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Wed, 06 Apr 2022 05:30:44 GMT
Tigray Civilians Targeted in 'Crimes Against Humanity' - New Report
[DW] Tigrayans are being targeted with ethnic cleansing in the contested Western Tigray zone, according to a new report by human rights groups. The onslaught of rape and killings amounts to "war crimes," they added.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:54:23 GMT
Oromia Supreme Court Orders Release of Journalist Tamerat Negera On Bail
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Judges at the Oromia Supreme Court today ordered the release of journalist Tamrat Negera on 50,000 birr bail.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:53:42 GMT
Ministry to Temporarily Administer Planned Exit Exams for Higher Education Graduates
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Exit exams for higher education graduates will be temporarily administered by the Ministry of Education until institutions of higher education are fully developed and their academic and institutional independence is fu...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:00:58 GMT
Research Project to Get Rural Girls in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania Back Into School
[Graça Machel Trust] Scaling up accelerating learning models for out of school children

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 06:02:30 GMT
Oromia State Govt Warns That 'Extremist Forces Operating in the Name of Amhara' Have Infiltrated Region
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromia Regional State government issued a statement late this evening warning an unnamed group that it referred to "extremist forces operating in the name of Amhara" who are "the main enemies of the Amhara and Ethi...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 06:00:47 GMT
280 Hectares of Oromia Land Annexed to Amhara
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A large piece of land, 280 hectares in the Kimbibit woreda of the North Showa zone of the Oromia region has fallen under the administration of the Amhara regional government under 'unknown circumstances' according to a...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 05:59:25 GMT
Days After Officials Vow Renewed Offensive On Oromia Armed Group, Fighting Reported
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Several local media reports indicate that there has been fierce fighting between the Ethiopian national defense forces and members of the armed group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), often referred by the government as OLF...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:11:10 GMT
Tech Center Graduates, Recognizes Etege Menen Girls' Boarding School Students, Winners of Internet Innovation Competition
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Abugida Robotics and Technology Center held a graduation and recognition program on Sunday 03 April for Etege Menen Girls only boarding school students and for the winners of an Internet Innovation Competition held in ...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:48:28 GMT
Ethiopia - ICRC Resumes Aid Convoys to Tigray After Six Months
[ICRC] Addis Ababa (ICRC) - An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoy carrying medical assistance, food and water treatment supplies arrived in the Tigray region on Day, Date Month, through Afar. This is the first ICRC convoy reaching...

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:33:10 GMT
Detention of Journalists in Ethiopia Serves As Example of Deteriorating Media Freedom
[VOA] Washington -- Case Against AP Journalist Reflects Dire Conditions for Ethiopia's Media

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:46:17 GMT
Ethiopia - ICRC Resumes Aid Convoys to Tigray After Six Months
[ICRC] Addis Ababa -- An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoy carrying medical assistance, food and water treatment supplies arrived in the Tigray region on Saturday, 2nd April 2022, through Afar. This is the first ICRC convoy reach...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:10:09 GMT
Eritrea Replaces Ambassador to Ethiopia With Chargé d'Affaires, Yet to Accept Letter of Credence From Ethiopian Envoy
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The State of Eritrea has replaced its outgoing Ambassador Semere Russom, by Biniam Berhe, who presented his letter of credence as Chargé d'affaires representing Eritrea to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:09:04 GMT
Four Killed Days After the Shooting of Woreda Official in Konso Zone
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A local official, militia, and two residents were killed in Segen woreda in the Konso zone on Thursday, the woreda's head of peace and security, Gadisa Karo told Addis Standard.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:08:18 GMT
Border Trade Checkpoint Linking Benishangul Gumuz State With Sudan Reopens
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Benishangul-Gumuz border trade checkpoint, which connects Kurmuk with Sudan, was officially reopened on 31 March.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 07:16:44 GMT
Aid Convoy Enters Territory Controlled By Tigrayan Forces
[DW] A convoy of aid trucks has entered Tigrayan-controlled Ethiopian territory for the first time in over three months. The UN food agency, the World Food Program, made the announcement on Twitter.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 14:58:24 GMT
Can a "Humanitarian Truce" Help End Ethiopia's Civil War?
[Crisis Group] After Almost Seventeen Months of Devastating Civil War in Ethiopia, the Federal Government On 24 March Announced What It Called a Humanitarian Truce. the Offer Would Ostensibly Allow Aid Into Ethiopia's Northern Tigray Region, Which Ha...

