Archives

Ethiopia

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:37:20 GMT
Prime Minister Calls On TPLF Fighters, Allies to Surrender Peacefully
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy called on TPLF fighters to surrender peacefully and save themselves. In a televised broadcast, the PM said, "We have completed devising a plan to exterminate the enemy," adding, "The enemy has been ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 05:42:27 GMT
Ethiopia Launches Taskforce to Address Violations in Tigray War
[Nation] The Ethiopian government has launched a taskforce to address the human rights violations indicated in a previous joint investigation report between local and UN rights bodies earlier in the year.

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:18:33 GMT
Where the Centre Cannot Hold
[Ghanaian Times] The viability of any state depends on whether its centripetal (unifying) forces outweigh its centrifugal (dividing) ones. The former includes government efforts to build infrastructure, provide services, and strengthen borders, as we...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:39:20 GMT
Justice Ministry Establishes Task Force to Oversee Investigation, Legal Action Against Human Rights Violations in Conflict
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Justice announced the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Accountability and Redress of Violations Committed to oversee redress and accountability measures in response to human rights vio...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:38:04 GMT
Prosecutor Files Appeal Against Detained Senior OLF Leader 6 Months After His Acquittal
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Colonel Gemechu Ayana, a senior leader of the Oromo Liberation Army was yesterday arraigned at court where prosecutors brought charges against him. He remains under police custody Six months after court ordered his rel...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:11:28 GMT
More Than 1.2 Million Students Out of School Due to Ongoing Conflict - Ministry
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- State Minister of Education Dr. Samuel Kifle said more than 1.2 million students were out of school due to the ongoing war in northern Ethiopia.

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:16:28 GMT
20 Sudan Troops Killed in Ethiopia Border Clash
[Radio Dabanga] El Gedaref -- At least 20 members of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have died during a clash with Ethiopian forces and militiamen, who reportedly ambushed them in the border area of El Fashaga El Soghra in El Gedaref. The SAF said in...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:10:13 GMT
Ethiopia Dismisses Reports of Fatal Attack On Sudanese Forces
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- State Minister of Government Communication Service Selamawit Kassa in the Ministry's routine presser has dismissed recent media reports that Ethiopian forces have attacked Sudanese forces during clashes bordering the t...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:12:12 GMT
Drought in Somali Region Hits Hardest in Dawa Zone
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Drought yet again hit the Somali Region and affected different woredas in the hardest hit Dawa zone, according to regional officials as well as residents. The crisis led to displacement and continues to threaten a huma...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:51:07 GMT
Sudan Says Ethiopian Forces Fired First in Border Row
[Nation] Sudan's military is accusing Ethiopian counterparts of firing first in the Saturday incident that caused half a dozen deaths in the Khartoum camp in a border row between the two countries.

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 09:08:11 GMT
Ethiopians Protest Against Western Interference
[Ethiopian Herald] These days, Ethiopians and friends at home and abroad are actively engaging in various demonstrations to denounce westerner's interference in country's internal affairs. The demonstrators alarmed some western countries mainly the U...

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 08:58:45 GMT
U.S. Unwarranted Intervention in Ethiopia Destabilizes Horn
[Ethiopian Herald] The Biden Administration's unwarranted pressure on Ethiopia's legitimate government emanates from the former's tendency of supporting rebel groups and the intervention would destabilize the strategic Horn of Africa, Ethiopia's Amba...

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 08:30:11 GMT
Ceasefire First Step in Addressing Political Crisis in Addis, Says Envoy
[East African] Kenya's Envoy to the UN [Ambassador Martin Kimani] spoke to Aggrey Mutambo on why the conflict in Ethiopia matters to Kenya and what the international community can do to de-escalate tensions

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:48:15 GMT
Blinken Decries Military Escalation in Ethiopia in Phone Call With Kenyatta
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed concern about the signs of military escalation in Ethiopia in a phone call with President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:21:18 GMT
Kenyatta, Blinken Agree On Importance of Unhindered Humanitarian Access in Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. A statement by the U.S. state department indicated that President Kenyatta and Secretary Blinken agreed on the importan...

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 08:25:47 GMT
Military Action Fast Outpacing Diplomacy As PM Abiy Joins the Frontline
[East African] Western countries and UN missions have urged their nationals to urgently leave Addis as conflict rages. Is this it for Ethiopia?

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:58:17 GMT
9.4 Million People Are 'Living Their Worst Nightmare' - World Food Programme
[UN News] The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:56:38 GMT
Ethiopians, Friends of Ethiopia Sang 'No More' At the African Peace Walk in Djibouti
[ENA] Ethiopians living in Djibouti have participated today in the 14th edition of the African Peace Walk held in Arta, Djibouti.

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:55:55 GMT
Addis Abeba University Warns to Take Measures Against Academics Supporting TPLF
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Addis Ababa University (AAU) has issued warning against graduate academicians to refrain from acts of supporting the TPLF. The University said the measures may extend up to revoking academic degrees of individuals who ...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:15:39 GMT
Ethiopia Asks Irish Diplomats to Leave the Country
[East African] Ethiopia's government is seemingly exacting revenge on Western countries that ordered its citizens out by demanding that some of their diplomats leave too.

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:01:30 GMT
Ethiopia Bans Media From Reporting On Military Operations
[East African] The Ethiopian government has issued an order banning media from covering military operations as conflict heightens in the Horn of Africa nation.

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 09:00:59 GMT
Security Message - Commercial Air Availability From Addis Ababa
[U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa] The security situation in Ethiopia continues to deteriorate. The U.S. Embassy urges U.S citizens in Ethiopia to depart now using commercially available options. Although the Embassy continues to process emergency passports ...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:20:13 GMT
UN Reports Displacement, Damage to Infrastructure, Impeded Humanitarian Access in Amhara, Afar Regions
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) yesterday reported the increased humanitarian needs with additional large-scale displacement and loss of livelihood in the light of the spread o...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:18:30 GMT
Addis Abeba University Warns Graduate Academics Against Supporting TPLF
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Addis Ababa University (AAU) has issued warning against graduate academics to refrain from acts of supporting the TPLF. The University said the measures may extend up to revoking academic degrees of individuals who are...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:17:26 GMT
Command Post Cautions Against Establishment of Transitional Govt
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The state of emergency command post said in a statement, "Measures shall be taken against those who are indulged in activities to form a transitional government or any other form of administration outside of the consti...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:53:13 GMT
Addis Ababa Police Fail to Release Journalist Despite Court Order
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Kibrom Worku, the editor and head of the news department of Ahadu Radio and TV who was arrested by Addis Abeba police on October 22, 2021 the media reported that forces loyal to TPLF have taken over Hayik, a small town...

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:00:27 GMT
Civil War Fueled By Weapons From Big Powers
[IPS] United Nations -- In Hollywood movies, the legendary Wild West was routinely portrayed with gunslingers, lawmen and villains--resulting in the ultimate showdown between the "good guys and the bad guys".

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 07:31:38 GMT
Speed Schools Give Child Labourers a Second Chance
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] An accelerated schooling programme is helping Ethiopian children resume studies cut short by conflict, child labour and poverty

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:51:10 GMT
Ethiopia Warns U.S. Embassy to Refrain From Spreading False Information
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Minister of Government Communication Service Kebede Desisaa said the government has warned the US embassy and organizations against their continued practice of spreading false information.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:52:58 GMT
40 Trucks of Humanitarian Supplies Allowed Entry, Humanitarian Flights Resume to Mekelle
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) yestserday announced that almost 40 trucks with humanitarian supplies, including food, departed Semera yesterday for Tigray. "This is the fi...



home