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Ethiopia

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 08:04:24 GMT
EU Should Press the Govt for Tangible Rights Progress
[HRW] Government Should Ensure Access to Aid; End Arbitrary Detentions

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:47:13 GMT
Invisible Ethnic Cleansing
[HRW] The World Can't Afford to Ignore Tigray

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 04:47:19 GMT
Organised Crime Pours Cold Water On Ethiopia's Coffee Exports
[ISS] Legal loopholes are among the factors that enable a flourishing illicit trade in export-grade coffee.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:28:59 GMT
Security Forces Shoot Civilians in Gambella City - Reports
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A disturbing footage of government security forces shooting repeatedly at an unarmed man whose hands are tied behind his back made rounds on several social media platforms today. The recording is reportedly in the capi...

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:27:19 GMT
Save the Children Warns There is Soaring Child Malnutrition Across East, South-Eastern Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Malnutrition rates across east and south-eastern Ethiopia have soared in recent months as drought, displacement and conflict take their toll with about 185,000 children now estimated to be suffering from the most deadl...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:17:40 GMT
Looming Rainy Season in Northern Ethiopia to Bring More Risks of Disease and Hunger, As Aid Still Falls Short
[Oxfam] The upcoming rainy season in northern Ethiopia poses new and heightened threats as communities struggle to cope with ongoing conflict, displacement, hunger, and disease.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:23:49 GMT
Music Award in Name of Late Hachalu Hundessa to Be Held On June 29 Every Year
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Hachalu Hundessa Foundation in a press release given today to the media, stated that the Hachalu Hundessa Award would be launched on June 29, 2022, in remembrance of the day he was killed.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:25:59 GMT
Armyworms Spread to Seven Zones, Three Special Woredas in SNNP State
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR) Agriculture Bureau said the new arrivals of armyworms have settled on, and affected 334,760 hectares of land in seven zones and three special woredas of t...

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:24:50 GMT
Murder Suspects Launch Deadly Grenade Attack Inside Police Station in Dessie
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Five people were reportedly killed in Dessie city at Buanbua Weha Sub City Fourth Division police station, the city's communication affairs office said.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:22:06 GMT
Israeli-Based Agro-Tech Company to Deliver a Smart Irrigation Project in Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Water Ways Technologies Inc., a global provider of Israeli-based agriculture technology, providing water irrigation solutions to agricultural producers, announces that it has received a new purchase order to install a ...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:13:30 GMT
Security Forces Stabilised Capital City - Gambella State Govt
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Gambella regional government press secretariat office announced that government security forces have been able to stabilize Gambella city after hours long fighting against joint rebel group of "Shene" [Oromo Libera...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:05:50 GMT
Prime Minister Announces Committee to Negotiate With Tigray Forces
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced the formation of a committee to begin peace talks with Tigray forces after 18 months of war.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:23:04 GMT
Addis Abeba Hosts East African Arts and Culture Festival
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia's capital city Addis Abeba is hosting the East African Arts and Culture Festival which kicked off at Meskel Square on Wednesday 14 June under the theme "Arts and Culture for Regional Connection." Representativ...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:00:01 GMT
Hiking Ethiopia - Above the Sea of Mountains
[Daily Maverick] Back before the 17-month Ethiopian civil war halted tourism and scared off travellers, Don Pinnock took the long, hard road to the Simien Mountains. Up there, he recalls, lammergeiers rule the ramparts and gelada monkeys bare their h...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:28:56 GMT
Heavy Gunfire Exchange Between Govt Forces, Rebels in Gambella City
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Gambella regional state government said this morning that gunfire exchange between "enemy forces" and government security forces is ongoing in Gambella city since 06:30 AM local time this morning.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:14:50 GMT
Abiy Tells Parliament Deputy Prime Minister is Leading 'A Study Committee' of Negotiation
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Responding to a question raised by a member of parliament this morning regarding the rumored talks between the federal government and Tigray state authorities, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his government "wants peace...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:11:18 GMT
Govt Forces Engaged With Gambella, Oromo Armed Groups in Ongoing Exchange of Gunfire in Gambella City
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Gambella regional state government said this morning that gunfire exchange between "enemy forces" and government security forces is ongoing in Gambella city since 06:30 AM local time this morning. The Gambella regi...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:09:56 GMT
Lack of Cement, Boundary Issues Delay Phase One Luxury Eagle Hills Project in La Gare
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The construction of phase one of the luxury La Gare integrated community development project, which is being build by Dubai based Eagle Hills developers, is delayed due to lack of cement and problems related to boundar...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:10:39 GMT
Obituary - Prominent Tigrigna Music Singer Dawit Nega Passes Away After Short Illness
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Dawit Nega, Prominent Tigrigna music singer/song writer Dawit Nega passed away Sunday 12 June few days after being admitted to hospital in the capital Addis Abeba.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:45:45 GMT
Omamo Urges South Sudan, Ethiopia, DR Congo to Emulate Kenyatta Handshake With Odinga for Peace
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo has urged parties in the South Sudan, Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of Congo conflicts to emulate the handshake between President Kenyatta and Raila Odinga.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:14:42 GMT
'They Were Firing Heavy Weaponry Onto the City Like Rain'
[DW] Abala -- a border town between Tigray and Afar -- embodies the Tigray conflict like no other. Residents who used to be neighbors now accuse each other of committing massacres.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:54:28 GMT
Govt Reiterates Commitment to Diplomatic Resolution of Border Conflict With Sudan
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "Sudan has encroached Ethiopia's territory illegally yet Ethiopia sticks to diplomatic efforts," the spokesperson of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) ambassador Dina Mufti said in today's biweekly press...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:55:56 GMT
Southwest State Jails 20 Defendants From 15-20 Years for Attempting to Dismantle 'Constitutional Order By Force'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A court in the newly constituted Southwest Ethiopian People's Regional State has jailed 20 defendants who are indicted accused of attempting to dismantle the constitutional order by force to lengthy prison terms rangin...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:44:36 GMT
Drought in Ethiopia - Call It By What It Is - a National Disaster
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines drought as "a period of abnormally dry weather long enough to cause a serious hydrological imbalance." Persistent drought has been a recurring disastrous phe...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 05:24:29 GMT
Border Clashes, Political Unrest Tower Over Drought in Fentalle Woreda
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The residents of Fentalle woreda in the East Showa zone, Oromia region said that prolonged drought is affecting the community and that the government turned a blind eye to their plights. Several members of the Karrayyu...

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:54:24 GMT
Ethiopian Migrants Head Home On First Ever Return Flight From Yemen's Ma'rib
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Abeba on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen's conflict-affected Ma'rib governarate, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursda...

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:46:28 GMT
Truce Opens the Door to African Mediators
[ISS] As encouraging steps are taken to resolve the military conflict, pressure for a negotiated settlement is needed.

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:07:02 GMT
MSF Raises Alert Over Deadly, Escalating Nutritional Crisis in Afar State
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "Many people in Afar cannot access the very minimum levels of healthcare, food and water necessary to sustain human life": MSF

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:04:50 GMT
Federal High Court Disallows Bail for Three Journalists
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal High Court of Ethiopia today overruled a decision by judges at the Federal first instant court allowing the release on 10,000 birr bail each of three journalists.

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:56:52 GMT
First-Ever Voluntary Flights From Yemen Airlift Stranded Ethiopians Home
[UN News] For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Ababa on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen's conflict-affected Ma'rib governarate, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursday.



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