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Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:44:22 GMT
U.S. Envoy Concerned Military Developments in Ethiopia May Outpace Diplomacy
[VOA] A top U.S. diplomat said Tuesday he was worried that military developments in Ethiopia were overtaking efforts to stop escalation of the country's bloody yearlong conflict.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:30:20 GMT
South Africa, Kenya Call for Ethiopian Ceasefire as Tigray Rebels Advance On Addis Ababa
[RFI] France has advised its citizens to leave Ethiopia, as Tigrayan rebels advance on the capital. South Africa and Kenya have called on the rebels and the government, who have been fighting since last year, to commit to an immediate ceasefire.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:21:24 GMT
Germany, France, U.S. Urge Nationals to Leave, UN Evacuates Staff Family Members
[DW] The Western nations say their citizens should leave Ethiopia immediately, after Abiy Ahmed vowed to "lead from the battlefield" against Tigray rebels.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:02:45 GMT
U.S. Warns of Ongoing Possibility of Terror Attacks in Ethiopia
[East African] Juba -- The United States Embassy in Ethiopia has warned of a possible terrorist attack in the capital Addis Ababa and in other parts of the country.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:53:14 GMT
Addis Ababa Administration Assures Diplomatic Community of City's Stability
[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- The Addis Abeba city administration today briefed Ambassadors of African, Asian and Pacific countries based in the city and members of the diplomatic community on the current national state of affairs. The head of Addi...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:29:51 GMT
South West Ethiopia Peoples State Officially Established
[Ethiopian Herald] South West Ethiopia Peoples State officially formed yesterday in the presence of senior federal and state government officials.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:27:59 GMT
Clustered Maize Production, Productivity Shown 50 Percent Increase
[Ethiopian Herald] Capitalizing on agricultural production and productivity in such a critical time Ethiopia is passing through invigorates the nation's aspiration to ensure food self-sufficiency. To this end, diversifying agricultural extension is a...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:24:07 GMT
Kenya Can Broker Peace in Ethiopia - Diaz
[Capital FM] Ethiopia holds unique status on the continent making it stand out among the rest. For starters, the country was only one of two to escape the jaws of colonialism alongside Liberia after fighting off the Italians in a showdown that proved...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:40:13 GMT
Ethio-Somali State Leader Mustefe Omer Accuses Ex Somali PM Gaas Over Plot to Destabilise Ethiopia & TPLF Links
[Dalsan Radio] A Former Somalia Prime Minister has been accused of deploying troops to Ethiopia from the Somali border as part of a plot to destabilize Ethiopia.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:52:28 GMT
Canada Reiterates Calls for Cessation of Hostilities in Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Yesterday, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, about the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia. The Canadian PM affirmed his country's commitment to the efforts to br...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:46:29 GMT
U.S. Steps Up Push for Americans to Leave Ethiopia
[VOA] The U.S. State Department is stepping up its push for Americans in Ethiopia to leave the country immediately, amid fears the country's internal war is about to escalate.

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:38:44 GMT
Briefing With U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Ambassador On the Ongoing Situation in Ethiopia
[State Department] (November 23, 2021) MR PRICE: Good morning, everyone, and thanks very much for joining us, especially today, for this very important topic. We wanted to offer another opportunity for you to hear an update from, in this case, our Sp...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:12:03 GMT
Prime Minister Announces He Will Lead Army From Front Line
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Minister Abiy Ahmed today announced that he will join the front tomorrow. In a social media post shared this evening ,Abiy said, "It's time to lead the country through sacrifice. I will join the front to...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:36:36 GMT
UN Human Rights Council Should Urgently Hold Special Session on Ethiopia - Human Rights Watch
[HRW] Ethiopia: The UN Human Rights Council should urgently hold a special session to address the ongoing human rights crisis

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:20:15 GMT
Govt Cautions Countries 'Pursuing Own Foreign Policy in the Name of Aid'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In her routine presser to state media, State Minister of Government Communication Service, Selamwit Kassa, said this morning that the government has warned some countries pursuing their own foreign policy in the name o...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:19:09 GMT
Will Tigray Conflict Deter the GERD?
[The Exchange] Egypt has taken all diplomatic measures to urge Ethiopia not to proceed with its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) but all pleas (and threats) have fallen on deaf ears.

