFC condemn relentless airstrikes across Oromia
24/10/2022 (Oromo Liberation Front) Continuous, Systematic and Purposeful Civilian Killings are barbaric and War Crimes. OLF Condemns the series of Air Strike in Civilian areas
24/10/2022 (Foreign Relations Committee) Risch, Merkley, Menendez, Colleagues Urge Cessation of Hostilities in Ethiopia Ahead of Peace Talks in South Africa
22/10/2022 (Addis Standard) At least 30 people killed in an attacks blamed on “Fano militants” in East Wollega zone of Oromia region: local official
21/10/2022 (VOA) US Grants Temporary Protected Status to Ethiopians Who Fled Conflict
21/10/2022 (U.S State Department) Welcoming the Announcement of AU-led Negotiations to Resolve Conflict in Ethiopia
21/10/2022 (Addis Standard) AU PSC meets on Ethiopia ahead of UN’s; Blinken, Guteress discuss need for immediate cessation of hostilities, withdrawal of Eritrean Forces
20/10/2022 (Displacement Tracking Matrix) National Displacement Report 13 (June — July 2022)
20/10/2022 (The Stanford Daily) This language was banned in Ethiopia just 30 years ago. Now, it’s being taught at Stanford
20/10/2022 (Foreign Policy) Team Biden Balks on Africa Sanctions
20/10/2022 (Addis Standard) ICRC Ethiopia distributes essential household items to displaced people in Horo Guduru Wollega
20/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Postponed AU peace talk to take place on 24 Oct. in South Africa: Ethiopia
20/10/2022 (Chicago Tribune) Elizabeth Shackelford: The world’s worst war you aren’t watching is in Ethiopia
19/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Government security forces kill member of Karrayyu Gadaa leaders, abduct five others in East Shewa Zone of Oromia
18/10/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 8-14 OCTOBER 2022
18/10/2022 (Human Rights Watch) Civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region at Heightened Risk
18/10/2022 (United States Institute of Peace) Ethiopia’s civil war is raging. How can it get on track toward peace?
18/10/2022 (BBC) Ethiopia civil war: Federal army seizes Shire and two other Tigray towns
17/10/2022 (Addis Standard) As fears grow for civilians in Shire, AU, Tigray region echo need for immediate, unconditional ceasefire; gov. to continue “defensive measures”
16/10/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) Irreechaa is more than a celebration of Oromo culture
16/10/2022 (The Conversation) Tigray has resisted Ethiopia’s far greater military might for two years – here’s why neither side is giving in
15/10/2022 (Addis Standard) OFC rejects Addis Ababa, Oromia Special Zone admin demarcation; urges Afaan Oromo to be city admin’s working language alongside Amharic
14/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Four people died as Cholera outbreak reported in Bale zone Oromia, Somali region bordering areas
14/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia puts Ireland on notice, threatens to cut ties for alleged “attack against its sovereignty, territorial integrity”
13/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Eastern Oromia residents agonize from fresh mass detention, forced conscription; zonal officials deny multiple accounts
13/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Member of OLF central committee, author Moibon Bekele shot dead in Addis Abeba
12/10/2022 (U.S State Department) Joint Statement on Resumption of Hostilities in Northern Ethiopia
12/10/2022 (France24) Western powers urge Ethiopia, rebels to enter peace talks
12/10/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 1-7 OCTOBER 2022
11/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Prominent Oromo scholar Alemayehu Diro under police custody for more than ten days, denied right to appear before court
06/10/2022 (Europarl) Human rights breaches in Haiti, Myanmar and Ethiopia
05/10/2022 (USNews) Ethiopia, Tigray Head Invited to Peace Talks in South Africa
05/10/2022 (Reuters) More than 50 killed in northern Ethiopia air strike -aid workers and Tigray forces
05/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Tigray region govt says it accepts AU invitation, requests clarification
05/10/2022 (Europarl) JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children
05/10/2022 (European Union External Action) Ethiopia: Speech on behalf of High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate on the humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray
03/10/2022 (New Yorker) Did a Nobel Peace Laureate Stoke a Civil War?
03/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Gambella region rejects Rights Commission’s report, calls it “irresponsible”
03/10/2022 (Addis Standard) Dialogue amid civil war and violence: Mission impossible?
03/10/2022 (Africa News) Ethiopia’s Oromos celebrate Irreechaa thanksgiving festival
03/10/2022 (U.S State Department) Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer Travels to Kenya, South Africa, and Ethiopia
03/10/2022 (The Telegraph) How a new ‘Great War of Africa’ is raging under the cover of a media blackout
02/10/2022 (Horseed Media) Somalia and Ethiopia sign deal to strengthen ties
02/10/2022 (Borkena) U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe in Ethiopia for 2nd time since war with TPLF broke out
29/09/2022 (Addis Standard) At least 50 civilians killed in extra-judicial execution by security forces, armed groups in Gambella: new report
28/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Amid communication blackout Rights Commission says more than 100 civilians killed in recent violence in western Oromia
28/09/2022 (1945) How Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed Lost The World
28/09/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 17-23 SEPTEMBER 2022
28/09/2022 (Security Council Report) Ethiopia: Informal Interactive Dialogue
24/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Security forces briefly detain famous Oromo scholar Gemechu Megersa, released with demand to report back
24/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Italy approves €9 million to respond to most urgent needs in Ethiopia
23/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Jimma Uni. suspends two staff for production of “wrong and illegal” sociology module; ethics committee investigating
23/09/2022 (Minister for International Development and the Pacific Minister for Defense Industry) Humanitarian assistance in Horn of Africa and Yemen
22/09/2022 (Reuters) Countries step up to try and avert famine in Horn of Africa
22/09/2022 (Aljazeera) What Ethiopia and Tigray need for peace talks to succeed
22/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Ukraine donates 50,000 mt wheat to Ethiopia, Somalia
22/09/2022 (VOA) Spiraling Violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region Sees Thousands Displaced
21/09/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 10-16 SEPTEMBER 2022
21/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Amhara state police detain Zemene Kassie, a well-known Fano militia leader
21/09/2022 (The Africa Report) UN: Ethiopia crisis is the focus of diplomatic ‘speed dating’ week, US envoy Hammer says
20/09/2022 (Washington Post) The conflict testing Ethiopia’s nobel winning leader
19/09/2022 (U.S State Department) U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer’s Work in Ethiopia
19/09/2022 (i24news) UN report warns of crimes against humanity in Ethiopia
16/09/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO MONTHLY: AUGUST 2022
13/09/2022 (Reuters) Drone strikes hit Ethiopia’s Tigray region after ceasefire offer -local authorities
12/09/2022 (The Global Mail) More than 20 million at risk as famine emerges in Horn of Africa
12/09/2022 (Council on Foreign Relations) A Wounded Ethiopia
12/09/2022 (Addis Standard) AU, US, UN, EU hail Tigray decision on AU-led peace process by “mutually acceptable mediators”, abide by “immediate, mutually agreed cessation of hostilities”
11/09/2022 (U.S State Department) On the Occasion of the Ethiopian New Year
10/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Biden extends sanctions on unnamed officials connected to humanitarian, human rights crisis in Ethiopia
09/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia rejects UN experts call for UNSC meeting as “ultra vires, blatant”; cautions it forecloses “all doors of cooperation”
07/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Despite ban on meeting press, local CSOs call for immediate peace in Ethiopia, basic services provision in Tigray, other conflict hit areas
07/09/2022 (United Nations) Statement Attributable to the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
07/09/2022 (Aljazeera) Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know
06/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Commentary: Ethiopian National Dialogue Proclamation: A camouflage for monologue?
