The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) held a public oral hearing on 14 May 2025 in a case filed by Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) and its partners, accusing the Ethiopian ...

The armed conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region between the army and paramilitary group Fano has caused many ...

Addis Abeba, As the strike launched by health professionals enters its second week, health associations in the Tigray and Oromia regions have called for an immediate response to the demands raised by ...

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu appeared in court on Monday for his latest hearing in a treason trial in which he ...

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said the move to ban it from any political activity was "dangerous" and posed a ...

Uncertainty clouds the continuity of the Pretoria Agreement, as disagreement between Ethiopia’s federal government and the ...

Actual financing has only been secured for the current phase, which is expected to demobilise an additional 60,000 ex-combatants in Tigray by mid-2025, followed by another 200,000 in the subsequent ...

ADDIS ABABA - The Tigray Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has threatened to take action against the recent ban on hijab in Axum town, arguing that it shall take “further peaceful measures in ...

Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks. The United ...

The DDR program in Tigray officially began on November 21, 2024, targeting 75,000 former combatants. It is part of a broader national effort to demobilize over 371,000 former fighters from seven ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming less common worldwide, but when it does occur, it is increasingly performed by professional healthcare workers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Gwede Mantashe is critical of South Africans who wish to "punish" the country A senior figure from South Africa's ruling ANC party has defended his country's sovereignty amid growing tensions with ...