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Ethiopia and the UNHCR plan to gradually close the Awlala and Kumer refugee sites in the troubled Amhara region after resettling Sudanese refugees fleeing from war

Armed groups storm the place where Sudanese refugees are located in the Olala forests in Ethiopia. Heavy and random shooting is fired

Ethiopia to train large number of soldiers for Somaliland, according to @SLNTV’s Facebook page. The station reported on Thursday that the commander of Somaliland forces Gen. Nuh Ismail Tani bidding farewell to the trainees at Wajaale town.(Pic courtesy of @SLNTV)

The Prime Minister of Ethiopia leads communications to bring together the parties to the conflict in Sudan in an initiative to stop the war

Abiy Ahmed in Port Sudan: complex security files at the negotiating table

Ethiopia's gov. is preparing an ‘International Crimes Proclamation’ as part of the transitional justice. It will nullify all forms of immunity. Perpetrators based abroad will be extradited. The law will set terms for cooperation with foreign governments

Ethiopia: Nearly 5,000 internally displaced persons return to North western TigrayNearly 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have returned to Northwestern Tigray on Friday, as part of the third phase of an ongoing return process

Ethiopia PM @AbiyAhmedAli says his country has “no fight” with the Somali government. He told Ethiopian lawmakers on Thursday that Ethiopia “sacrificed for peace in Somalia and the ruling party is showing its respect to Somalia and its people.”

RSF rebel group advancing towards Dinder. Heavy fighting in the district. Dinder is border district between Sudan and Ethiopia . Ethiopian largest Dam GERD is located near Dinder district Sudan

Ethiopian and Somalia foreign ministers meet in Türkiye to ease diplomatic tensions. In a bid to ease tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia, the foreign ministers of the two countries have arrived in Türkiye.

Ethiopia government denies “Cancellation” of the MOU between Ethiopia and breakaway region of “Somaliland”

Ethiopia n delegation led by FM Taye Atske Selassie arrives in Djibouti

A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people outside a restaurant popular with Ethiopian and Somali troops in the town of Baladweyne in central Somalia. More than 10 people were also wounded in the blast near a military base

50 ENDF soldiers stationed in Benishangul Gumuz defected to Fano/Amhara force along with their weapons

Fano/Amhara forces ambushed large convoy of ENDF military vehicles on A2 road Debre Sina Shewa. Dozens of ENDF killed

Ethiopia: Seven civilians, including child, killed in midnight attack on Tigray-Afar border gunmen killed seven civilians, including a seven-year-old child, in a midnight attack on Monday in Raya_Azebo, near the Afar-Tigray border. Tezera Getahun, head of the district, informed Addis Standard that the perpetrators are believed to have come from the Afar region. The Tigray Interim Administration confirmed the origin of the attackers and assured the public of ongoing efforts to apprehend them

24 Ethiopian migrants died after boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti

The United Nations announces that the battles in northern Ethiopia have led to the displacement of more than 50,000 people

Fano/Amhara forces conducted operation in Welenchiti Shewa. Over 50 Prisoners managed to escape

Somali President arrives in Nairobi for key talks with Kenyan counterpart. However, Kenyan President William Ruto has recently been involved in diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa, which arose after Ethiopia's Prime Minister signed an MoU with Somaliland

Somali Minister of Information: Ethiopia violated the sovereignty of our lands

Fano/Amhara and Boro(Shinasha) military force have captured Debre Zeit Metekel. 104km from GERD Dam

Airstrike In Amhara Kills at Least 15 Civilians: Residents. An airstrike by the Ethiopian Air Force, in Amhara region killed, at least 15 civilians. The strike took place on Monday around 24km from where Ethiopian troops were fighting Amhara Fano militias

Ethiopia hunger: Children leave school in Tigray to feed starving families - BBC News

Somalia is asking the AU for an urgent, credible & independent investigation into what happened. Statement via @MOFASomalia: Somalia accuses Ethiopia of “provocative attempt” to “obstruct” the delegation of President @HassanSMohamud from attending the AU Summit.“The action breaches all diplomatic and international protocols,” a statement from Somalia Ministry of Foreign Affairs published

The Memorandum of Understanding Ethiopia has signed with Somaliland changes Somalia’s borders, President @HassanSMohamud tells heads of state at the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Saturday. In his speech, @HassanSMohamud said Somalia is “threatened by annexation of part of it” by the signing of the MoU. He appealed to the AU to take a “clear stance” on the matter. Ethiopia and Somaliland defended the MoU signed on Jan 1 which will lease 20km of sea to Ethiopia in return for recognition according to Somaliland Officials. Ethiopia previously denied it plans to annex parts of Somalia

Somalia Foreign Ministry: No space for mediation unless Ethiopia retracts its illegal MoU and reaffirms the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia, the foreign ministry of Somalia said in response to an @AUC_PAPS statement on Wednesday which proposed that former Nigeria president Olusegun Obasanjo to be dispatch to start dialogue between the two countries. In that statement, @AUC_PAPS called for the preservation of the unity, territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of member states, but Somalia said it has not violated the territorial integrity of Ethiopia.

Somalia Civil Aviation Authorit forced Ethiopian airlines to exit Somalian airspace

Egyptian Foreign Minister: Ethiopia has become a source of chaos in the region