06/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Rights Commission says militants from local, neighboring Amhara region responsible for recent massacre of more than 60 in Oromia
06/09/2022 (Reuters) Ethnic attacks kill 60 in Ethiopia’s Oromiya, says human rights body
04/09/2022 (VOA) What is Behind the Violence in Ethiopia’s ‘Other’ Conflict?
03/09/2022 (Reuters) Gunmen kill more than 40 people in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region – residents
02/09/2022 (France24) US says sending envoy to Ethiopia, condemns Eritrea return to war
02/09/2022 (Addis Standard) Indiscriminate attacks leave dozens dead in Horo Guduru, Oromia; witnesses blame ‘Fano militants’
02/09/2022 (U.S State Department) Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer’s Travel to Ethiopia
31/08/2022 (Human Rights Watch) Ethiopia: Civilians in Western Oromia Left Unprotected
31/08/2022 (Addis Standard) OFC calls an end to renewed hostilities, regrets international mediators’ failure to use humanitarian truce to bring peace, acknowledge raging crisis in Oromia
28/08/2022 (The Guardian) Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet shutdowns as a form of control
27/08/2022 (Addis Standard) World Meteorological Org. warns Horn of Africa faces 5th failed rainy season
26/08/2022 (Reuters) Air strike on playground kills 7 in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – hospital
26/08/ 2022 (Reuters) Horn of Africa on track for 5th failed rainy season: WMO
20/08/2022 (Addis Standard) Wolaita zone prosecutor indicts prominent scholar Asefa Wodajo with ‘spreading hate speech, disinformation’
19/08/2022 (United Nations) HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FARHAN HAQ,
DEPUTY SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
18/08/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO MONTHLY: JULY 2022
17/08/2022 (NASA) Deep Concern About Food Security in Eastern Africa
17/08/2022 (The New Humanitarian) Ethiopia’s worsening drought sees hunger numbers soar
17/08/2022 (ABC News) Ethiopian rebels propose humanitarian truce amid drought
17/08/2022 (Addis Standard) At least seven casualties reported in Bosat district; residents blame ‘Fano militants’
17/08/2022 (AP News) Ethiopian rebels propose humanitarian truce amid drought
17/08/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 6-12 AUGUST 2022
12/08/2022 (Addis Standard) Trials at peace in violence-ravaged Metekel
10/08/2022 (U.S House of Representative) Representatives Malinowski, Cheney, Crow and Wilson Introduce the Bipartisan Madeleine K. Albright Democracy in the 21st Century Act
10/08/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 30 JULY-5 AUGUST 2022
09/08/2022 (Addis Standard) Govt claims its forces kill hundreds of militants, detain thousands in various regions; recapture over 1000 kebelles in Oromia, Benishangul Gumuz states
08/08/2022 (White House) U.S. STRATEGY TOWARD SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
08/08/2022 (Addis Standard) Affected communities left to die of hunger unless intervention is enacted, exclaims #OFC
06/08/2022 (The Reporter) AU accommodates UN, EU to broker peace between TPLF, federal government
04/08/2022 (Addis Standard) More than 8,000 civilians displaced In Bale Zone after recent clashes in areas bordering Oromia, Somali regions
03/08/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 23-29 JULY 2022
02/08/2022 (United Nations) Members of Human Rights Body Conclude First Mission to Ethiopia
30/07/2022 (Satenaw News) OFC, OLF continue engagement with international community; meet U.S. special envoy in Addis
28/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Four OLF High-ranking Officers Remain Behind Bars contradicting Court Order
28/07/2022 (Modern Ghana) US hopes for progress on Ethiopia peace talks after Kenya election
27/07/2022 (U.S State Department) United States Provides More than $488 Million in Humanitarian Assistance to the People of Ethiopia
27/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia Rights Commission calls for immediate intervention in neglected, drought ravaged Oromia, Somali regions, announcement of extent
23/07/2022 (The Reporter) Over 1,105 civilians killed in West Wollega in 12 months, report
23/07/2022 (Borkena) Ethiopia : Addis Ababa Mayor says 1500 “terrorists” arrested in the capital
23/07/2022 (U.S State Department) Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer’s Travel to Egypt, the UAE, and Ethiopia
22/07/2022 (Relief Web) Ethiopia – Situation Report, 22 Jul 2022
22/07/2022 (African Arguments) “Ethiopia’s other conflict”: What’s driving the violence in Oromia?
22/07/2022 (Addis Standard) UN rights experts due in Ethiopia next week
22/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromia Supreme Court accepts charges against ONN journalists, other defendants, contradicts own ruling on charges amendment
21/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Recurring violence in Oromo Special and North Shewa zones in Amhara region. Once again dozens dead, hundreds displaced
21/07/2022 (Amnesty) Ethiopia: Authorities must investigate massacre of ethnic Amhara in Tole
20/07/2022 (The Conversation) ‘Ethiopia’s other conflict’: what’s driving the violence in Oromia?
