Ethiopia
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:58:09 GMTStories of Hope, Intimidation, Perseverance - A Region's Quest for Statehood
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Months after the PM's rise to power and in December 2018, the Wolaita zonal council voted unanimously for the formation of a regional state and presented their request to the SNNPR regional council. According to the co...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:00:55 GMTThe Impact of Soaring Oil Prices On the Transport Sector
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The soaring fuel prices have greatly impacted the transportation services, Addis Ababa City public transport users and taxi drivers told Addis Standard. According to various economists and international reports, oil pr...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:47:41 GMTLone Referral Hospital in Afar Region Struggles As Malnutrition Soars
[VOA] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Record-breaking drought in Ethiopia has caused child malnutrition rates to soar in the northern Afar region, where the only referral hospital says babies are dying within hours of arrival. Ethiopia's war with Tigrayan f...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:41:21 GMTSudan-Ethiopia Border Conflict Escalates Further As 7 Soldiers and a Civilian Are Killed
[Dabanga] El Fashaga -- The Sudanese-Ethiopian border tensions witnessed rapid developments after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) reported the killing of a Sudanese citizen and seven army soldiers by Ethiopian armed forces who raided and captured the...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:16:50 GMTDefense Ministry Denies Sudanese Accusation of Soldiers' Execution
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia's Ministry of Defense denied as "baseless" the accusation by Sudanese army that its army executed seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian captured during recent skirmishes.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:59:28 GMTOromia Forms 13-Member National Committee to Investigate Recent Killings
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A 13-member national committee has been formed under the coordination of the Oromia Regional State Majlis in response to the killing on the weekend of 18 June of several dozens of civilians in Tole Kebele, Gimbi woreda...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:42:09 GMTSudanese Ambassador Recalled to Khartoum After Sudan Accuses Ethiopia of Executions
[VOA] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia after Sudan's army claimed Ethiopian troops executed seven Sudanese soldiers.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:12:00 GMTGovt Announces Seven-Member Team to Resolve Tigray Crisis
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- State run EPA announced names of seven member "peace negotiation team" appointed by the federal government "to resolve the crisis in the northern part of the country."
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:10:07 GMTEthiopia Regrets Sudanese Soldiers' Deaths, Vows to Investigate
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Ethiopian Government "regrets the loss of life as a result of a skirmish between the Sudanese army and a local militia of which an investigation would be carried out soon."
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:10:08 GMTSudan Says Ethiopia Killed Soldiers, Summons Ambassador
[DW] Sudan summoned the Ethiopian ambassador in Khartoum on Monday amid deepening tensions, claiming that the neighboring country's army had kidnapped and executed seven of its soldiers and a civilian.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:08:45 GMTFAO Appeals for U.S>$172 Million to Help Avert Famine and Humanitarian Catastrophe
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- With the increasing risk of famine in the Horn of Africa due to severe and prolonged drought conditions, urgent life-saving and livelihood assistance is needed to avert a humanitarian catastrophe, the Food and Agricult...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:07:29 GMTKEFI Shares Fall As Ethiopian Press Reports On Loss of Gold Project License
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Shares in KEFI Gold & Copper PLC fell Monday morning amid press reports referring to a loss of the license for its Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:06:37 GMTRuling Party Executive, Central Committees 'Put Direction' for Peaceful Resolution to End War in Tigray
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Gedion Timothewos, Minister of Justice of Ethiopia and Central Committee member of the ruling Prosperity Party (PP), said that the Central Committee and the Executive Committee members of the party have "put a directio...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:05:33 GMTTask Force Urges University Students to Beware of Media Incitement, Steer Clear of Violence
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a statement it released this morning, the Ethiopian joint security and intelligence task force, which is comprised of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), ...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:16:10 GMT562 Stranded Ethiopian Migrants Wish to Leave Malawi
