Ethiopia Seizes Second Largest Tigray Town

November 22, 2020 — 11/22/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – Fighting between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s leadership has led to full out Civil War in the East African Country. Tigray leaders...

Ethiopian Federal Army Attempting to Capture Tigray Capitol

November 18, 2020 — 11/18/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – Ethiopia said on Wednesday that it is launching an offensive against the Tigrayan capital of Mekele. Redwan Hussein, the Ethiopian ambassador to Eritrea, confirmed...

International Community Calls for Peace Talks in Ethiopia

November 16, 2020 — 11/16/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – As Ethiopia nears two weeks of armed conflict in its northern Tigray region, the international community is increasing its calls for peace talks between...

Militia Massacres Civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

November 13, 2020 — 11/13/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – Amnesty International released a report earlier this week detailing a horrific attack on civilians in Ethiopia’s northwestern Tigray Region. The region has been on...

UN Calls Attention to Humanitarian Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

November 9, 2020 — 11/09/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – As tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region escalated over the weekend, humanitarians and observers around the world, including the United Nations, called attention to the...

Ethiopia Situation Intensifies as Ahmed Declares War on Tigray Region

November 6, 2020 — 11/06/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – This week saw a significant escalation of tensions in Ethiopia, with the federal government declaring war on the Tigray region along the country’s northern border with...

Terrorist Attack in Ethiopia’s Western Wollega Zone

November 2, 2020 — 11/02/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned of an attack in the Western Wollega Zone of Ethiopia’s Oromia region. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, is located...

Tensions in Ethiopia Impacting Religious Communities

October 30, 2020 — 10/30/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – Tensions do not seem to be easing in Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous country and home to over 80 distinct ethnic groups. The tensions are deep...

Ethiopia Continues to Suppress Protests

October 28, 2020 — 10/28/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – Demonstrators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, are being prevented from protesting what they claim are scores of ethnically-motivated killings in recent months. Organizers...

500 Christians Killed in Ethiopia since June, Report States

September 8, 2020 — 09/08/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – Ethiopia is home to one of the oldest churches in the world. It is believed that the first people to convert to Christianity lived...

Ethiopian Christmas Celebrates National Unity

January 15, 2020 — 01/15/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – All denominations of Ethiopian churches called for national unity during their unique Christmas celebrations, which occur about 10 days after the more common Christmas...

Ethiopian Pastors Beheaded by Radicals

December 6, 2019 — 12/06/2019 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – Recent social upheavals in Ethiopia have resulted in the beheading of two local pastors. Just over 20 miles Southwest of the capital, Addis Ababa,...

Ethiopian Church Congregation Arrested by the State

December 3, 2019 — 12/03/2019 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – The operations of a local Christian gathering in the Ethiopian city of Debark was recently disrupted by police on November 3. The difficulties began...

Religious Persecution Hides Among Political and Ethnic Tensions in Southern Ethiopia

November 14, 2019 —

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11/14/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Peter, a Kenyan preacher living in Nairobi, has...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, More Work Needed

October 13, 2019 — 10/13/2019 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – This past week, the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. When the prize was awarded on Friday,...

Evangelical Church in Ethiopia Demanded to Evacuate its Premises in 30 Days

June 19, 2019 — 06/19/2019 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern)- A protestant church in central Ethiopia was asked to evacuate its premises after 10 years in the community. According to the Oromia Regional State Authorities,...