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Tue, 02 Nov 2021 05:15:39 GMT
The Three Key Mistakes UN Must Avoid in Search for Peace in Ethiopia
[The Conversation Africa] There are growing demands for the UN Security Council to act on the war in Tigray. The Security Council has held 11 sessions on the war that started in Tigray a year ago. But each session ended without even a single official...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 05:12:40 GMT
Decades of Progress Gone in One Year - Tigray's Healthcare System Has Been Destroyed
[The Conversation Africa] The war in Ethiopia's Tigray region broke out on 4 November 2020. A survey done in parts of Tigray and investigative reports by human rights bodies Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch show that thousands of civi...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:33:29 GMT
Oromia Prosperity Party Calls On Oromo Youth, the Oromo People To 'Bury the Junta'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Fekadu Tesema, head of the Oromia Prosperity Party office, called on all Oromo youth and the Oromo people to do their part to "bury the junta", party affiliated FanaBC reported.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:24:11 GMT
Prime Minister Says Non-Ethiopian Nationals Joined TPLF Forces in Wello
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that non-Ethiopian nationals have joined TPLF forces in the war in the Wollo frontier.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:23:21 GMT
Federal Court Suspends Prosecutor's Witness Hearing Against Jawar
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The prosecutor's witness hearing against the defendants in Jawar Mohammed's file which was set to be held today was suspended after the defense team appealed to Federal Supreme Court cassation Bench objecting an earlie...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:22:38 GMT
Oromia State Asks Leadership, People to Join the Fight 'To Save Country'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromia National Regional State Government called on all regional government leaders to diligently lead the struggle and make the "necessary sacrifices for tomorrow's victory". It also calls on Qeerroos and Qeerrees...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:21:41 GMT
Ethiopia Takes Part in UN Climate Summit in Glasgow
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia is participating in COP26 climate crisis summit that kicked off on October 31, 2021. A delegate led by Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commissioner Professor Fekadu Beyene is attending the conference. T...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:02:24 GMT
U.S. Expresses Alarm Over Reports of Escalation of War in Ethiopia
[VOA] Washington -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed "alarm" Monday over reports that forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have advanced into Dessie and Kombolcha, two towns in the neighboring Amhara region.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 05:44:42 GMT
Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Feltman to Speak On Ethiopia
[State Department] On Tuesday, November 2, Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will give remarks at an event hosted by the United States Institute for Peace. As the crisis in Ethiopia nears its one-year anniversary, Special Envoy Fel...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 05:17:13 GMT
Tigray Fighters Claim Control of Major Northern Towns
[DW] Ethiopian authorities called on people to join the armed struggle against the Tigrayan insurgents. Amhara government officials declared a state of emergency in the region.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:43:53 GMT
Amhara Declares Emergency, Curfew, No Govt Activities
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Amhara National Regional State Council, in its 6th round, first year, 4th emergency meeting held today has declared a nine point emergency decree which includes the suspension of regular activities by all governmen...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:20:05 GMT
Tigray Rebels Capture Kombolcha City in Amhara Region
[Nation] Tigrayan rebels, Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on Sunday claimed that their forces had taken control of another strategic city in Ethiopia's Amhara region.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:42:26 GMT
Abiy's Offensive Against Tigray Collapses - Dreams of a 'New Ethiopia' Arise
[Daily Maverick] One year after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent in troops who committed unspeakable atrocities in an attempt to crush the rebellious Tigray region, the army that he sought to vanquish is heading down the highway towards Addis...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:20:55 GMT
PM Calls On 'Our People' to Organize and March to 'Prevent, Reverse and Bury Terrorist TPLF'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- PM Abiy Ahmed called on "our people to temporarily hold occasional affairs, organize and march through legal manner with every weapon and power/might in order to prevent, reverse and bury the terrorist TPLF that has co...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:41:39 GMT
Impartiality of Mainstream Media Trigger Prolonged Conflicts
[Ethiopian Herald] The reluctance of humanitarian partners and impartiality of international media outlets caused the people in Amhara and Afar people to face food stress, said Prof. Ann Fitz-Gerald.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:27:39 GMT
Home Grown Economic Reform Alleviates Nation's Challenges
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- The implementation of homegrown economic reform that aimed at tapping the country's development potentials, has an undeniable impact in stabilizing nation's economy despite the outbreak of Corona virus and conflict aro...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:31:16 GMT
Cement Industries Face Severe Supply Shortage, Lack of Quality
[Reporter] Local coal supply sharply dropped since May 2020 following waves of conflict that continue to break out in Kamashi, a major coal mining belt in Benishangul Gumuz regional state.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:24:03 GMT
Implications of the Coup in Sudan
[Reporter] The situation in Sudan has become so dynamic over the past few weeks. The rift between the military and civilian sections of Sudan's transitional administration has grown tremendously since the failed coup attempts at the end of September....

