Ethiopia
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 06:53:53 GMTBoy Was Publicly Executed in Oromia - Human Rights Watch
[HRW] Nairobi -- Hold Abusive Officials, Security Forces Accountable
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 05:19:49 GMTCivil Society Seeks to Carve Its Identity Ahead of Election
[DW] Ethiopia's civil actors are key to mobilizing and ensuring that the electoral process reaches the remotest places. But they face hurdles in a country still shaped by years of feeble democracy and top-down approaches.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:57:20 GMTResidents Dig Mass Graves to Bury Tigray War Victims
[VOA] Hawzen -- On the outskirts of Hawzen, Ethiopia, rocks and dirt cover the bodies of war victims in shallow graves.
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:49:37 GMTUNHCR Condemns Forced Return of Three Refugees From Djibouti to Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concerns over the reports of three individuals who were returned from Djibouti to Addis Ababa last week. The Ethiopian federal police commission said that the...
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:50:23 GMTParents, Teachers Say Schools Yet to Reopen in Mekelle
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- On Monday, June 7, 2021 state run media announced that schools have reopened in Tigray's capital Mekelle. It was also announced that 30 private and 32 government schools started the learning process, said state run med...
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:02:35 GMTUhuru Kenyatta Urges Ethiopia to Open Up Market for M-Pesa
[East African] Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday evening urged the Ethiopian government to consider opening up opportunities for mobile money services as part of its ongoing telecommunications liberalisation process.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:22:55 GMTTap Into Mobile Money Trade, Kenyatta Tells Ethiopia After Safaricom Entry
[Nation] The digital transformation that Safaricom will bring to Ethiopia following the firm's recent entrance into the market will be a game changer for the country, which now stands to witness huge developments in all segments of the economy.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:36:23 GMTSafaricom Will Help Transform Your Economy, Kenyatta Tells Ethiopians
[Capital FM] Addis Ababa -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has told Ethiopians that the entry of Kenya's technology giant Safaricom will help transform their country by positively impacting most sectors of the 112 million population economy.
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 06:48:29 GMTUN Report Says Somali Army Participated in Tigray War
[RFI] A new report by the United Nations human rights council has alleged that the Somali army fought in Tigray with Eritreans troops, which would constitute illegally participating in a foreign war.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:39:17 GMTShot, Bombed and Knifed - The Children of Tigray
[VOA] Mekelle, Edaga Hamus, Ethiopia -- Fifteen-year-old Beriha lost one eye in the war and was permanently blinded in the other.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 05:50:54 GMTEgypt Fumes as Ethiopia Plans Second Filling of Nile Dam
[Nation] Ethiopian authorities say they are ready to start the second filling of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), despite warnings from Egypt over the Blue Nile project.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 05:50:04 GMTUN Report Claims Somali Troops 'Fought' in Tigray War
[Nation] A UN report alleges recruits of the Somali National Army 'fought' in the Tigray war alongside Eritrean troops, in what could signal an illegal participation in a foreign war by Mogadishu.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:59:09 GMTMoyale Border Starts Operating as a One Stop Border Post Between Kenya and Ethiopia
[Capital FM] Moyale -- Moyale Border has begun operating as a One Stop Border Post (OSBP), close to six months after its official launch by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ethiopian counterpart Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:50:59 GMTSecurity Forces Killed, Thousands Displaced in Fresh Attacks in Bench Sheko Zone
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Bench Sheko zone in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) experienced another bout of violence on June 4, 2021 resulting in killing of security forces and displacement of thousands of people in ...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:44:02 GMTMoyale Starts Operating As a One-Stop Border Crossing Point
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba/Moyale -- Kenya-Ethiopia Government officials met today and commenced Moyale One Stop Border Post (OSBP) operations, raising hopes to bolster trade and cooperation between the two nations Once operationalized, Moyale One...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 08:21:49 GMTEnsuring Food Safety From Farm to Table
[Ethiopian Herald] The growing trend of foodborne diseases are good indicators of emerging food safety problems which require unified approach by all countries to protect human health and promote international trade. The issues may vary from country ...
