The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Twitter, Saturday, that the establishment of an international commission of human rights experts on Ethiopia is an important step to ensure (...)
Over the past months, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel peace laureate, has plunged his country into a civil war that led to atrocities and famines, committing massacres and genocide against his people, specifically in the Tigray region. (...)
The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) announced on Saturday its advancing towards the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, while the Ethiopian authorities decided to close all secondary schools.
The Oromo Army had coordinated with the Tigray People's (...)
The conflict in northern Ethiopia is increasing relief needs as it drives more people from their homes, causing a loss of livelihoods and access to markets, food and essential services, UN Humanitarians said on Friday.
More than 9.4 million people (...)
اتهمت جبهة تحرير تيجراي، اليوم الثلاثاء 30 نوفمبر، رئيس الوزراء الإثيوبي آبي أحمد باستهداف سد تيكيزي، الواقع شمال البلاد وقصفه في الساعات الأولى من صباح اليوم.
وكتب جيتشاو رضا، المتحدث باسم جبهة تحرير تيجراي، تغريدةً عبر حسابه الرسمي على موقع (...)
The United States (US) has called on Ethiopia to hold "urgent negotiations", expressing "grave concern" over the country's military escalation.
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Secretary Anthony Blinken expressed grave concern about (...)
The Ethiopian government announced on Wednesday that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed transferred some of his powers to his deputy, as the former would lead the army from the battlefront against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which continues (...)
Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel Aty, has said that Egypt has shown flexibility during the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), due to its desire to reach a fair and legally binding agreement (...)
Over the past week, mass arrests of people reportedly of Tigrayan origin have continued in the capital of Ethiopia Addis Ababa and elsewhere, the UN rights office said on Tuesday.
"We are concerned that arrests have been continuing over the last (...)
A real and unprecedented crisis that Ethiopia is currently witnessing as anti-government forces form an alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and the latter's intransigence to accept any mediation, especially from the US, to calm the (...)
Daniel Merino, The Conversation; Gemma Ware, The Conversation, and Godfred Boafo, The Conversation. A year since war broke out in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, conflict in the country is intensifying. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly (...)
"For there to be peace in Ethiopia, this [Abiy Ahmed] regime must be removed and an inclusive transitional government must be put in place," an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan fighters told Daily News Egypt early Friday.
His statements came as US (...)
The US embassy in Addis Ababa advised all US citizens who are in Ethiopia to leave the country as soon as possible.
The embassy said in a Friday Security Alert that "The security environment in Ethiopia is very fluid."
This comes as a coalition of (...)
Anti-government forces in Ethiopia claimed that they are closing down on the capital Addis Ababa. The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) said its forces are just 25 kilometres away from the capital, while forces from Tigray have also made advances in the (...)
Ethiopia declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday, as the war intensified across the country after forces from Tigray Defence Forces controlled several cities.
The forces from northern Tigray and their allies 'Oromo Liberation Army' (...)
The Ethiopian army continued to launch air and ground strikes targeting Tigray militants in the Amhara region in the northern side of the country. The bombing affected many areas in the rebellious region.
Aiming to gain the upper hand in an (...)
Ethiopia announced on Sunday it is suspending work at its embassy in Egypt, starting October, citing "financial and economic reasons."
Ethiopian Ambassador to Cairo, Marcos Tekele, said in press statements reported by Egyptian media outlets that the (...)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has affirmed the importance of resuming dialogue on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a spirit of reaching a compromise, a UN statement said.
Guterres made the remarks in a meeting on (...)
The presidential statement issued by the Security Council on the crisis of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) provided important support to the African Union to carry out its mission in the mediation process in the dam negotiations, which (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi slammed on Tuesday Ethiopia's "intransigence", which has strained the decade-long negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Addis Ababa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The president said the (...)
Following last week's UN Security Council (UNSC) statement urging Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under the auspices of the African Union (AU), Christophe Lutundula, the foreign (...)
In a recorded statement to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi said on Tuesday that Egypt is still "committed to work to reach, in the nearest time possible" a fair, balanced, "and legally binding agreement" on (...)
Egyptian Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati said on Tuesday that Addis Ababa lacked a "sincere" political will and intention to reach a deal with Egypt and Sudan in the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
In contrast to (...)
The United Nations human rights chief on Monday said a highly awaited joint investigation into abuses in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict was unable to deploy to the site of one of its deadliest attacks, the alleged massacre of several hundred people in (...)
As the dangers for migrants in Yemen intensify against a backdrop of conflict and the COVID-19 crisis, nearly 5,000 Ethiopians stranded in Yemen are waiting for their chance to safely return home, the UN news center reported Wednesday.
This week, (...)
