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Ethiopia

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:55:45 GMT
Journalist Meaza Mohammed Released From Detention
[Addis Standard] Journalist Meaza, the co-founder of online media outlet, Roha Media, who previously worked at Abbay media is released from detention this afternoon.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:54:43 GMT
U.S. Envoys to Discuss Ending Air Strikes, Negotiated Ceasefire, Release of All Political Prisoners & Humanitarian Access
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Addis Abeba - During their visit to Ethiopia, Assistant Secretary Molly Phee and newly appointed Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield "will follow up on President Biden's constructive phone call with ...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 04:56:41 GMT
Getting to Grips With Ethnic and Political Violence Is Vital for Stability
[ISS] Dialogue will only work if all involved understand why there's conflict - and commit to ending it.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 04:21:59 GMT
Burkina Faso Through to AFCON Round of 16 Despite Draw With Ethiopia
[CAF] Burkina Faso have qualified to the knockout phase of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations despite the 1-1 draw against Ethiopia in the final Group A match played at the Stade Omnisports de Bafoussam on Monday.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:04:00 GMT
Sisters Detained in Addis Ababa Released
[Agenzia Fides] Addis Abeba -- Sister Letemaryam Sibhat, Sister Tiblets Teum, Sister Abeba Tesfay, Sister Zaid Moss, Sister Abeba Hagos and Sister Abeba Fitwi, belonging to the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity Saint Vincent de Paoli, who were...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:59:22 GMT
Govt Will 'Organise, Not Disarm' Fano Members Who Fought for Survival of Country - Amhara State Govt
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Amhara State Government Communication Bureau Head, Gizatchew Muluneh, told the Ethiopian Press Agency that the government "will organize" and "not disarm" Fano members who have paid scarifies for the survival of the co...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:40:50 GMT
Match Facts - Burkina Faso V Ethiopia
[CAF] Burkina Faso will fancy their chances when they take on Ethiopia in group A matchday 3 at the Kouekong Stadium in Bafoussam on Monday.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:16:48 GMT
Burkina Faso V Ethiopia - Knockout At Stake
[CAF] Burkina Faso will fancy their chances when they take on Ethiopia in group A matchday 3 at the Kouekong Stadium in Bafoussam on Monday.

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:20:17 GMT
Ethiopia On Edge of Humanitarian Disaster, UN Agency Says
[VOA] Geneva -- The World Food Program warns Ethiopia is on the edge of a humanitarian disaster as escalating fighting in the north is preventing the delivery of needed food from reaching millions of people in battle-scarred Tigray province.

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:47:39 GMT
Prefabricated Houses Broaden Housing Options
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is the second-most populous and the least urbanized nation in Africa. Nevertheless, the growth of urbanization, along with population growth, has been increasing at an alarming rate. Hence, the growing population and rapid...

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:47:39 GMT
Gondar Readies to Welcome Epiphany Guests
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - All the preparation has been finalized to colorfully mark the Ethiopian Epiphany (Timket) in Gondar city of the Amhara State with the great attendance of the Diaspora community, the Ministry of Tourism disclosed.

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:47:36 GMT
Young Entrepreneurs' Effort Is Promising to Tackle the Employment Challenge
[Ethiopian Herald] Scholars agree that young entrepreneurs can be part of the solution to the national employment challenge if they get strong support and encouragement from the government and the general public. They also recommend that there are co...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:30:04 GMT
Religious Community 'Worried for Their Sister Still in Prison'
[Agenzia Fides] Addis Abeba -- "One of the leaders of the Ethiopian community told me that Sr. Abrehet Teserma is still in prison. The biggest problem, besides the imprisonment itself, is that we have no news and today, 40 days after her arrest, we a...

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:15:49 GMT
Drought Hits More Woredas in East Showa, Hararghe Zones of Oromia Region
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In the Oromia region where drought and worsening food crisis is ravaging several woredas mainly in Borana and East Bale zones, more reports of drought have been coming out of the arid areas in East Showa zone's Fentale...