20/07/2022 (VOA News) Al-Shabab Attacks Somali Towns Close to Ethiopian Border
20/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Burayu district court passes verdict to free four high-ranking OLF officials
20/07/2022 (White House) Statement by President Biden on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
20/07/2022 (Addis Standard) UAE contributes US$60 m to WFP humanitarian response in Ethiopia
19/07/2022 (Addis Standard) US announces $55 m more in food-security assistance to Ethiopia
19/07/2022 (USAID) USAID Announces an Additional $55 Million For Ethiopia’s Food-Crisis Response
15/07/2022 (U.S Department of State) Humanitarian Assistance for Africa
15/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Survivors of recent atrocities in Western Oromia seek help to regain livelihoods; more than 20,000 IDPs arrive in Amhara region
15/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Gambella state reinforces curfew “to control illegal activities”
07/07/2022 (AP News) Ethiopia’s leader admits military losses in insurgencies
07/07/2022 (Merkely) MERKLEY SOUNDS ALARM ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN ETHIOPIA
06/07/2022 (The New York Times) Ethnic Killings in Ethiopia Add to Crisis
06/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Ajjeechaa Jumlaa Oromiyaa keessaatti raawwatamu aanga’oota Oromiyaatu harka keessa qaba-Hangaasaa Ibraahim
06/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Parliament passes resolution to observe a minute of silence for victims of atrocities, form a special committee to investigate
05/07/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopia, rebel group trade blame over mass killing in west
05/07/2022 (Devex) EU readies fresh money for Ethiopia, but not yet its government
05/07/2022 (Martin Plaut) Slaughter and Slander of Oromo intensifies with ‘Tole Massacre’
05/07/2022 (Addis Standard) More than 150 reported killed in “new massacre” in west Oromia; PM Abiy vows to “pursue”, “eliminate” Oromo armed group
04/07/2022 (EHRC) Kellem Wollega Zone- Oromia Region: EHRC Calls for an Urgent Reinforcement of Government Security Forces
04/07/2022 (BBC) ‘Refugees’ forgot ‘case’ – Ethiopian refugees in Kakuma
03/07/2022 (VOA) Nightline Africa
02/07/2022 (VOA) Amharic News
01/07/2022 (Inkstick) Ethiopia’s Tigray war overshadows ongoing cycles of violence in Oromia
01/07/2022 (Addis Standard) Fed. Police says investigating “extremist forces” suspected of property damage on Addis Abeba Islamic Affairs Council bureau
01/07/2022 (Addis Standard) WB approves $180m to step-up support for refugees, host communities in Ethiopia
30/06/2022 (Washington Post) UN rights panel says it is alarmed over Ethiopia’s abuses
30/06/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopia blames militia for killing 338 people in Oromiya region in June
30/06/2022 (UN) Ethiopia still in grip of spreading violence, hate speech and aid crisis
30/06/2022 (VOA) International Commission Calls on Ethiopia to End Violations on Its Territory
30/06/2022 (Story Hub) Pooled funds work together to respond to drought-related needs
30/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Drought in pastoral areas of Ethiopia: The missing link between problem and solution?
30/06/2022 (Humans Right Watch) Statement at Interactive Dialogue with the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
29/06/2022 (Addis Standard) In memory of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa: Singing freedom into the convulsing suicidal empire
29/06/2022 (Addis Standard) UN rights council names Radhika Coomaraswamy to replace outgoing Fatou Bensouda on Ethiopia rights body
29/06/2022 (UNICEF) Child marriage on the rise in Horn of Africa as drought crisis intensifies
28/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromia Mejlis forms 13 member national committee to investigate recent killings, coordinate support and find lasting solution
27/06/2022 (OCHA) ETHIOPIA – HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
27/06/2022 (Concern World Wide) Concern calls for urgent international funding to avert major humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa
27/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Ruling Party Executive, Central Committees “put direction” for peaceful resolution to end war in Tigray
27/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Joint Security, intelligence Task Force urges university students to beware of media incitement, steer clear of violence
27/06/2022 (Addis Standard) FAO appeals for $172 million to help avert famine and humanitarian catastrophe
26/06/2022 (Macau Business) Ethiopia arrests three suspects in relation to videotaped killing
26/06/2022 (The Conversation) Is eastern Africa’s drought the worst in recent history? And are worse yet to come?
24/06/2022 (The Economist) I was a war reporter in Ethiopia. Then I became the enemy
24/06/2022 (Addis Standard) OLF members, ONN journalists on trial accused of forming Oromia Transitional Government ask court to change presiding judges
23/06/2022 (United Nations) Conflict, drought, dwindling food support, threatens lives of 20 million in Ethiopia
23/06/2022 (Foreign Senate) SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE PASSES BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION CONDEMNING STARVATION AS A WEAPON OF WAR
23/06/2022 (Addis Standard) UN Rights Commissioner urges prompt investigation into killings in western Ethiopia
23/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromia police fails to bring four senior OLF leaders to court for habeas corpus hearing
22/06/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Obsevertory) EPO WEEKLY: 11-17 JUNE 2022
22/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Ruling party executive sets direction to intensify ongoing “law enforcement measures”
21/06/2022 (Martin Plaut) Abiy launches “a special operation” against Oromo Liberation Army
21/06/2022 (Gov. UK) New UK Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa and Red Sea appointed
21/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Intensified arrests in Arsi zones, Oromia region under pretext of connections with OLA; civil servants, OFC members among jailed
21/06/2022 (Addis Standard) More than 8 million Ethiopians acutely food insecure, 1.5 million livestock dead due to drought: IOM
20/06/2022 (European Commission) Commissioner Lenarčič in Ethiopia to support the humanitarian response
19/06/2022 (BBC Afaan Oromoo) Ajjeechaan jumlaa Godina Addaa Saba Oromootti humnootii nageenyaa mootummaan raawwatameef itti-gaafatamummaan haa mirkanaa’u – KMNI
19/06/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) Oromia carnage spreads to Gambella
19/06/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopia rights body says video shows extrajudicial killings
18/06/2022 (Foreign Policy) Christian Nationalism Is Tearing Ethiopia Apart
17/06/2022 (Eurasia Review) Organized Crime Pours Cold Water On Coffee Exports
16/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Security forces shoot civilians in Gambella city two days after regional gov’t vows to ‘totally eradicate’ remaining members of Oromo, Gambella armed groups
14/06/2022 (Al Jazeera) Ethiopia’s Abiy says body formed to negotiate with Tigray rebels
14/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Gov’t forces engaged with Gambella, Oromo armed groups in ongoing exchange of gunfire in Gambella city; gunshots heard in two towns in Western Oromia
14/06/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopia forms body to negotiate with rebellious Tigray forces
13/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia Defense Force begins airstrike in western Oromia; says targets are OLF military training camps
10/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Border clashes, political unrest tower over drought in Fentalle woreda; Karrayyu community accuses local officials of obstructing aid as retribution for dissent
09/06/2022 (Le Monde Afrique) In Ethiopia, negotiations are organized behind the scenes between the government and the rebels of Tigray
09/06/2022 (AP News) Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads
07/06/2022 (BBC) The Ethiopians changing their names as a show of pride
04/06/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) Imperial ambition is the main hurdle to peace in Ethiopia
01/06/2022 (Ethiopia Peace Observatory) EPO WEEKLY: 21-27 MAY 2022
01/06/2022 (Martin Plaut) Oromo and Amhara militants battle on western frontier
01/06/2022 (US.. Department of State) Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa
01/06/2022 (Addis Standard) Drought hits Ethiopia again but climate change not only culprit
