Ethiopia

Ethiopia cracks down media, arrests key oppisition figures amid protests

Addis Ababa -Ethiopia - The Ethiopian government has arrested the prominent Oromo activist Jawar Mohammed as well as journalists of Oromia Media Network (OMN), Yeroo media and ONN.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission appeals for calm in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat is monitoring the recent developments in Ethiopia closely, following the killing of the Ethiopian Artist and musician Haacaalu Hundeessaa. The violence has claimed many lives so far with scores of people…

Vulnerable IDPs in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia forcibly evicted during Covid-19 pandemic

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) Over 70,000 people, many of whom are internally displaced, were forcibly evicted from their homes in urban areas across East Africa even during the most prevalent months of the Covid-19 pandemic - a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council reveals.

"One" WASH program improves well-being of vulnerable communities in Ethiopia

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, July 1, 2020/ -- Ethiopia's 'One' model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) National Program, has steadily improved the well-being of the country's rural and urban communities, top local officials say.

CPJ condemns Ethiopian internet shutdown and Oromia Media Network raid

Nairobi, Kenya– In response to a nationwide internet shutdown in Ethiopia and a police raid on the Oromia Media Network, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement:

Journalists Leaders Launch The Congress of African Journalists, CAJ

Leaders of African Journalists organisations have today launched the Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) to face the current challenging effects of COVID-19 and the collateral impacts on press freedom, the safety of journalists, access to information, affecting journalists in the course of their work.

Ethiopian parliament delays scheduled August Elections indefinitely

Addis Ababa (Horn Observer) Ethiopian parliament on Wednesday extended the term of the houses and councils of the regional states in 114 votes in favor, 4 against and one abstention, a move that delays the scheduled elections for August indefinitely, Ethiopian News Agency reported.

Ethiopia: The African Development Bank gives $1.2 million for Ethiopia-Sudan railway study

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, June 9, 2020/ -- The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $1.2 million grant to Ethiopia's government to finance a feasibility study for construction of a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan.

Ethiopia: Rape, extrajudicial executions, homes set alight in security operations in Amhara and Oromia

Ethiopian security forces committed horrendous human rights violations including burning homes to the ground, extrajudicial executions, rape, arbitrary arrests and detentions, sometimes of entire families, in response to attacks by armed groups and inter-communal violence in Amhara and Oromia, Amnesty…

CPJ: Ethiopian police ignore court orders to free journalists held since March

Nairobi, May 22, 2020 -- Ethiopian police should immediately and unconditionally free journalists Dessu Dulla and Wako Nole and media worker Ismael Abdulrzaq, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.