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Ethiopia

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:46:28 GMT
Truce Opens the Door to African Mediators
[ISS] As encouraging steps are taken to resolve the military conflict, pressure for a negotiated settlement is needed.

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:07:02 GMT
MSF Raises Alert Over Deadly, Escalating Nutritional Crisis in Afar State
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "Many people in Afar cannot access the very minimum levels of healthcare, food and water necessary to sustain human life": MSF

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:04:50 GMT
Federal High Court Disallows Bail for Three Journalists
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal High Court of Ethiopia today overruled a decision by judges at the Federal first instant court allowing the release on 10,000 birr bail each of three journalists.

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:56:52 GMT
First-Ever Voluntary Flights From Yemen Airlift Stranded Ethiopians Home
[UN News] For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Ababa on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen's conflict-affected Ma'rib governarate, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursday.

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:57:11 GMT
Army Chief in Türkiye to Take Part in EFES 2022 Military Exercise
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A delegation led by the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, arrived in Türkiye on Wednesday 08 June to take part in the "EFES 2022 Military Exercise" organized b...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:04:58 GMT
Ethiopian Airlines Resumes to Ticketing Services As Forex Situation Improves
[Nyasa Times] Ethiopian Airlines has resumed ticketing services for all travel agents in Malawi with effect from today following the improvement of forex situation in the country barely three week after President Dr Lazarus Chakwera's administration ...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:48:30 GMT
#asdailyscoop - Parliament Refers Draft Budget 16.6 Percent More Than Combined Regular, Supplemental Budgets of Previous Fiscal Year
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The House of People's Representatives (HPR) during its 11th session referred the 786.6 billion Birr draft budget bill for the 2015 Ethiopian Fiscal year to the Plan, Budget and Finance Affairs Standing Committee, repor...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:48:25 GMT
U.S. Appreciates Fed. Gov, Afar and Tigray Authorities for Increased Humanitarian Supply - Calls for Essential Services Restoration
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United States government "welcomes the progress in securing more regular access for humanitarian assistance to communities in need in the Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions and appreciated the federal government and ...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 04:36:40 GMT
Exploring Ethiopia's Complicated Barriers to Peace
[African Arguments] Who are the main warring parties and what do they want?

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:45:22 GMT
Police Refuse to Release Journalists Granted Bail
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia Holding Journalists in Detention Centers Without Charge

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:22:13 GMT
More Than 15 Million Quintals of Fertiliser Ready for Farming Season - Agriculture Ministry
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Agriculture disclosed today that more than 15 million quintals of fertilizer have been prepared for the current Meher farming season in Ethiopia.

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:21:05 GMT
Nineteen People Killed in Clashes Between Benishangul Gumuz Special Forces, Militants in Kamashi Zone
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- At least 19 people, including head of a local administration, were killed in clashes between Benishangul Gumuz regional state Special Forces and militants from the Gumuz People's Democratic Movement (GPDM), a rebel gro...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:19:49 GMT
MSF Resumes Medical Humanitarian Activities in Gambella and Somali States
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international medical and humanitarian organization, announces the restart of activities in Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia. "We are relieved to once...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:05:23 GMT
Humanitarian Assistance to Communities in Northern Ethiopia
[State Department] The United States welcomes the progress in securing more regular access for humanitarian assistance to communities in need in the Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions of Ethiopia. In the past seven days, more than 1,100 trucks have rea...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 04:31:26 GMT
Zimbabwe Hints At Sending Genocide Fugitive Mengistu Home to Ethiopia to Face Justice
[Daily Maverick] Is it just more Zanu-PF smoke-and-mirrors and deception? Some suggest it's meant to deflect criticism that Zimbabwe is harbouring genocidal killers.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:08:16 GMT
Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan Join Others As Countries With Acute Food Insecurity, Catastrophic Conditions
[This Day] The latest 'Hunger Hotspots of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) early warnings on acute food insecurity' report released yesterday showed that Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Yemen remain at...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:57:40 GMT
Ethiopia Accuses Drivers of Delivering Unapproved Fuel, Equipment to Tigray
[VOA] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Amid efforts to provide aid to millions of people in Tigray, the Ethiopian federal government says commercial drivers of aid trucks are smuggling in banned products.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:00:10 GMT
New Opposition Caucus Sets Conditions for Restructuring, Reforming Planned National Dialogue
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- An assembly of ten political parties, yesterday announced the formation of Caucus of Opposition Parties(COP), an institution aimed at presenting its alternatives for Ethiopia's planned National Dialogue. The presser wh...