27/05/2022 (Ethiopian Human Rights Commission) Over a dozen media personnel in unlawful detention
26/05/2022 (Africa Confidential) Abiy’s war aims meet geopolitics
24/05/2022 (Addis Standard) Supreme Court Cassation bench frees OLF senior leader Col. Gemechu Ayana
21/05/2022 (Mirage News) U.S. Delegation on Atrocity Prevention and Response to Travel to Hague
21/05/2022 (The Guardian) Apocalypse now? The alarming effects of the global food crisis
20/05/2022 (African Eye Report) Ethiopian Military’s Killing of Pregnant Woman, Husband: OLLAA Calls for Investigation
20/05/2022 (All Africa) Oromo Advocacy Group Calls for Independent Investigation Into Extrajudicial Execution of Pregnant Woman, Her Husband By Security Forces in Oromia
20/05/2022 (News Beezer) The Oromo advocacy group is calling for an independent investigation into the extrajudicial execution of a pregnant woman and her husband by security forces in Oromia
20/05/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromo advocacy group calls for independent investigation into extrajudicial execution of pregnant woman, her husband by security for
19/05/2022 (Ethiopian Human Rights Commission) Oromia Liberation Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) members arrested illegally should be released immediately; Other pre-trial detainees should also be released immediately unless a credible charge is filed
19/05/2022 (Addis Standard) Federal, Oromia police trade blame over detention of Col. Gemechu Ayana et. al; 3rd defendant allegedly killed by security forces
19/05/2022 (Addis Standard) Rights Commission confirms OLF leaders detained against due process, subjected to abuse
18/05/2022 (Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect) Atrocity Alert No. 301: Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and China
17/05/2022 (Oromia 11) Naannoo Beenishaangul Gumuuz fi Godinalee Oromiyaa Hedduutti Humnoonni Mootummaa Namoota Sadi Ajjeesuun Gabaafame
10/05/2022 (Addis Standard) Violence in western Oromia displaces half a million, leaves hundreds of schools, health facilities non functional: UNOCHA
06/05/2022 (Addis Standard) Civilians target of summary executions, aerial strikes in Oromia as gov’t intensifies military operations
06/05/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) While welcome, Ethiopia’s national dialogue appears compromised
03/05/2022 (Addis Standard) Court to pass verdict on ONN journalists accused of collaborating with OLF to install Transitional Gov’t in Oromia
02/05/2022 (Committee to Protect Journalists) Ethiopian journalists Dessu Dulla and Bikila Amenu face death penalty on anti-state charges
02/05/2022 (Addis Standard) Gunshots, teargas disrupt Eid prayers in Addis Abeba as worshipers scramble in confusion, families separated
02/05/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopia rights body investigating uniformed fighters filmed abusing boy
02/05/2022 (Addis Standard) OFC says gov’t use of “drone, helicopter strikes” in Oromia killing civilians
30/04/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) Abiy’s botched centralization fuels Ethiopia’s feuding centrifugal forces
30/04/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromo Liberation Front condemns intensified military operations in Oromia state
28/04/2022 (Thomson Reuters Foundation News) In Yemen, racism dooms Black people to life on the margins
27/04/2022 (Reuters) Clashes in Ethiopia kill 20 Muslim worshippers -regional Islamic leader
26/04/2022 (Addis Standard) At least three killed in attack on mourners at funeral of prominent local Sheik in Gonder, Amhara state
26/04/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromia region reports 1.3 million cattle deaths worth 26 billion ETB in eight drought-stricken zones
25/04/2022 (United Nations) ‘This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains
25/04/2022 (Ethiopia Insight) Abiy’s regime is a modern version of the Ethiopian empire-state
19/04/2022 (Addis Standard) Conflict resurfaces in Oromo Special zone, North Showa zones of Amhara region
18/04/2022 (Addis Standard) East African defense intelligence institutions agree to collaborate on regional peace
15/04/2022 (Addis Standard) Report says conflict events in Ethiopia climbed by 161% in 2021
15/04/2022 (Addis Standard) The boomerang effect: How political betrayal transformed Oromo youth protest to armed resistance
13/04/2022 (Bloomberg) Tigray Waits for Aid After Truce Agreed in Ethiopia’s Civil War
12/04/2022 (Foreign Policy) U.S. Envoy for East Africa to Call It Quits
12/04/2022 (U.S State Department) 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Ethiopia
08/04/2022 (U.S State Department) Reports of Mass Atrocities in Western Tigray
07/04/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia says Amnesty, HRW recommendations unhelpful; vows to examine all allegations of violations of human rights
06/04/2022 (US Aid) UNITED STATES PROVIDING $114 MILLION IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO RESPOND TO DROUGHT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
06/04/2022 (Relief Web) Ethiopia Humanitarian Bulletin
06/04/2022 (Martin Plaut) Ethiopia must address impunity for human rights abuses by security forces
06/04/2022 (Human Rights Watch) Crimes Against Humanity in Western Tigray Zone
04/04/2022 (Addis Standard) Oromia State govt warns ‘extremist forces operating in the name of Amhara’, infiltrating region and committing ‘disgusting acts’
31/03/2022 (African Arguments) Ethiopia’s forgotten minority: Who will be the voice for Karrayyu?
31/03/2022 (Addis Standard) UN migration body says some $11 m needed to assist over 100,000 Ethiopian nationals returning from Saudi Arabia
29/03/2022 (Addis Standard) Ethiopia to resume repatriating nationals trapped in Saudi Arabia
29/03/2022 (Addis Standard) Court grants AP journalists bail after 3 months in detention (corrected)
28/03/2022 (Bloomberg) Ethiopia Troops seen moving towards Tigray after truce agreed
28/03/2022 (Albuquerque Journal) Ethiopia urged to uphold press freedom and release reporter
25/03/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopia’s Tigray region says it will observe humanitarian ceasefire
24/03/2022 (Addis Standard) EHRC calls for criminal liability as Oromia region prepares for conciliation process with Karrayyu community
24/03/2022 (Addis Standard) Federal government declares humanitarian truce in Tigray effective today; says move paves way for resolution of conflict
15/03/2022 (The Guardian) Video of armed men burning man alive in western Ethiopia sparks outrage
12/03/2022 (Addis Standard) Security forces burn civilians to death in Metekel, Benishangul Gumuz; gov’t says act ‘extremely horrific’, pledges accountability
12/03/2022 (Reuters) Ethiopia pledges action after video shows uniformed men burning civilians alive
11/03/2022 (Addis Standard) Siinqee Institute requests UNESCO to condemn Karrayyu Abba Gadaas’ execution, facilitate space for healing and reconciliation
10/03/2022 (Addis Standard) Court orders Oromia Prosecutor to file charges on journalist Tamerat Negera within two weeks
03/03/2022 (Reuters) UN rights forum picks ex-ICC prosecutor to lead Ethiopia abuses investigation
21/02/2022 (BBC) – Masfin Araayaa walitti qabaa komiishinii marii biyyaalessaa ta’uun muudaman
21/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – Despite reservations, calls for review from political parties, Parliament set to appoint National Dialogue Commissioners today
16/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – Ruling Party reiterates inclusive dialogue wont include ‘terrorist’ groups
15/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – Massacre in plain sight; behind silent killings in Oromo special zone, Amhara region
15/02/2022 (USAID.GOV) – USAID Providing More Than $39 Million in Humanitarian Assistance to Respond to Drought in Ethiopia
14/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – Ethiopian Political Parties Joint Council request Parliament to temporarily halt National Dialogue commissioners’ selection, resume process in inclusive, trustworthy manner
11/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – OFC decries ‘appalling’, ‘endless suffering’ of Ethiopians in Saudi detention facilities
11/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – USAID leadership engages on drought response in Somali and Oromia regions
10/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – News analysis: OLF calls for an end to torture of jailed members as senior leaders protest in hunger strike
03/02/2022 (Al Jazeera) – Can Abiy Ahmed’s national dialogue end Ethiopia’s war?
