Ethiopia
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:55 GMTEthiopia Preparing for Third Round Massive Afforestation Campaign
[Ethiopian Herald] Two years ago Ethiopia has announced a vision of planting some 10 million indigenous trees in three years. This year the country has been preparing to hit the target set of planting some six billion trees.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:54 GMTConcerted Effort Against High Cost of Living
[Ethiopian Herald] One has put in social media communication peculiarly in Facebook a message reads, "The prices of all commodities like 'Teff' and cereals, that of vegetables, beer, beef and you name it alarmingly rise, but my salary remains stagnan...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:52 GMTTvet Centers, Universities Joint Efforts Hone Skills - Ministry
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDISS ABABA- Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutes (TVETI) need to work in partner with universities to produce internationally competent, productive and civic minded citizens, said Ministry of Science and Hig...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:48 GMTOvercoming Challenges, Realizing the Long-Awaited Credible Election
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is set to hold the 6th general elections in the coming June, 2021. All necessary preparations are underway so as to conduct credible election and contending political parties are campaigning with registration of voters con...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:44 GMTDuty Free Import Regulation On Basic Food Items Necessary and Timely
[Ethiopian Herald] Last week the Ministry of trade and industry issued a timely regulation which allowed companies to import basic food items like rice, flour and other food items on duty free. Over the last two years, particularly in the advent of C...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:42 GMTEzema Expresses Election Related Concerns
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA--The government, National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), Civil Society Organization and other concerned bodies have to combine efforts so as to overcome election related challenges , so said Ethiopian Citizens for ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:52 GMTWhen Soccer Becomes Not Only a Passion but Also a National Culture
[Ethiopian Herald] Soccer is religion in some countries, a big money-spinner in others and the only hope for tens of thousands youngsters from the poorer regions of the world to achieve fame and fortune in rich countries. Soccer is also politics in s...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:52 GMTWomen Empowerment - a Matter of Necessity, Not Charity
[Ethiopian Herald] Sometimes it looks trivial in our country to talk about women empowerment now and then, but their live participation in all aspects has been a matter of necessity not to merely provide them with audacious charity. It is also crysta...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:51 GMTAgency Debuts Traffic Fines Online Payment
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Addis Ababa City Traffic Management Agency has introduced new traffic fines online payment system aimed at avoiding long queues for paying the fines.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:47 GMTNebe Opens Election Sub - Offices in Addis Ababa, Oromia
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced that it has opened 28 additional voter registration sub-offices in Addis Ababa and Oromia State.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:46 GMTOffice Underlines Need for Protecting Enset
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA -Farmers and Wolayeta Sodo Zone Agriculture Office stressed that the increasing Enset plant diseases have seriously affected the ongoing food self-sufficiency in the Zone.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:53 GMTEmma Call On Media to Uphold New Proclamation
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian Mass Media Authority (EMMA) stated that all media outlets are expected to join hands to bring about significant change in the media industry complying with the new proclamation.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:53 GMTSome Int'l Media Reportages On GERD Damaging
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDISABABA - Some international news media companies unprofessional report on the ongoing Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks have caused a negative impact on the negotiation process and created misunderstanding among the ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:38:50 GMTCanadian Scholars Urge West to Engage With Ethiopia
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- If Western powers have legitimate and honest concerns about regional stability besides their economic interests, they should make efforts to bolster ties and engage with the Ethiopian government, renowned Canadian scho...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 06:13:09 GMTTigray Girl Walked 300km in Broken Flip-Flops to Escape Fighting - UNICEF
[UN News] Disturbing reports have continued to emerge of widespread abuse of civilians in Ethiopia's Tigray region, nearly six months since conflict erupted, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 06:38:41 GMTTigray Conflict Strips Children of Protection, Education, Nutrition, UNICEF Says
[VOA] Geneva, Switzerland -- The U.N. children's fund warns the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray province is stripping tens of thousands of children of their rights, plunging them into a protection crisis that is causing them unimaginable long-...
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:44:19 GMTWe Must Safeguard 20 Million People Downstream of Dam - Govt
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's transitional government has made its position clear with regard to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, as negotiations on the issue between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia remain at a deadlock. The Khartoum government'...
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:59:26 GMTUN Security Council Needs to Act On Ethiopia's Tigray Region
[HRW] Urgently Address Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:46:24 GMTEgyptian Envoy to Meet Ramaphosa to Lobby Against Ethiopian Dam
[Daily Maverick] With tension mounting over Ethiopia's construction of a giant dam on the Nile, Egypt's foreign minister is to meet President Ramaphosa in Pretoria on Tuesday to seek support for Cairo's objection to Addis Ababa's unilateral filling o...
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:49:51 GMTPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Problem From Hell
[Nation] In one of his recent messages on Twitter, Ethiopia's Prime Minister posted a 23-second clip depicting domesticated animals cooperating to feed themselves. A hen on the back of a dog pecking grain and a cat on a hen's back delighting itself w...
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:52:33 GMTAmid Renewed Violence and Conflicting Accounts Army Places Oromo Special, South Wollo & North Shewa Zones of Amhara Region Under Command Post
[Addis Standard] Despite previous eye witnesses and families of victims accounts and statements by the Oromia Regional state chapter of the ruling Prosperity Party, Oromia Prosperity Party (OPP) disputing the presence of the Oromo Liberation Army (OL...
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:46:52 GMTTwo Killed in Addis Ababa Bomb Blast
[Nation] Two people were killed when a bomb exploded in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Sunday afternoon.
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:29:40 GMTEritrea Announces Withdrawal of Troops From Ethiopia's Tigray Region
[RFI] Eritrea's government has said it will start pulling out its soldiers from Ethiopia's Tigray region, recognising for the first time the presence of its troops in the war torn region.
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 05:56:42 GMTUN Warns Sexual Violence Being Used As Weapon of War in Ethiopia's Tigray Region
[RFI] The United Nations aid chief has told the Security Council that sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia's Tigray. The US ambassador to the UN said Washington was "horrified by the reports of rape and other unspeakably cruel...
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:50:46 GMTEU Following the Situation in Ethiopia Before Confirming Election Observation Mission
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Barely a month and half before Ethiopia's 6th national election scheduled on June 05 took place, the European Union's High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell said the EU will "continue following closely the si...
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:57:17 GMTIGAD to Inaugurate Regional Cancer Centre of Excellence Addis Ababa
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will officially inaugurate its Regional Cancer Centre of Excellence on Monday at a ceremony in Addis Ababa.
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:56:46 GMTPM Abiy Says Ethiopia Has No Intention of Causing Harm to Lower Riparian Countries
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that Ethiopia, in developing Abbay River for its needs, has no intention of causing harm to lower riparian countries.
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:16:23 GMT'Wheelchair Basketball Became My Ultimate Source of Happiness'
[ICRC] "Wheelchair basketball has changed my life. It is helping me build my confidence and given me a sense of strength. It has become my ultimate source of happiness," says Woubrist Getnet, a person living with a disability and whose love for this ...
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:56:24 GMTNo One Dies From Hunger in Tigray - Commission
[Ethiopian Herald] Addis Ababa -- The National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) said that not a single person has died in Tigray regional state due to hunger.
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:55:28 GMTJournalists Rearrested in Tigray, Army Claims They Were Set to Broadcast 'False Propaganda'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Journalists Fitsum Berhane and Tamirat Yemane were arrested in Mekelle by members of the Federal Defense Forces, the army said.