The Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a human rights defender and his friend who were arrested and charged for advocating for a more autonomous capital – Addis Ababa, with self-governance similar to other...

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that some of the soldiers who entered the grounds of his office last week had wanted to kill him. At the time, he defused the situation by ordering them to do press-ups and joining in. Mr Abiy...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Declaring “a true measure of leadership is not indispensability,” Ethiopia’s prime minister on Wednesday urged the next steps in the country’s sweeping reforms as the ruling coalition that has led...

People who fled the violence in the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa sit at a youth centre used as a temporary shelter, on September 18, 2018.The state-owned Ethiopia News Agency (ENA) said on September 17 an organised mob carried...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Teddy Afro a famed Ethiopian musician has donated one million birr (about $36,000) to victims of recent violence, according to the Ethiopian reporter news outlet. Violence in the town of Burayu located on the outskirts...

Ethiopia: Police must face immediate investigation after five protesters shot dead Amnesty Press Release Amnesty International today called on the Ethiopian authorities to thoroughly and effectively investigate the violent dispersal of demonstrators...

At least 200 people have been arrested by police in connection with the violence over the weekend that saw 23 killed. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Ethiopian capital to express their anger after a weekend of deadly ethnically...