02/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – UN cautions prolonged drought pushing families in Ethiopia to the brink
02/02/2022 (Addis Standard) – “Reasonable ground to believe” Karrayyu Gadaa leaders’ killing constitutes “extrajudicial killing” by security forces: EHRC
31/01/2022 (BBC News) – Tigray conflict: What do we know about drone strikes in Ethiopia?
31/01/2022 (The Guardian) – ‘We pray for rain’: Ethiopia faces catastrophic hunger as cattle perish in severe drought
28/01/2022 (Al Jazeera) – Ethiopia’s new ‘national dialogue’ cannot deliver inclusive peace
25/01/2022 (Foreign Policy) – How Abiy Ahmed Betrayed Oromia and Endangered Ethiopia
24/01/2022 (Foreign Policy) – Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Needs to Include Everyone
24/01/2022 (Addis Standard) – Over 60 Oromo organizations call for a credible and inclusive national dialogue, neutral convener
24/01/2022 (Reuters) – Ethiopian army planning to ‘eliminate’ Tigrayan forces -military official
19/01/2022 (VOA) – UN Chief: ‘Real Opportunity’ to Resolve Ethiopia Conflict
19/01/2022 (Responsible Statecraft) – Ethiopia needs more than peace talks
19/01/2022 (Al Jazeera) – The Oromo and the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa
17/01.2022 (Oryx) – Drone Warfare Turns Hot Over Ethiopia’s Oromia Region
17/01/2022 (Addis Standard) – No sign of redress for Karrayyu Abba Gadaas executed by Oromia police despite state minister, MP named culprits
10/01/2022 (The New York Times) – Ethiopia Frees Prominent Political Prisoners, Calls for Reconciliation
07/01/2022 (Al Jazeera) – Ethiopia announces pardons for high-profile political prisoners
07/01/2022 (Addis Standard) – Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba and others just released
07/01/2022 (Reuters) – U.S. hopes for positive momentum in Ethiopia after envoy talks
06/01/2022 (Reuters) – China plans peace envoy for conflict-riven Horn of Africa
06/01/2022 (The Guardian) – Ethiopia lifts five-month suspension of Norwegian Refugee Council’s aid work
06/01/2022 (The New Humanitarian) – Ten humanitarian crises and trends to watch in 2022
04/01/2022 (Citizen Digital) – Prominent mysterious disappearances of 2021 that remain unresolved
12/21/2021 (NPR) – The mysterious death of a human rights lawyer during political turmoil in Ethiopia
12/21/2021 (CFR) – The Daunting Obstacles to Peace in Ethiopia
12/20/2021 (The Guardian) – Tigrayan forces to pull out of nearby Ethiopian regions in ceasefire offer
12/19/2021 (Martin Plaut) – UN Security Council to discuss the Ethiopian crisis on Monday, 20 December
12/15/2021 (CSIS) – Time for Action on Ethiopia
12/15/2021 (NY Times) – Ethiopia Abiy Amed Nobel War
12/13/2021 (Addis Standard) – News: Family of Tamrat Negera unable to find his whereabouts since Friday
2021 (UNHR) – Communications reports of special procedures
12/9/2021 (Center for Security Policy) – Drones are winning the war in Ethiopia
12/8/2021 (Aljazeera) – Ethiopia’s PM Abiy to return to Addis Ababa from battlefront
12/9/2021 (The Progressive) – Number of journalists behind bars reaches global high
12/8/2021 (Washington Examiner) – Is Ethiopia the new Syria?
12/6/2021 (Foreign Affairs) – Peace Is Still Possible in Ethiopia
12/6/2021 (State Gov) – Joint Statement on Detentions in Ethiopia
12/3/2021 (BBC News) – Ethiopia closes schools to boost civil war effort
NOVEMBER 2021
11/19/2021 (Washington Post) – Ethiopia’s economy hit as major clothing maker closes shop
11/18/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS UPDATE: FED. COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF WOMAN ACCUSED OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE ASSASSINATION OF HACHALU HUNDESSA
11/18/2021 (ABC News) – US warns pilots of weapon fire as war nears Ethiopia capital11/18/2021 (The Progressive) – U.S. Officials Move to Save Repressive Ethiopian Leader from Rebel Advance
11/4/2021 (CNN) – Ethiopian rebels edge closer to Addis Ababa, as fears grow over all-out war
11/4/2021 (Addis Standard) – VIEWPOINT: “CHANGE IN DIRECTION MUST OCCUR IN DAYS, NOT WEEKS”: JEFFERY FELTMAN
11/4/2021 (Al Jazeera) – US embassy in Ethiopia allows voluntary departure of some staff
11/3/2021 (Citizen Digital) – Kenya Closes Border Over Ongoing Fighting In Northern Ethiopia
11/3/2021 (Citizen Digital) – Kenya Calls For Immediate Cessation Of Hostilities In Ethiopia
11/3/2021 (Reuters) – Ethiopian leader, marking year of war, says he will bury foes ‘with our blood’
11/2/2021 (ABC News) – After ending Ethiopia’s trade status, US weighs sanctions, genocide designation over Tigray war
11/1/2021 (BBC) – Oromo Liberation Army: On the ground with Ethiopian fighters
11/1/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS ALERT: PM ABIY SAYS NON-ETHIOPIAN NATIONALS JOINED TPLF FORCES IN WELLO
OCTOBER 2021
10/31/2021 (Reuters) – Tigrayan and Oromo forces say they have seized towns on Ethiopian highway
10/30/2021 (Al Jazeera) – Ethiopia’s strategic town of Dessie ‘captured’ by rebel forces
10/25/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS ANALYSIS: BETWEEN ACCUSATIONS, DENIALS, RENEWED VIOLENCE ALONG OROMIA-SOMALI BORDER AREA CLAIMS 4 LIVES, DISPLACES HUNDREDS
10/25/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS: OFC SAYS PLANNED NATIONAL DIALOGUE FUTILE, ASKS FOR COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION, INCLUDING ARMED GROUPS10/25/2021 (CNN) – Facebook knew it was being used to incite violence in Ethiopia. It did little to stop the spread, documents show
10/21/2021 (US Foreign Affairs) – Markup of Various Measures
10/17/2021 (Politico) – Ethiopia Is Plunging Into Chaos. It’s Time for a New Dayton Peace Process
10/15/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS ANALYSIS: AS ENDF VOWS COUNTER OFFENSIVE AGAINST TPLF, MAJOR CITIES IN SOUTH WOLLO ZONE EXTEND CURFEW
