Ethiopia extends state of emergency in Amhara
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters Ethiopia’s parliament on Friday extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency in the northern region of Amhara that has resulted in hundreds of deaths and drawn accusations of widespread human rights abuses. Fighting erupted in Amhara last July between federal forces and […]
Explainer – How Ethiopia’s quarrel with Somalia could destabilise Horn of Africa
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on 1st January, landlocked Ethiopia would lease 20 kilometres around Somaliland’s port of Berbera for 50 […]
First international aid arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray since ceasefire
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Tuesday welcomed the first international aid delivery since a truce to end fighting, with the International Committee of the Red Cross driving two medical trucks to the capital of the war-ravaged area. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and Tigrayan forces signed a ceasefire on 2nd November to end […]
Parties to war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region agree to stop fighting
Pretoria, South Africa Reuters The Ethiopian Government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough two years into a war that has killed thousands, displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands facing famine. Just over a week after formal peace talks mediated by the African Union began in […]
Ethiopia’s Abiy wins Nobel Peace Prize for resolving conflict with Eritrea
Oslo, NorwayReuters Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with longtime enemy Eritrea. Though Africa’s youngest leader still faces big challenges, he has in under two years in power begun political and economic reforms that promise a better life […]
More than eight million Ethiopians need food aid due to violence, drought – government
Reuters More than eight million people need food aid in Ethiopia, a five per cent rise from last year, due to a surge in violence that has triggered mass displacement as well as the lingering effects of past droughts, officials said on Thursday. The crisis has prompted an Ethiopian government appeal for $US1.3 billion to provide emergency […]
Ethiopian PM sends condolences to Orthodox Church after 15 priests killed
World Watch Monitor Ethiopia’s prime minister visited the leader of the country’s Orthodox Church on Saturday to express his condolences after 15 priests were killed and 10 Orthodox churches damaged in the eastern Somali region last week. Among the priests killed were Rev Kidane Mariam Nibretu, Rev Yared Hibu, Father Gebiremariam Asfaw, and Abreham Tigabu, […]
Ethiopian reconciliation could improve human rights in Eritrea – UN rapporteur
World Watch Monitor As relations between Ethiopia and its neighbour Eritrea show signs of improvement, the UN’s rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea has called for the momentum to be used to improve human rights conditions in the country. “While peace is being negotiated, while rapprochement is happening, one would make sure that the centrality […]
AFRICA: DRIVEN AWAY BY CONFLICT, THOUSANDS OF ETHIOPIANS STRANDED WITHOUT A HOME
TOM GARDNER reports for the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the plight of thousands of Ethiopians forced from their homes…