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:10:40 GMT
War Leaves Two Thirds of Sesame Farm Uncultivated
[Reporter] Over 500,000 hectares of sesame farm, which is 70 percent of Ethiopia's annual cultivation for the cash crop, skipped a season without being cultivated due to the ongoing war in northern Ethiopia.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:58:50 GMT
Ethiopia Concerned By Sudan Coup, Woes Despite Its Own Year-Old Tigrayan Crisis
[East African] Ethiopia is agonising over the political chaos in neighbouring Sudan, even as it faces the crisis in its backyard of Tigray, which will be marking a year this coming week.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:51:11 GMT
IGAD's Absence During the Horn's Crises
[Reporter] The East African region, especially the Horn of Africa, is exhibiting uncertainty that was unseen in the past. After decades of economic prospects, regional integration, potential grounds for democratic transition, as well as international...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:27:08 GMT
Ethiopian Women's U-20 National Team to Take Part in Cecafa Tournament
[Reporter] The Ethiopian Women's U-20 national team is set take part in the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup hosted by Uganda. Ethiopia, Burundi, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania and Uganda have been preparing for the tournament, which will take place from Oct...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:13:53 GMT
Tigrayan Rebels Seize Key City of Dessie
[Nation] The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said on Saturday that its forces have taken control of the strategic city of Dessie in Ethiopia's Amhara region.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:18:22 GMT
Citing Noncompliance With Court Orders By Federal Police, Awlo Media Shuts Down Operations
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a statement released yesterday, Awlo Media announced the closure of the media house and the subsequent relief of all its employees.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:16:43 GMT
Federal, Regional Law Enforcement Forum Says TPLF's Mission to Destroy Ethiopia Can't Be Undone By Military Means Alone
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A statement released on October 29 after a daylong consultation in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara regional state, by members of the national federal and regional states law enforcement forum said that "the TPLF's mis...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 06:15:50 GMT
Ethiopia Tells Local Broadcasters to Terminate Airing Foreign Media Programs
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA), the main regulatory body of broadcast media in Ethiopia, has ordered Ethiopian broadcasters that transmit programs from foreign media outlets to terminate doing so effective October...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 05:40:53 GMT
Expansion of Combat Operation in Northern Ethiopia
[State Department] The United States is gravely concerned by the expansion of combat in northern Ethiopia. We reiterate our call for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) to withdraw from the Amhara and Afar regions, including halting its advan...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:32:00 GMT
Authorities Order Local Outlet to Stop Broadcasting Foreign News
[VOA] Ethiopia's media authority on Friday ordered a local radio and TV broadcaster to cease sharing foreign news reports.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:00:37 GMT
Coups in Africa Manifestations of Increasing Foreign Intervention - International Relations Expert
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The increasing military coups in Africa are manifestations of the ever-increasing foreign intervention in the continent, according to an Ethiopian political scientist and international relations expert.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:39:39 GMT
Residents Say 6 Dead, Homes Demolished in Latest Tigray Airstrike
[VOA] Mekekke, Ethiopia -- At least six people were killed and 21 injured in an Ethiopian army airstrike Thursday on the Tigray regional capital, Mekelle, hospital sources told VOA.



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