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Sat, 19 Jun 2021 13:02:25 GMT
UNHCR Applauds Ethiopia Education Opportunities for Refugee Children
[Ethiopian Herald] United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has applauded Ethiopia's efforts to ensure education opportunities and the much number of refugee children at school in the country.

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:04:54 GMT
Amid War and Instability, Why Election Matters
[The Conversation Africa] After two postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later for logistical challenges, millions of Ethiopians go to the polls on Monday. Held in the midst of historic domestic challenges - not least a war in Tigray region...

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:37:49 GMT
Elections Are Needed. But They Face Credibility Challenges
[The Conversation Africa] Ethiopia is holding parliamentary elections at a time of immense domestic turmoil and foreign pressure. This is due to, in particular, the Tigray conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and other ethnic-based violence.

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:53:20 GMT
Ethiopia Announces 'Period of Silence' Ahead of Elections
[DW] Ethiopian authorities have announced new rules for political parties and the media ahead of Monday's poll. In the meantime, Facebook has removed a series of fake accounts which it had linked to the Ethiopian government.

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:49:43 GMT
Imperfect Elections Do Not Fortify Nation's Transition
[Chatham House] With elections about to finally start, Ethiopia's growing unrest and Tigray's catastrophic conflict highlights an urgent need to build a political consensus.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:52:50 GMT
Higher Education Public Diplomacy Center Established for GERD
[ENA] The Higher Education Public Diplomacy Center was established today with a view to counter the unfounded ongoing foreign pressure and promoting digital diplomacy on the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:19:13 GMT
City's Public Spaces Refurbishment in the Making
[Ethiopian Herald] The name Addis Ababa is not simply a capital city. It also represents a city that hosts all nations, nationalities and peoples. It is also a hub of several diplomatic communities that enjoy its natural gifts and inhales its pure ox...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:19:11 GMT
Organization Hands Over 200 Local Assembled Cars
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Hello Taxi organization yesterday handed over 200 local assembled cars to customers aiming to providing modern tourist transport service, realizing tourism sector development, creating jobs and ensuring nation's prosp...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:19:11 GMT
Ethio-Telecom Capitalizes On Digital Transformation
[Ethiopian Herald] Expands telebirr, electronic pay

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:19:08 GMT
Telecom Liberalization Enhances Ethiopia's Moves to Digital Economy
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Apart from providing world class telecom services, the involvement of multinational operators to Ethiopia's emerging telecom business would have a paramount importance to enhance the penetration of mobile banking and ...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:08:30 GMT
ECA Commends Ethiopia's Strides in Digitizing Logistics Sector
[ENA] Chief of the Energy, Infrastructure and Services Section at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Robert Lisinge commends Ethiopia's national strategies and plans to develop and modernize its transport and logistics sector.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:50:59 GMT
Ethiopia Calls On AU to Stop Commission of Inquiry On Rights Abuse in Tigray
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is "regrettable to note that the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights made a unilateral announcement on the establishment of a "Commission of Inquiry" and said ...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:47:01 GMT
AU Launches Investigation Into Tigray Atrocities
[Nation] The African Union (AU) has launched an inquiry into human rights violations in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, becoming the first continental effort to investigate the conflict that began in November 4 when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a mil...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:33:53 GMT
'We Have Hope for a Democratic Country' - Ethiopians Get Ready to Vote
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Passersby called the raucous campaigns this week in Addis Ababa "beautiful," with many noting they had never seen political discourse like this before in Ethiopia.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:19:11 GMT
ETU Lays Cornerstone to Build Regional Flagship TVET
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Technical University (ETU) laid foundation stone for building a center of excellence focus on cultivating and utilizing skills for transformation and regional integration.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:23:17 GMT
AU Forms Team to Investigate Tigray Atrocities Despite Ethiopia's Protest
[East African] The African Union has launched its commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, even as Addis Ababa protested the creation of the first continental effort to investigate the conflict.

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:47:03 GMT
Ethiopia's 2021 Elections
[Chatham House] Abel Abate Demissie summarises the election landscape in Ethiopia ahead of the polls scheduled for 21 June 2021.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:38 GMT
Ethiopia Commits to Blanket Humanitarian Access
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The Government of Ethiopia has granted blanket humanitarian access across Tigray State to international aid agencies operating in the area, country's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN said.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:19:13 GMT
Debre Berhan Started Enjoying the Blessings of Industrial Park
[Ethiopian Herald] Approximately 120km northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the city of Debre Berhan is establishing itself as an alluring investment destination. Thanks to infrastructure upgrades over the last decade it now only takes two hours to ...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:19:11 GMT
Moshe Envisions Global Competitiveness of Private Academies
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE) said that it gave training to leading actors of the privately-owned higher learning institutions with a view to helping the sector become nationally and globally co...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 08:00:25 GMT
Balloting Will Not Ease the Country's Deep Crisis
[Crisis Group] Elections delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19 are set to take place on 21 June amid mounting crises across Ethiopia, including a grinding, brutal war in Tigray. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert William Davison outlines what to expect.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:53:59 GMT
Court Postpones Hearing of Jawar and Others, Citing Election-Related Security Concerns
[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- The Federal High Court Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-Terrorism Bench that today was scheduled to rule on hearing on the conduct of prosecutor's witness hearing against the defendants in Jawar Mohammed's ...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:43:52 GMT
Oromo Liberation Army Says It Detained Two Afghani Employees of a Mining Company
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromo Liberation Army, OLA, said in a statement that its forces have "detained two Afghani nationals working for Moon Rock Mining and Marble Development PLC in western Oromia." The statement didn't specify as of wh...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:39 GMT
Nation to Enhancetransportation Program That Works With Renewable Energy
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA)- Ministry of Transportation announced yesterday that it would enhance a transportation program that works with renewable energy in the country.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:38 GMT
Office Urges Media to Enhance Role in HIV/Aids Prevention,
[Ethiopian Herald] BISHOFTU- To prevent and control the spread of HIV/AIDs, Media should enhance its role in this end, said Addis Ababa City Administration HIV/AIDs Prevention and Control Office.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:38 GMT
Addis Mega Projects Changing Livelihoods, Reviving Tourism Industry
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- The inauguration of numerous mega projects in Addis Ababa have brought about significant outcomes for residents and the economy of the metropolis, according to the Deputy Mayor.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:38 GMT
Filling of GERD Will Go As Per Schedule - Minister Reaffirms
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA) - Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Sileshi Bekele has reiterated that the filling of the second round of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will go as per the schedule.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:37 GMT
Ethiopia Rejects Arab League's Resolution On GERD
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that Ethiopia has firmly rejected Arab League Member States' attempt to dictate the course of the tripartite negotiations over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopia...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:26:35 GMT
About 70 Percent Agricultural Land Ready for Farming in Tigray
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - About 70 % of agricultural land in Ethiopia's Tigray State has been made ready for Kiremt or Meher (summer) cropping season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:33:38 GMT
African Union Commission of Inquiry On the Tigray Region Begins Work
[African Union] The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission), in accordance with its mandate of promotion and protection of human rights in Africa under Article 45 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Afric...



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