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:30:53 GMT
Senior State Department Officials On the Situation in Ethiopia and Ongoing Efforts to Encourage the Departure of U.S. Citizens
[State Department] Via Teleconference -- November 22, 2021

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:06:40 GMT
Ethiopia's Civil War - Five Reasons Why History Won't Repeat Itself
[The Conversation Africa] One year after the outbreak of civil war in Ethiopia the spectre of regime change looms over Africa's second most populous nation. The tides of the military conflict pitting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his allies against t...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:09:10 GMT
Four Scenarios and the Funeral(s) - Ethiopian Powder Keg Is Ready to Explode in Tragic Ways
[Daily Maverick] The war is marching closer to Addis at a fair lick. Just 10 days earlier, with the fall of the city of Dessie, the front was 300km from Addis. There is little evidence of a government plan to stop the advance by the rebel Tigray Defe...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:28:15 GMT
Govt Puts on Notice 4 International Media Over Their Reporting on Tigray Conflict
[East African] The Ethiopian media watch has threatened to revoke licenses of four foreign media houses against taking sides on their reporting in the ongoing violence in the country.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:21:57 GMT
Mistrust, Division Over Mediators Stand on the Way to Peace in Addis
[East African] One year into Ethiopia's internal war in Tigray region, there are no signs of a ceasefire.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:52:38 GMT
Olusegun Obasanjo Meets TPLF Chiefs as Ethiopia Claims New War Victory
[Nation] Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday met with the leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in his second attempt to broker peace with the Ethiopian government, even as Addis Ababa declared victory over a battlef...

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:29:49 GMT
Media Authority Issues Warning Letters to CNN, BBC, AP, Reuters for False News, Defamation
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Ethiopian Media Authority has issued warning letters to four international media institutions for manufacturing and disseminating of false news and news analyses on Ethiopia to assist the TPLF's objectives.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 14:31:10 GMT
Blinken Eyes African Conflicts, Human Rights Concerns On Official Visit
[DW] On his first visit to Africa, US top envoy Antony Blinken has addressed Ethiopia's raging Tigray conflict, the terrorism threat in Africa and human rights concerns in Nigeria.

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:02:38 GMT
Helping Diabetic Patients Live Positively
[WHO-AFRO] Ketsela Asmare is a nurse counselor at the Ethiopian Diabetes Association (EDA), where she has been working since the year 2000. Driven by her passion to help people, Ketsela started volunteering at the Association as a teenager, several y...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:53:32 GMT
INSA Urges Local/Foreign Institutions, Embassies, Diplomats, Public/Private Security Agencies to Re-Register Communication Equipment
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Information Network Security Agency (INSA) said in a statement that individuals, security agencies, embassies, diplomats, local and foreign institutions should re-register within 15 days communication equipment which i...

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:38:28 GMT
African Union, U.S. Envoys Return to Ethiopia Amid Ongoing Peace Talks
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- At today's biweekly press briefings, Ambassador Dina Mufti, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (MoFA) discussed the return of the special envoys of the African Union and the United states t...

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:36:48 GMT
Govt Working to End War 'in Short Period of Time' - Minister
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Government Communication Service announced that the government was working to end the war in a short period of time.

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 05:29:07 GMT
Six UN Staff Members Released, Five Still in Detention - Spokesperson
[VOA] U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Thursday that six U.N. staff members had been released but five others, along with one of their dependents, remain in detention in Addis Ababa.

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:40:02 GMT
What Fuels the Conflict in Ethiopia - and the Criticism of the U.S Response?
[The Conversation Africa] U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning that the worsening situation in Ethiopia puts at risk the "peace and stability" of the Horn of Africa.



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