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:48:04 GMT
Chakwera, Chilima Watch Flames Whip Ethiopia
[Nyasa Times] Malawi has won its opening match in the 2023 Africa Cup of the Nation's qualifier against Ethiopia at Bingu National Stadium.

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:19:25 GMT
FAO Working to Benefit 620,000 Households With Agricultural Inputs in Northern Ethiopia
[ENA] Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said it is working to benefit 620,000 households in conflict affected areas of northern Ethiopia by providing agricultural inputs.

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:31:35 GMT
Ethiopia's Worst Drought Threatens 'Deadly Consequences' for Women
[UN News] Women and girls face "deadly consequences" in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions for forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA.

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:06:19 GMT
Detained Journalist Temesgen Desalegn Physically Assaulted By Police: Family Members
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Journalist Temesgen Desalegn, the owner and managing director of the Amharic weekly magazine, "Fitih", was beaten by security forces while he was in jail, his brother Tariku Desalegn told Addis Standard.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:12:23 GMT
Abala, The Border Town Left in Ruins As Ceasefire Takes Hold
[The New Humanitarian] Abala, Ethiopia -- 'The main thing we need is to return home, but we don't know if we can. Everything there is destroyed.'

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:44:44 GMT
Malawi President, His Vice to Watch Flames, Ethiopia Match
[Nyasa Times] Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera will watch the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers match between the Flames and Ethiopia on Sunday at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:09:24 GMT
Police in West Gondar Zone Arrest Man Attempting to Smuggle 21 People Into Sudan in Ambulance Vehicle
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The West Gonder Zone Justice Division announced that it has apprehended a driver who tried to smuggle 21 people into Sudan in an ambulance. Quara Woreda Health Bureau Secretariat was referenced as having said the drive...

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:08:40 GMT
Meet Eziden Kamil, Problem-Solving Young Inventor
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- For most of the youths in Ethiopia, connecting to the vibrant economy has never been easy, because financial services are inaccessible for the startups from the lower segment of the economy. Startups also face difficul...

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:05:15 GMT
USAID Launches New Partnership to Employ Over 200 Deaf Women in Addis Abeba
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ambassador Tracey Jacobson, Chargé d'Affaires of the U. S. Embassy Addis Abeba, and USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director Sean Jones launched a new partnership with private social enterprise TEKI Paper Bags PLC, which is ow...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:48:34 GMT
Drought Hits Again but Climate Change Not Only Culprit
[Addis Standard] East Bale -- "People are in trouble down here, all the way from Darako up to Sawwena, they have left their homes to find better pasture and water sources," Aliyi Sheik Osman told Addis Standard. A resident of Rayitu woreda, in east B...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:50:54 GMT
Bridge Connecting Two Zones in Oromia, Somali States Repaired After Two Years
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The bridge connecting the Dawa zone of the Somali regional state with the Eastern Guji zone of the Oromia region has been rebuilt and inaugurated by high officials from both zones, reports said.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:50:28 GMT
Federal Police Identify 111 'Unlawful' Internet-Based Media Outfits
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal Police Commission said it has gathered information and identified 111 "unlawful" internet based media outlets that are engaged in disseminating contents inciting conflict on ethnic and religious issues with...



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