Armed groups of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), led by Debretsion Gebremichael, reportedly opened fire on civilians in the town of Adigudom near Mekele on Tuesday evening, causing some civilian casualties. The Tigray armed forces have reportedly seized the…
The Ethiopian government has distanced itself from an opinion piece penned by the country’s former president Mulatu Teshome, which provoked a strongly worded response from Asmara. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nebiat Getachew, said during a press…
Anger erupted in Chagni town, located in the Agew Awi Zone of the Amhara Region, following the shooting of two young men during a traffic stop. The regional government has arrested six suspects, including a kebele administrator. The victims, Meseret…
In 1987, at the Cannes Film Festival, the first African film ever screened in the official competition won the Jury Prize. Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé was called to the stage, ascending in a sky-blue boubou embroidered with multicolored silk thread…
Eight artisanal miners were killed on Monday in Seba Boru Woreda of the Guji Zone in the Oromia region after a tunnel they were digging for gold collapsed, the woreda administrator said. The incident occurred at 3 p.m. at an…
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has been in open conflict with the Ethiopian government, is set to arrive in Addis Ababa for the African Union Heads of State Summit on February 18-19. During his visit, he is…
It had only been a few months since Samuel Bayisa Tufa arrived in Dubai. Born and bred in the Oromia region’s Burayu district, northwest of Addis Ababa, he had been a management student at Oromia State University. But he interrupted his studies and…
An Amnesty International report on human rights paints a grim picture of Ethiopia’s Amhara region, highlighting widespread arbitrary detentions four months after a state-led campaign began in September 2024. Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s interim regional director for East and southern…