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Over 500 Ethiopian migrants are stranded in Malawi and would like to return to their communities of origin, according to a verification exercise conducted by the Ethiopian authorities with support from the Internationa...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:05:41 GMTAmhara Opposition Party Requests PM Abiy to Appear Before Parliament On Recent Killing in Western Oromia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The opposition National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) requested Speaker of the House of People's Representatives, Tagesse Chafo, to call on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to appear before Parliament to explain why his governmen...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:04:52 GMTSomalia's 2022 Election: Implications for the Horn of Africa
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- If the late professor Mesfin Woldemarian penned "Somalia: The Problem child of Africa" to defend Derg policies in 1977, it is fitting for a rejoinder to write "Somalia: The Emerging Light of Electoral Democracy." After...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:02:32 GMTWorld Bank, Ethiopia Sign U.S.$600 Million Financing Agreement
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A financing agreement amounting to US$ 600 million (US$ 200 million in the form of grant and US$ 400 million in the form of credit), was signed today between the World Bank and Ethiopia's Ministry of Finance.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:01:56 GMTOLF Members, ONN Jounalists Ask Court to Change Presiding Judges
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Defendants under the Qasim Abdullahi file, accused of conspiring to form 'The Oromia National Transitional Government Committee' and two ONN journalists had an appearance yesterday, at Oromia Supreme court on the 23rd ...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:00:52 GMTSenate Foreign Relations Bipartisan Resolution Against Starvation As Weapon of War Calls On Employment of Global Magnitsky Act
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously passed bipartisan Senate resolution on Thursday "condemning the use of starvation and hunger as weapons of war," according to a statement from the Committee.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:00:00 GMTHeineken Brings Malt-Based Energy Drink to Ethiopian Market
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The brewery giant HEINEKEN Ethiopia today officially introduced its latest product, "BERTAT", a non-alcoholic Energy drink, to the Ethiopian Market. The new nonalcoholic Energy drink was unveiled.at a ceremony attended...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:59:32 GMTOromo Opposition Parties Call for Independent Investigations Into Violence in Western Oromia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromo Federalist Congress(OFC) and Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) have put a call out for independent investigations into the killing of civilians in the Tole village of Gimbi district in the West Wollega zone of the...
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:55:46 GMTDeported Ethiopian Migrants Tell of Suffering in Saudi Arabia Detention
[DW] Abdela Mohammed spent 13 "unbearable" months languishing in an overcrowded Saudi detention center before being repatriated back to Ethiopia in May.
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 08:01:11 GMTEthiopia's Struggling IDPs Face Dilemma - Stay or Return Home?
[VOA] Semera -- Internally displaced persons in northern Ethiopia's Afar region have been leaving some camps due to lack of food and shelter. The U.N., warning that returning home may not prove any better, is calling for more international support.
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:47:54 GMTTechnical Committee Working On Demarcation of Sudan-Ethiopian Border
[Dabanga] El Gedaref -- The Technical Committee for the Demarcation of the Administrative Borders of the three states of eastern Sudan has completed its first exploratory tour in El Gedaref state. A separate committee is working to restore authentic ...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:58:36 GMTOromia Police Fail to Bring Four Senior OLF Leaders to Court for Habeas Corpus Hearing
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Oromia police in Burayu, in Oromia regional state Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, failed to bring four high-ranking officials of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) to a district court for a hearing adjourne...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:57:52 GMTAmbassdor Meles Returns to MoFA As Spokesperson
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ambassador Meles Alem, who was Ethiopia's Ambassador to Kenya until recently, returned to Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the new Spokesperson replacing Ambassador Dina Mufti, who was at the position for the last two ye...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:55:11 GMTUN Rights Commissioner Urges Prompt Investigation Into Killings in Western Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Ethiopian authorities to hold prompt, impartial and thorough investigations into attacks that led to the killing of hundreds of people in the We...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:27:55 GMTConflict, Drought, and Dwindling Food Support Threaten 20 Million Lives
[UN News] Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict in the north, drought in the south and dwindling food and nutrition support beginning next month, the UN food relief agency warned on Thursday.
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:18:22 GMTFAO Cautions Limited Access to Fertilizers, Seeds in Tigray "Major Threat" As Planting Season Approaches
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Farmers in parts of northern Ethiopia are in serious danger of losing the main planting season (June-August) if they do not receive urgent support from the international community to sow their fields, which would furth...