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 07:44:10 GMT
Govt Fails to Block UN Funding for Human Rights Investigation
[VOA] United Nations -- Ethiopia on Thursday failed to block the United Nations from funding an international committee that will investigate human rights violations by all parties in the nation's recent war.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:38:28 GMT
Yatreda - an Artistic Collective Using NFTs to Celebrate Ethiopian Legacies
[This is Africa] Yatreda is a family of artists that brings the history of Ethiopian kingdoms to life through stunning imagery. With storytelling at the base of their work, they use NFTs to preserve their history and culture for future generations.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:44:25 GMT
Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance to Tigray and Afar Regions
[U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa] PRESS STATEMENT

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:12:09 GMT
Tigray Sees Eight Fold Increase in Pervasiveness of Scabies - UN
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The latest Humanitarian update from the UNOCHA revealed "the pervasiveness of scabies continues to be a major concern in Tigray, with cases increasing eight-fold [from] 384 cases identified at the start of the year to ...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:07:53 GMT
Ethiopia's Army Chief Calls On Member States to Strengthen East Africa Standby Force
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Chief of Ethiopian Defense Forces and Chairman of the Committee comprising Chiefs of the Defense Forces of East African countries, Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, said the East Africa Standby Force (EASF) should make p...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:45:44 GMT
WFP Aid Convoy Arrives in Ethiopia's Tigray After Months-Long Blockade
[VOA] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Aid convoys led by the U.N.'s World Food Program (WPF) have entered Ethiopian territory controlled by Tigrayan rebels for the first time since December, bringing much-needed food to starving communities.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:24:54 GMT
Govt, Rebel Group Blame Each Other for No Aid Reaching Tigray
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopian authorities and rebels in the Tigray region are accusing each other of blocking aid deliveries to Tigray that had been agreed to a week ago. The ongoing fighting comes as the U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia visited the Afar...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:06:07 GMT
A Forgotten Minority - Who Will Be the Voice for Karrayyu?
[African Arguments] Zoom out from Tigray and there are many more groups facing abuses who are rarely talked about by the media or advocacy groups.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:29:24 GMT
Ethiopia, Kenya Army Chiefs Agree to Take Lead to Strengthen Eastern Africa Standby Force, Peace and Security
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, and his counterpart Chief of the Kenyan Defense Forces, General Robert Kariuki Kibochi, held talks in Nairobi on 30 March ...

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:46:34 GMT
Ethiopia's Military Chief Jula Calls on Kenyan Counterpart Kibochi
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ethiopia's military chief Field marshal Birhanu Jula met his Kenyan counterpart General Robert Kibochi Wednesday, during which they discussed areas of mutual interest.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:07:09 GMT
Supreme Court Sustains Lower Court Ruling to Release AP Journalists On Bail
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal supreme court today upheld lower court's decision to release on bailreporter Amir Aman Kiyaro and photographer Thomas Engida after 4 months of detention without being charged. The Federal Court of First Ins...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:06:25 GMT
Conflicting Accounts After Armed Men Gunned Down 26 Oromia Militiamen, Police
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Clashes between armed groups from the Minjar Shenkora woreda of North Shewa zone, Amhara regional state, and local militia in the bordering Fentalle woreda, East Shewa zone of Oromia regional state, resulted in the dea...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:28:33 GMT
Newly Constituted South West State Council Holding 1st Regular Meeting
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- State Council of the newly constituted 11th regional state, South West Ethiopian Peoples' Regional State, is holding its first regular meeting today in Bonga city, the region's communication bureau said.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:26:06 GMT
UN Migration Body Says Some $11M Needed to Assist Over 100,000 Ethiopian Nationals Returning From Saudi Arabia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Following an agreement between the Governments of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), over 100,000 Ethiopian migrants are expected to be deported to Ethiopia from KSA, with the arrivals starting on 30 March...



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