10/13/2021 (National News) – US considers sanctions on Ethiopia’s military commanders and commercial entities
10/12/2021 (State Gov) – High-Level Meetings on Ethiopia
10/12/2021 (AP) – UN told failure to deal with diversity is root cause of wars
10/12/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS ANALYSIS: WEEKS AFTER RIGHTS COMMISSION EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE SECURITY SITUATION OF CIVILIANS IN EAST WOLLEGA, COMMUNAL VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT IN KIRAMU WOREDA
10/11/2021 (Oryx) – Wing Loong Is Over Ethiopia: Chinese UCAVs Join The Battle For Tigray
10/7/2021 (New Atlanticist) – Time is running out for Abiy’s ‘new beginning’ in Ethiopia
10/6/2021 (US Mission to the UN) – Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Stakeout Following a Briefing on Ethiopia
10/4/2021 (Ethiopia Insight) – Dear Abiy, please resign—a plea from a fellow Ethiopian evangelical
10/3/2021 (CNBC) – Facebook whistleblower reveals identity, accuses the platform of a ‘betrayal of democracy’
SEPTEMBER 2021
9/23/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS: DAYS BEFORE THE FORMATION OF A NEW REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, OROMIA SAYS IT IS READY TO PARDON MEMBERS OF ‘SHANEE’
9/22/2021 (Roll Call) – Ethiopia violence stokes alarm in Washington about civil war
9/2021 (Freedom House) – Freedom on the net 2021 (Ethiopia)
9/20/2021 (CFR) – Ethiopia: U.S. Sanctions Threat Attempts to Change the Equation
9/20/2021 (Yahoo! News) – US blasts ‘dangerous’ rhetoric by ally of Ethiopia PM
9/17/2021 (White House) – Executive Order on Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia
9/17/2021 (US Foreign) – RISCH: THERE MUST BE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TIGRAY WAR9/17/2021 (Awash Post) – Reform and resistance in Ethiopia
August 2021
8/31/2021 (Tghat) – Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the Netherlands abandons Abiy Ahmed and seeks asylum in the USA
8/31/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS: AMHARA STATE CALLS ON HIGH SCHOOL,TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL,UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST TIGRAYAN ARMED FORCES
8/30/2021 (Eritrea Hub) – The Kenyan speech at the UN Security Council that spooked PM Abiy
8/30/2021 (BBC) – Ethiopia’s economy battered by Tigray war
8/27/2021 (Reuters) – U.N. chief says social fabric of Ethiopia being torn apart
8/26/2021 (US Mission) – Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ethiopia and the Situation in Tigray
8/23/2021 (Washington Examiner) – Turkish drones expose State Department impotence
8/21/2021 (ENS) – Ethiopia’s worsening inability to pay $40 billion debt
8/19/2021 (Ethiopia Insight) – EIEP: Prosperity Party’s win is a loss for Oromia—and Ethiopia
8/20/2021 (Bloomberg) – Ethiopia Plans National Dialog in Bid to Defuse Tensions
8/10/2021 (BBC) – Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed calls on civilians to join Tigray war8/4/2021 (Addis Standard) – NEWS: US CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF STATUS QUO ANTE, AN END TO MILITARY CONFLICTS AS TOP OFFICIAL ARRIVES IN ETHIOPIA
July 2021
7/27/2021 (UNPO) – UNPO, Ethiopian Communities Hold Dialogue
7/26/2021 (Homeland Security Today) – PERSPECTIVE: Abiy Ahmed’s Destabilization of Ethiopia
7/26/2021 (Nation) – Ethiopia temporarily diverts passenger flights away from Bole International Airport
7/24/2021 (Middle East Monitor) – Russia surprised by attempts to link cooperation with Ethiopia on Renaissance Dam
7/24/2021 (The East African) – Dialogue no longer an option as Abiy brands TPLF a terror group
7/22/2021 (FP) – Ethiopia’s Problems Stem From Internal Colonialism
7/22/2021 (USIP) – African Union Chair Tshisekedi, Rep. Bass Discuss Effective U.S.-Africa Engagement
7/20/2021 (US Senate) – RANKING MEMBER RISCH OPENING STATEMENT AT NOMINATIONS HEARING FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF STATE, DEPUTY USAID ADMINISTRATOR
7/19/2021 (Addis Standard) – STATEMENT OF FACT ON THE SUSPENSION OF ADDIS STANDARD CONTENT PUBLICATION & SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION WITH ETHIOPIAN MEDIA AUTHORITY
7/19/2021 (World Peace Foundation) – July 2021 Employee of the Month: Abiy Ahmed
7/19/2021 (Al Jazeera) – Ethiopia says second filling of Renaissance Dam complete
7/16/2021 (German Foreign Office) – Federal Foreign Office on the situation in Ethiopia
7/20/21(OLLAA) – Italys-400000-euro-contribution-to-ethiopias-elections-goes-much-deeper
7/1/2021 (CNN) – Ethiopia is at war with itself. Here’s what you need to know about the conflict
7/1/2021 (CPJ) – Ethiopian journalist Abebe Bayu abducted and assaulted by unidentified men
June 2021
6/29/2021 (Ethiopia Insight) – Ethiopia’s choice: Dialogue or disintegration?
6/30/2021 (The Guardian) – Ethiopian officials threaten to send troops back into Tigray
6/28/2021 (The Africa Report) – Ethiopia/Tigray: Is this Eritrea’s final war?
6/28/2021 (Reuters) – Mekelle ‘under our control’, spokesperson for Tigray’s former rulers says
6/22/2021 (Ayyaantuu Online) – Militant Populism and Embracing Colonial Legacy of Otherness: The Crisis of Abiy’s Fake Election in Ethiopia
6/22/2021 (Reuters) – Ethiopians vote as opposition alleges some irregularities
6/22/2021 (Garowe Online) – UN puts Abiy Ahmed on notice over atrocities in Tigray
6/22/2021 (Bloomberg) – Civil War Hardens Ethiopian Nile-Dam Stance, Sudan Minister Says
6/21/2021 (New Statesman) – Ethopia’s troubled election won’t restore Abiy Ahmed’s reputation
6/21/2021 (Department of Justice) – Naturalized U.S. Citizen from Ethiopia Arrested on Charge of Fraudulently Obtaining Citizenship
6/21/2021 (Global Policy) – US Sanctions on Ethiopia: Good Policy or Violation of Ethiopia’s Sovereignty?
