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Thu, 20 May 2021 04:54:28 GMT
Genocide in Ethiopia? Why Answering the Question Will Be a Challenge
[The Conversation Africa] The head of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias, recently condemned the ongoing armed conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region and the suffering it's causing the civilian population. In a video message he was seen saying "...

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:56:28 GMT
OLF's Colonel Gemechu Ayana Taken Away By Security Forces
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Thirteen people including OLF leader Colonel Gemechu Ayana were reportedly taken by security forces after the court ordered their release. The Federal High Court 3rd Anti-Terrorsim and Constitutional Bench acquitted 12...

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:54:56 GMT
Supreme Court Closes File On the Prosecutor's Appeal for Closed Hearing Against Jawar Et. Al
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The case of the defendants on Jawar Mohamed's file was presented to the Federal Supreme Court, 2nd Appeals Bench to pass a decision on prosecutor's appeal to overturn a decision made by the Federal High Court on the na...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:36 GMT
Initiative to Launch the National Dialogue
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA-- Multi stakeholder Initiative for National Dialogue (MIND) announced that it has finalized preparations to launch national dialogue aiming at restoring peace and state integration. As to its press, the initiative was e...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:36 GMT
Impact of Policies and Laws in Eastern Africa Climate Change
[Ethiopian Herald] East Africa consists largely of plateaus and has most of the highest elevations in the continent. The two most striking highlands are in Ethiopia and Kenya, respectively, where large areas reach elevations of 6,500 to 10,000 feet (...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:35 GMT
Green Legacy 2021 Embraces East Africa
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) announced that this year's green legacy program has embraced the East African countries and Ethiopia has prepared over one billion seedlings to its neighbors with a view to ensuring a sh...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:35 GMT
Parties Express Support to Polling Day Extension
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Some contending parties that are running in the 6th General Elections said that the Electoral Board of Ethiopia's (NEBE) decision to postpone polling day is justifiable, whilst expressed their concern that the extensi...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:35 GMT
Utilizing Geospatial Information to Preserve Natural Resources - Key for Sustainable Development
[Ethiopian Herald] Though Developing countries including Ethiopia are known by their natural resources possession, they utilize uneconomically because of lack of knowledge, finance and technology. Besides, currently, due to population pressure, farme...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:36 GMT
Public Legal Consciousness a Tool for Quality and Credible Election
[Ethiopian Herald] Recently, The Federal Supreme Court signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education to conduct a nationwide program of enhancing public legal consciousness as par...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:35 GMT
Reinforcing Tvet Institute, an Engine to Realize Promised Development Agendas
[Ethiopian Herald] Academic centers have a key role to realize development if they invest on both theoretical and practical trainings. Technical Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) is an engine to foster development. In this regard, The Ethiop...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:34 GMT
No Country Can Truly Develop Leaving Its Half Population Behind
[Ethiopian Herald] Equal participation of women in politics plays a pivotal role in the general advancement of all women. However, experiences from different countries indicate that women are restricted by factors such as cultural traditional and rel...

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:35:29 GMT
Nation Secures Over 238 Billion Birr
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA--The Ministry of Revenue said that it has secured over 238 Billion Birr over the last ten months. Revenue Minister, Lake Ayalew announced that the Ministry planned to get 242 Billion Birr in the stated period and able t...

Wed, 19 May 2021 05:50:01 GMT
Kenya, Ethiopia Sign Deal in Mandera to End Clan Fights
[Nation] Kenya and Ethiopia have agreed to end clan animosity on their common border in Mandera County, with authorities vowing that any aggressors will face the law.

Wed, 19 May 2021 09:42:52 GMT
Ethiopia Arbitrarily Suspends New York Times Reporter's Accreditation
[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Ethiopian authorities to reinstate the press accreditation of Simon Marks, an Addis Ababa-based reporter for the New York Times and Bloomberg News, and to allow journalists to work freely.

Tue, 18 May 2021 10:23:43 GMT
U.S. Calls for Ceasefire, Resolution of Tigray Conflict
[East African] The United States said that it is committed to end what it said was a brutal conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, which has been ongoing for six months.

