AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

• Trials At Peace in Violence-Ravaged Metekel
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A conflict hotspot in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, Metekel has seen an escalation of violence since 2020 that has resulted in mass displacements, indiscriminate killings, and property damage. The first attack in September 2020 left scores dead; displacing over 300, according to accounts by the then woreda administrator.
• 3rd Round Filling of Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Successful - Premier
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The third round filling of Renaissance Dam has been successfully completed, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced. Speaking on the occasion, PM Abiy assured downstream countries of the Nile, Egypt and Sudan, that when Ethiopia set out to build a dam on the Nile, from the beginning it did not want to make the river to benefit only Ethiopia. "When we want to get the benefits that we deserve, we are also thinking that like Ethiopia, the other gifts of the Nile - Sudan and Egypt will use the river in their respe
• Nowhere to Run - the Plight of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia
  [The Conversation Africa] Ethiopia has hosted large numbers of Eritrean refugees for years. Before the recent conflict, about 100,000 Eritrean refugees lived in camps in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
• Ethiopia in Position 'To Protect Airspace From Any Attack' - Air Force Chief
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Lieutenant General Yilma Merdassa, the Commander in chief of Ethiopia's Air Force told state media that the Air Force is "in a position to protect and defend our airspace from any kind of attack."
• Grand Renaissance Dam's Second Turbine Begins Producing Power
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The inauguration ceremony of the power generation by the second turbine of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is underway.
• Southwest State Council Approves Multi-Capital City Bill
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Council of the newly constituted South West Ethiopian People's Regional State has reviewed and approved the bill for multi-capital city, which will pave ways for the creation four capital cities with equal status.
• South Sudan's Murle Militia Allegedly Kills 2, Kidnaps Two Children in Gembella Region
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The police commission of the Gembella regional state said that two people were killed and two children were abducted after cross border attack by South Sudanese Murle militia in the border areas of the Dima Woreda, Akugu refugee camp in Gambella regional state. One person was also injured in the attack and is receiving medical treatment.