6/18/2021 (Al Jazeera) – Why Ethiopia’s elections should be postponed
6/18/2021 (Consilium Europa) – Ethiopia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union
6/17/2021 (Crisis Group) – Ethiopia Votes, But Balloting Will Not Ease the Country’s Deep Crisis
6/16/2021 (Facebook) – Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Ethiopia
US Embassy – Alert: pre-election travel restrictions June 2021
Past
April 12, 2021 (USAID) – USAID AIRLIFTS SHELTER SUPPLIES TO HELP ETHIOPIANS AFFECTED BY THE CONFLICT IN TIGRAY
April 9, 2021 (Ethiopia Insight) – Ethiopia’s ethnofederalism: fact and fiction
April 8, 2021 (By Addis Standard) – NEWS: SENIOR STAFFERS AT JIMMA UNIVERSITY ACCUSED OF COUP ATTEMPT, GRADUATE STUDENT REMAINS MISSING
April 7, 2021 (Ethiopia Insight) – Ethiopia’s Oromo youth are disaffected—but also divided, co-opted, and demoralized
April 2, 2021 (UK government) – Ethiopia: G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on Tigray
April 2, 2021 (Al Jazeera) – Abiy Ahmed finally came clean about Eritrean troops. What next?
March 30, 2021 (foreignaffairs.house.gov) –Letter to Antony Blinken from Rep. Meeks and Rep McCaul
March 30, 2021 (By State Department) – 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Ethiopia
March 3, 2021 (By Al Jazeera) –Ethiopia urgently needs inclusive national dialogue
March 25, 2021 (By AFP) –MSF says staff witness Ethiopian troops execute civilians in Tigray
March 25, 2021 (By Reuters) –Ethiopia rejected U.S. call for unilateral ceasefire during talks, U.S. says
March 23, 2021 (By Addis Standard) –NEWS: OROMIA PP ACCUSES AMHARA REGION FORCES OF FOMENTING VIOLENCE IN OROMIA ZONE, SAYS OLA REBELS NOT PRESENT AS PM ABIY PLEADS FOR CALM
March 23, 2021 (By Addis Standard) –NEWS: EU “READY TO ACTIVATE ALL FOREIGN POLICY TOOLS” AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TIGRAY; TO DISPATCH ENVOY BACK TO ETHIOPIA
March 18, 2021 (By Foreign Policy) – Biden Dispatches Senate Ally to Ethiopia to Address Crisis
March 17, 2021 (By Reuters) – U.N. rights chief agrees to Ethiopia request for joint Tigray inquiry
March 16, 2021 (By HRW) – Yemen: Scores Die in Migrant Detention Center Fire
March 16, 2021 (By Addis Standard) – IN DEPTH ANALYSIS: THREE YEARS OF BROKEN PROMISES, ANGER COMPOUND OROMO IDPS DISPLACED AFTER VIOLENCE RAVAGED OROMIA-SOMALI REGIONS
March 16, 2021 (By The Conversation) – What’s causing the violence in western Ethiopia
March 16, 2021 (By Guardian) – UN calls for inquiry after rebels fired missiles into Yemen detention centre
March 12, 2021 (By Middle east eye) – New footage shows scores of charred bodies inside overcrowded hangar detaining mostly Ethiopian migrants, as Houthis and UN office trade blame
March 12, 2021 (By CNBC) – Ethiopia’s ‘simmering civil war’ threatens to erode economic recovery prospects
March 16, 2021 (By Economist) – “Faya Dayi” evokes what it means to be young in Ethiopia
March 12, 2021 (By AP) – Ethiopia’s leader faces intense pressure to end Tigray war
March 12, 2021 (By Al Jazeera) – Ethiopia’s Amhara rejects charge of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray
March 12, 2021 (By Reuters) – U.S.’s Blinken, U.N. chief discuss human rights abuses in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
March 9th, 2021 (By EUObserver) – Ethiopia: Time to tell the truth, Ambassador
March 9th, 2021 (By IOM ) – Yemen: Urgent Humanitarian Access Needed to Migrant Survivors of Deadly Holding Facility Fire
March 7th, 2021 (By TodayNews) – Has the world forgotten about the Oromo people and the detention of Jawar Mohammed?
March 7th, 2021 (By DW ) – Yemen: Several killed in migrant detention center fire
March 5th, 2021 (By HRW) – Ethiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians
March 4rd, 2021 – U.N. seeks access to Ethiopia’s Tigray for war crimes probe
March 3rd, 2021 (By AP) – Why Ethiopia’s deadly Tigray crisis is growing
March 3rd, 2021 (By CNN) – UN Security Council to discuss Ethiopia conflict following CNN investigation into Tigray massacre
March 3rd, 2021 – Oromo Federalist Congress will not take part in General Election
March 3rd, 2021 – Former US Ambassador to the African Union, Michael Battle, Joins Call for Peace in Ethiopia
March 2nd, 2021 – CNN EXCLUSIVE: Leader of Tigray’s forces accuses Ethiopian and Eritrean governments of genocide
February 26th, 2021 (Amnesty International) Ethiopia: Eritrean troops’ massacre of hundreds of Axum civilians may amount to crime against humanity
February 25th, 2021 – Hunger-striking Ethiopia politicians ‘deteriorating’ in jail
February 25th, 2021 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed
February 24th, 2021 – Statement by the United States on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea
February 23th, 2021 – Thousands of Ethiopians seek asylum in Sudan’s Blue Nile State
February 22th, 2021 – Ethiopia’s Looming Insurgency
February 22th, 2021 – OLLAA Leads Rally to Demand U.S Government Action to Save the Lives of Oromo Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike
February 17th, 2021 (By The Guardian) – ‘No way they’ll back out’: tensions rise amid Ethiopia opposition hunger strike
February 15th, 2021 (By The Conversation) – Why Ethiopia’s one-year-old hate speech law is off the mark
February 14th, 2021 (By Bloomberg) – Ethiopian Politicians in Hunger Strike Urge End to Impasse
February 14th, 2021 (By einnews.com) – OLLAA Calls on the Ethiopian Government to Respect the Rights of Ethiopian Protestors
February 13th, 2021 (By Al Jazeera) – Ethiopia: Concern grows over health of jailed political leaders
February 11th, 2021 (By Foreign Lobby) – Ethiopia hires lobbying help amid dual threats from Egypt, human rights critics
February 10th, 2021 (By The Conversation) – The legal implications of humanitarian aid blockades
February 10th, 2021 (By Science Norway) – Norwegian professor received death threats from Ethiopians in exile
February 9th, 2021 (By Headlines Mania) – OLLAA mobilizes journalists as health of Ethiopian political prisoner Jawar Mohammed deteriorates
February 8th, 2021 (By Addis Standard) – NEWS: AS JAWAR ET.AL CONTINUE HUNGER STRIKE OROMIA REGION SEES MULTIPLE PROTESTS DEMANDING THEIR RELEASE, JUSTICE FOR SLAIN ARTIST HACHALU
February 7th, 2021 (By BBC News) – Viewpoint: From Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Yemen, the dilemma of declaring a famine
February 5th, 2021 (By AP News) – UN: Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming’
February 4th, 2021 (By Relief Web) – Desert Locust situation update 4 February 2021
February 1st, 2021 (By World Politics Review) – The Case for U.S. Reengagement in Ethiopia
January 30th, 2021 (By Relief Web) – Ethiopia: Violence in Tigray causes untold suffering
January 29th, 2021 (By Ethiopia Insight) – Ethiopia re-enters the abyss of war
January 27th, 2021 (By BBC News) – Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: US calls for Eritrea troops to withdraw
January 27th, 2021 (By The Reporter) – Retired US Ambassadors to Ethiopia write an open letter to Prime Minister Abiy
January 27th, 2021 (By The Reporter) – Ethiopian-Oromo Human Rights Organization to Push the Biden Administration to Help Stop Oromo Genocide in Ethiopia
January 16th, 2021 (By BBC News) – Ethiopia’s Oromia conflict: Why a teacher was killed ‘execution-style’
January 15th, 2021 (On Medium) – Analysis: Why So Much International Silence about the War in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia?