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:03:03 GMT
Ethiopia Wants WHO to Investigate Tedros Over Tigray Remarks
[DW] Ethiopia's government has accused the head of the UN's health agency of interfering in its internal affairs. Separately, another UN body warned that the Tigray region is on "the edge of a major humanitarian disaster."

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:01:39 GMT
Ethiopia At Crossroads As Drone Attacks Worsen Tigray Crisis
[DW] While drone attacks kill dozens of people in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed continues to push for national dialogue to end the conflict. Will his plan succeed?

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:51:38 GMT
Tigray - Aid Operations 'About to Grind to a Halt', Warns WFP
[UN News] Aid and food distribution operations in northern Ethiopia are about "to grind to a halt" amid ongoing fighting, bloodshed and a lack of funding that is making humanitarian access impossible, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday.

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:03:45 GMT
Amidst 'Medical Catastrophe' in Tigray, Ethiopia Accuses Who DG of 'Misconduct'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba: In a letter sent to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), Ethiopia filed its "objection against the Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom" over what it said was the DG's "moral, legal and prof...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 04:51:13 GMT
Nobel Peace Committee Criticizes Prize Winner Abiy Ahmed Over Tigray
[DW] The Norwegian Nobel committee won't strip the Ethiopian prime minister of his Nobel Peace Prize, but it did say he bears a "special responsibility" to end the war and humanitarian crisis in his country's Tigray region.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:19:03 GMT
UN 'Alarmed' By Airstrikes in Tigray
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Liz Throssell In a press briefing today sounded alarm at the targeting of civilians and the destruction of civilian projects in Tigray region. The spokesperso...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:17:57 GMT
Party Calls On Federal Government to Destroy TPLF
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- At a press briefing held on Thursday, January 13, 2022, Balderas for the Genuine Democracy Party (Balderas) whose leaders Eskindir Nega and four others were recently released criticized the federal government's order t...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:01:37 GMT
Airstrikes in Ethiopia's Tigray Kill Over 100 Civilians This Year
[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. human rights office says at least 108 civilians have been killed and many more injured in several air strikes allegedly carried out by the Ethiopian air force in the country's northern Tigray region since the start of the new...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:09:39 GMT
Gaps in Harnessing the Research Output of Biotechnology
[Ethiopian Herald] The Addis Ababa University Biotechnology Institute that is engaged in teaching and research focuses particularly on postgraduate program. The master's Degree is offered to students only when they complete and submit their research ...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:09:36 GMT
Ethiopian Timket's Colourful Ceremonial Process
[Ethiopian Herald] As of 6th century, during the reign of Atse Gebre-Meskel, a new tradition of taking the arcs to riversides emerged True to Jesus' trek to River of Jordan. During the reign of Yekunoamlak (1208-1265) with the support of Saint Tekle-...

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 04:11:33 GMT
Ruthless Cameroon Beat Ethiopia to Book Last 16 Place
[CAF] Indomitable Lions of Cameroon became the first team to book their place in the knockout stage of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 following their 4-1 thrashing of Ethiopia at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:34:45 GMT
Cameroon-Ethiopia - Lions Seek Early Qualification
[Cameroon Tribune] If they win their second group game against the Walya today at the Olembe stadium, the team will get the necessary points to sail to the round of 16.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:59:36 GMT
Afar People's Party Calls On Regional Political Forces to Convene Ahead of National Dialogue
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a statement released yesterday, Afar People's Party Executive Committee criticized shortage of the delivery of humanitarian assistance to IDPs and pointed out that aid was not being delivered timely. "Aid is not rea...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:51:45 GMT
Six Months On, Still No Accountability for Colleagues Killed in Ethiopia
[MSF] Six months after the murder of our three colleagues María, Tedros and Yohannes, the full circumstances of, and responsibility for, their killing remains unclear.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 06:23:58 GMT
Driest Conditions in 40 Years Threaten Millions in Somalia, Ethiopia
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Severe drought is affecting more than three million people in Somalia and southeast Ethiopia, says the aid group International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC says the two Horn of Africa nations are among 20 countries in the w...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 06:47:49 GMT
Message From a Resident in Tigray
[Addis Standard] How our lives "turned into a joke"



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