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:54:02 GMT
Benishangul Gumuz Region, Unnamed Armed Group Sign MOU
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Metekel Zone Communication Bureau said a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Benishangul Gumuz regional state and an unnamed "armed group" which would see members of the later take up leadership po...

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:52:28 GMT
As Electoral Board Reckons With Delays, EU's Final Decision Is to Send No Mission At All
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The 6th national elections that was scheduled to take place on June 5, 2021 was postponed with the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) citing that the postponement was due to logistics difficulties. Prior to th...

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:50:51 GMT
Abreha Tekeste Ruling Postponed to a Further Date
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The case of the defendants on Abreha Tekeste's file was today presented to the Federal first instance court, Arada Bench, 1st appointment bench where the lawyers filed an appeal on the nature of witness hearing against...

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:49:44 GMT
At Least 358,000 IDPs in North Shewa & Oromo Special Zones Need Urgent Assistance: UN
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- An inter -agency mission conducted on 3-6 May in North Shewa and Oromo Special Zones of Amhara Region identified that at least 358,000 people displaced due to conflict andin dire need of food, shelter, non-food items, ...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:36 GMT
Upcoming Elections Crucial to Address Socio-Political Issues
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's 6th round general elections would be a historic milestone as it is highly expected to address long -awaited citizens' quest for democracy , politicians so remarked. All Ethiopian Social Movement Member Aber...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:35 GMT
Addis Hosts First National Culture, Tourism and Sports Symposium
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (FBC) - The first Culture, Tourism and Sports Symposium was held here yesterday in the presence of senior government officials and representatives of the diplomatic community. In her welcoming remarks on the Symposium w...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:35 GMT
China Reiterates Support for AU - Led GERD Talks
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA)- China reiterated its support for the African Union (AU) led negotiations to resolve issues related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Deputy Head of Mission in China's Embassy to Ethiopia, Xie Tian, t...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:34 GMT
Fichee Chamballa - New Year Festival of the Sidama People
[Ethiopian Herald] Every community possesses distinctive social, cultural and traditional values. These values, sometimes, will have universal values and acceptance as their core ideas would have binding perceptual patterns and represent a large exte...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:34 GMT
Preparations Underway to Plant 6 Billion Seedlings in Ethiopia, Neighboring Countries
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Preparation to plant 6 billion seedlings in Ethiopia and neighboring countries during the coming three months of the rainy season is underway, Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Commission disclosed. Environment,...

Mon, 17 May 2021 09:12:30 GMT
UN, Ethiopia Rights Groups Set to Begin Joint Probe Into Tigray Abuses
[Nation] An Ethiopian agency and a UN team is, in the coming few weeks, set to start a joint investigation into serious human rights violations committed in the Tigray region.

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:34 GMT
Africans' Effort to Pursue Economic Stability
[Ethiopian Herald] World Bank Ethiopia confirms Ethiopia's economy experienced strong and broad-based growth averaging 9.4 percent during the years from 2010/11 to 2019/20. However, its real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed down to 6.1perec...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:29 GMT
Why Ethiopia's Greening Initiative Is a Matter of Survival
[Ethiopian Herald] The government of Ethiopia has been implementing large scale tree plantation campaigns during the last three years. Under the campaigns, the government has carried out the plantation of billions of seedlings of various types of tre...

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:49:03 GMT
Ethiopia Says Campaign to Exert 'Undue Pressure' Against It 'Regrettable'
[Addis Standard] Press statement on the unfair and unwarranted accusations leveled against Ethiopia

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:35 GMT
The Realm of Uncertainty
[Ethiopian Herald] No one wishes to be in a situation where things are not certain. Uncertainty is a circumstance in which there is doubt. Anything undesirable can happen out of nowhere creating obstacles or hindering to people to undertake their day...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:35 GMT
AU Youth Division to Celebrate Africa Day With Tiktok, Trace TV
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA) -The African Union's Youth Division within the Women, Gender and Youth Directorate has partnered with TikTok and Trace TV to celebrate Africa Day through a half month-long digital campaign titled "I Am African". T...



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