January 15th, 2021 (By Reuters) – EU suspends Ethiopian budget support over Tigray crisis
January 9th, 2021 (By Addis Standard) – NEWS: OFC SAYS, AGAIN,VERY DIFFICULT TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTION UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS; CAUTIONS THREAT TO MULTINATIONAL FEDERALISM “DANGEROUS MOVE”
January 8th, 2021 (By Rescue) – Crisis in Ethiopia: New conflict threatens the region
January 6th, 2021 (By Foreign Policy) – All Is Not Quiet on Ethiopia’s Western Front
January 5th, 2021 (By UN News) – UNHCR relocates victims of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict to new site in Sudan
January 1st, 2021 (By Independent) – Ethiopian forces killed at least 75 civilians during ethnic unrest, damning human rights report finds
Past News – 2020
- Dec. 23, 2020 – Ethiopia: At least 100 dead in latest surge of violence against ethnic minorities
- Dec. 23, 2020 – Interview: Uncovering Crimes Committed in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
- Dec. 21, 2020 – News: OLF Accuses Gov’t Of Fresh Crackdown On Its Members; Oromia Region Says Measures Taken On Several Dozen Rebel Members, Thousands Arrested Across Region
- Sept. 29, 2020 – HRW: Ethiopian Forces Should Show Restraint at Upcoming Festival
- Aug. 27, 2020 – Foreign Policy: U.S. Halts Some Foreign Assistance Funding to Ethiopia Over Dam Dispute with Egypt, Sudan
- Addisstandard: Oromia reeling from state violence after security forces kill, injure a staggering number of protesters
- BBC: Ethiopia Hospital Boss Faces Questions Over Opposition Leader
- MSN: How the Murder of an Ethiopian Singer Triggered an Uprising Against a Disintegrating Democracy
- Reuters: Family of Slain Ethiopian Singer Mourns Their ‘Hero Like a Lion’
- BBC: Obbo Dajanee Xaafaa dhukkubaaf saaxilamaa jiru jechuun maatiin yaaddoo qaban ibsan
- United Nations Human Rights: UN Experts Call On Ethiopia To Allow Peaceful Protests, Welcome Partial Restoration of Internet
- PP: Local Ethiopians Hold Rally After Killing of Singer-Activist
- BBC: Siyaasa Itoophiyaa: ‘Sirni durii sun guutuumaan haqamu malee jijjiramnii dhugaa hin dhufu’
- Addis Standard: NEWS ALERT: AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED IN ADAMA, CHIRO AS PROTESTS ENGULF OROMIA FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF PROMINENT OROMO ARTIST
- The Guardian: Ethiopia’s Security Forces Accused of Torture, Evictions and Killings – Report
- VOA News: Ethiopia’s Oromo Celebrate Tense Thanksgiving Amid Tight Security
- Ezega: Ethiopian Authorities Warn of Harsh Measures against Attempts of Violence
- The Conversation: Suspension of US Aid To Ethiopia Is Yet Another Example of Trump’s Disregard For Africa
- Politico: Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed Loses His Shine
- Addis Standard: NEWS: MORE THAN 20 CIVILIANS KILLED IN FRESH ATTACKS IN BENISHANGUL GUMUZ REGION
- Addis Standard: NEWS: ARMY ISSUES STERN WARNING AGAINST ANYONE PLANNING TO VIOLATE CONSTITUTION
- Foreign Affairs: Democratic Backsliding in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Bloomberg: From Nobel Peace Prize to Uproar in Less Than One Year
- FP: The Ethiopian-Egyptian Water War Has Begun
- The Economist: Ethiopia’s Democratic Transition Is In Peril
- Alzajeera: Ethiopia’s Tigray blocks general’s appointment in blow to Abiy
- CFR: Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric Toward Ethiopia is Indicative of a Larger Problem
- Reuters: Clashes between Ethiopian states kill 27 amid border dispute
- CNN: Ethiopia’s Abiy resists diplomatic pressure to halt offensive
- Foreign Policy: Is Ethiopia Headed for Civil War?
- Crisis Group:Ethiopia’s Clash with Tigray: Getting to a Ceasefire and National Dialogue
- USIP: Statement on Ethiopia by the Senior Study Group on Peace and Security in the Red Sea Arena
- Bloomberg: Ethiopian Air Force Bombs Military Facilities in Northern Region
- Reuters: Ethiopia’s Abiy Vows to Disarm ‘Fugitives From Justice’ in Tigray Campaign
- Awash Post: Civil War in Ethiopia: Who, what, why?
- United Nations: Ethiopia: Bachelet Calls for De-escalation Amid Alarming Developments in Tigray and Oromia Regions
- BBC: Jawar Mohammed: The Ethiopian Media Mogul Taking on Abiy Ahmed
- HRW: Ethiopia: Opposition Figures Held Without Charge
- The Street Journal Ethiopia: Opposition Figures Held Without Charge
- Bass House: Members of Congress Weigh In Regarding Political Instability In Ethiopia
- WFMJ: Ethiopian Oromo Activists Congratulate President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris on Election Victory
- Bloomberg: Ethiopian Police Drawn Into Nation’s Deepening Ethnic Strife
- Reuters: Hundreds Dead in Worsening Ethiopian Conflict
- Addis Standard: NEW ALERT: POLICE DETAIN ADDIS STANDARD’S EDITOR, ACCUSE HIM OF ATTEMPT TO DISMANTLE THE CONSTITUTION
- EEAS: Ethiopia: Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the latest developments
- CNN: Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Peace Prize Win Is A Flawed Decision
- Amnesty: OPED: Justice, Not Repression, Will Break Ethiopia’s Waves of Violence
- WFMJ: Ethiopian Oromo Activists Applaud Senator Warren’s Leadership in Calling for the Immediate End to Violence in Ethiopia