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:19:30 GMTKenyatta Says Safaricom Deal Good for "Mutual Prosperity With Ethiopia
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday said the award of an operating licence to a consortium led by Safaricom in Ethiopia will help improve both countries' economies.
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:19:12 GMTKenyatta in Ethiopia to Witness Award of Licence to Safaricom
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for an official visit that will include, among other bilateral issues, the formal award of an operating licence to a consortium led by Safaricom.
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:08:57 GMT'We Must Stop a Colossal Humanitarian Tragedy' in Tigray, UN Warns
[RFI] The UN's humanitarian chief has warned that some 90 percent of people in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia are in desperate need of food aid, with hundreds of thousands living in 'famine conditions'. And yet members of the UN Security Coun...
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:15:37 GMTPM Says Local 'Traitors', 'Outsiders' Pose Threat to Nation's Prosperity
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that Ethiopia is facing challenges from traitors from within as well as outsiders. At an inaugural ceremony of the Tana Beles Sugar factory on Sunday, the PM said 'two enemies of the coun...
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:02:36 GMTUS-Based Non-Profit Group Works to Reunite Ethiopian Families Separated By Adoption
[VOA] The letter delivered to Måns Clausen brought startling news. It advised the Swedish actor that his biological mother in Ethiopia, long presumed dead, was alive and searching for him.
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:15:40 GMTUNHCR Concerned About Reports of Refugees Returned to Ethiopia From Djibouti
[UNHCR] Nairobi, Kenya -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about reports that three individuals, two of whom are recognized Ethiopian refugees in Djibouti were returned against their will to Addis Ababa last week. Upon learning of this acti...
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 05:35:36 GMTWhy Young People in Oromia and Sidama Fought for Change
[The Conversation Africa] Young people have been key drivers of social and political change in Ethiopia going back to the closing decades of the imperial era. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, university students played a crucial role in the massive prote...
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:09:52 GMTThreats to Fish Production Loom Over Lake Hawassa As Fishermen Hope for a Timely Solution
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Lake Hawassa is one of the jewels of the capital of the newly formed Sidama Regional State and former South Nation Nationalities Peoples Region, Hawassa city. The lake is famous for being a recreational venue with the ...
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:11:39 GMTEsportsone Now Available On the Canal+ Bouquet in Ethiopia
[NexTVAfrica] The new esports channel eSportsONE is available on the Canal+ Ethiopia bouquet from now on as part of a distribution cooperation between Sport1 GmbH and Canal+ Group. eSportsONE, channel 81, is now accessible through the Desta package.
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:23:14 GMTGovt Says Eritrean Troops Withdrawing From Tigray
[Nation] The Ethiopian government says Eritrean forces involved in the Tigray conflict have begun withdrawing from the northern region bordering Eritrea.
Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:35:21 GMTGlobal Health Governance From the Grassroots
[Reporter] The World Health Assembly met last week amid a slew of proposals most recently from the United Nations Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response to create stronger, enforceable global rules for tackling future infectious dis...
Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:27:43 GMTBahir Dar FC Signs Sponsorship Deal With Dashen Beer
[Reporter] Bahir Dar City football club signed a five-year sponsorship deal worth 78 million birr with Dashen beer in a ceremony held at Sheraton hotel.
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:48:59 GMTDeployment of African Union Long-Term Observers to the General Elections in Ethiopia
[African Union] Following an invitation from the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, approves the deployment of both long- and short-term African ...
Sat, 05 Jun 2021 10:43:39 GMTSour Colonial Past in 'The Shadow King'
[East African] The failed invasion of Ethiopia by Italy in 1935 is focus of novelist Maaza Mengiste's book, The Shadow King, and she recently used events from that time to address inclusion at a global virtual conference held to discuss pluralism and...