Ethiopia
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 07:05:16 GMTEthiopia to Repatriate 12,000 Nationals From Africa, Middle East
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Ethiopia will begin repatriating about 12,000 Ethiopians from African and Middle Eastern countries as of today in collaboration with the International Organization of Migration (IOM...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:17:15 GMTPolice Release Corruption List Allegedly Linked to Disaster Risk Management Chief
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The federal police have released a list of suspected corruption practices allegedly committed by The Federal police has detained Mitiku Kassa, Commissioner of the Ethiopian National Disaster Risk Management Commission ...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:17:10 GMTAddis City Admin Annuls Public Housing Lotto Due to 'Intrusive Tech Thuggery'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba: The Addis Abeba city Administration has annulled recent public housing lotto under the city's government's condominium saving scheme known as 20/80 and 40/60 and was about to be distributed for thousands city residents. ...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:05:16 GMTHow Did One Town Produce So Many Athletic Stars?
[DW] Kitted out in a pink tracksuit against the chilly air, Yobsan Alemyahu is a regular at her local athletics training ground, not far from her home town Bekoji in central Ethiopia.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:04:40 GMTRuling Party's Peace Negotiation Team Holds First Meeting
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ambassador Redwan Hussien, Security Advisor of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, said that the seven member peace negotiation team held its first meeting on 12 July.
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:34:59 GMTMedia Advisory - CAF President, Dr Motsepe Arrives in Ethiopia
[CAF] The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a one-day working visit in the country.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:06:08 GMTCan Ethiopia Salvage Its Industrialisation Momentum?
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Talks of factories closing shop and furloughing workers is the new norm for Ethiopia's nascent industrial sector. From big international names to local facilities, the trend affects the whole range of establishments. T...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:03:52 GMTEthiopia to Use Livestock Terminal At Djibouti's Doraleh Port
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- An Ethiopian delegation led by Minister of Agriculture Oumer H. Oba, signed a memorandum of understanding with Djibouti on 12 July "on the utilization of the livestock terminal at Djibouti's Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port,...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:03:17 GMTFederal Police Detain Disaster Risk Management Chief On Suspicion of Corruption
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal police has detained Mitiku Kassa, Commissioner of the Ethiopian National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) "on suspicion of corruption", state media reported quoting a senior member of the police.
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:00:03 GMTFederal Security Forces Rearrest Tigray Opposition Party Senior Leader
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Federal Security forces in Addis Abeba rearrested Kibrom Berhe, head of foreign affairs relations of the National Congress of Great Tigray (Baytona Party), an opposition political party from Tigray regional state.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:28:05 GMTBomb Blast in Dessie City Injures More Than 11 People
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A bomb blast today at a market in Dessie City, Amhara regional state, injured more than 11 people while killing and injuring several domestic animals at the market, according to Dessie City Administration Communication...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:00:01 GMTMeasles, Chickenpox Cases Reported in IDP Camps in Amhara Region
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Measles cases were reported in Berehet and Minjar woredas in North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region as well as in two IDP sites (China camp and Woinshet IDP site) in Debre Birhan city. Similarily, Chickenpox cases were also...
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:29:02 GMTUN Project Services Office to Implement World Bank-Financed Recovery Project in War-Torn Tigray
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The federal government signed "a third-party implementation agreement with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to implement World bank financed recovery project in the war torn Tigray regional state,...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:34:02 GMTWhy Factory Jobs for Women Haven't Translated Into Greater Participation in Politics
[The Conversation Africa] Until the war in Tigray started in November 2020, Ethiopia was a favoured investment destination. It had experienced strong economic growth for the previous decade.
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:50:46 GMTParis Club Co-Chairperson Briefs Delegation On 'Promising Progress' for Debt Treatment - Ministry
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- On the sidelines of the Paris Forum Dr, Eyob met with Mr William Roos, the Co-Chairperson of the Paris Club to get an update on the work of the creditor's committee that was set up to address Ethiopia's request for deb...
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:02:56 GMT#asdailyscoop - Assosa City Under Temporary Curfew
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Assosa City, the capital of Benishangul Gumuz regional state, has been placed under "temporary curfew" effective as of Friday 08 July, the city Administration police department announced on the same day.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:53:41 GMTWag Hemra's Health System in Desperate Need of Assistance
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Three woredas under the Wag Hemra administration zone: Abergele, Zequala, and Tsagebej remain under the control of Tigrayan forces and as a result, the people continued facing severe hunger, compounded with drought. Ab...
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 06:46:49 GMTFederal Court Suspends Journalist Temesgen's Bail
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "Journalist Temesgen Desalegn's bail was denied," the journalist's attorney, Henok Aklilu, told Addis Standard.
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 06:46:22 GMTEthiopia Watchdog Report Chronicles Harrowing Account of Year of Killings, Rape, Displacements, and Unlawful Detentions
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In the first ever annual report covering the period between June 2021- June 2022, and is submitted to the Ethiopian Parliament, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) chronicled a year of rampant human rights abu...
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 06:44:28 GMTEthiopian Rights Body Urges Government to Protect Human Rights
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has published a detailed report on human rights violations over the past year. According to the findings, the country has suffered its worst record of rights violations as conflicts result in...
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 06:48:47 GMTPremier Defends Planned Talks With Tigray
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told lawmakers today that the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) has decided to pursue peaceful path with the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) based on the national interest of the country,...
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:36:47 GMTUNICEF Official Warns of Looming Famine in Ethiopia
[VOA] Geneva -- A UNICEF official has told VOA that Ethiopia's drought-stricken population could face a full-blown famine without immediate help.
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:56:11 GMTHarsh Rainy Season Compounds Misery of Evicted Residents in Addis Abeba
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Around 80 households in Arada Sub City, Woreda 01 here in the capital Addis Abeba in the areas commonly known in Amharic as Eri Bekentu, are bracing for harsh rainy season after "the government has evicted us from our ...
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:30:53 GMTJournalist Abebe Bayu Detained 1 Day After Colleague Yayesew Shimelis Arrested
[CPJ] Nairobi -- Ethiopian authorities should unconditionally release journalist Abebe Bayu and all other members of the press held for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 07:52:52 GMTAfrican Union Commission Chair Calls for Tolerance and Peaceful Co-Existence in Western Ethiopia
[African Union] Addis Ababa -- 06 July 2022: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, has learnt with concern the reports of attacks in the Welega zone of the Oromia region in Western Ethiopia resulting in the deaths...
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 06:47:54 GMTParliament Passes Resolution to Form a Special Committee to Investigate Atrocities
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Members of the House of People's Representatives (HoPR) held a special session today on current security affairs in Ethiopia focusing on violence and atrocities against civilians perpetrated in "Oromia, Gembella, South...
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:14:28 GMTSecurity Forces Opened Fire On Protesting Crowd, Killing and Injuring Many - Residents
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "There were an unknown number of deaths and casualties following a peaceful demonstration in Shewa Robit town of the Amhara region," residents told Addis Standard. There are still some detainees in police custody after...
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:19:01 GMTPM Abiy Reports 'New Massacre' of Oromia Civilians
[allAfrica] Harare -- As its federal and Tigray regional governments are finally gearing up for direct negotiations for peace, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused a rebel group of carrying out a "new massacre" of civilians in the western Oromia s...
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 01:16:51 GMTThe 39th IGAD Extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State & Government
[IGAD] Nairobi -- Peace, Prosperity and Regional Integration - The 39th Heads of State and of State and Government Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on Tuesday, 5th of July 2022 in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya, c...
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:31:56 GMTAbiy Vows to 'Eliminate' Oromo Armed Group After Over 150 Reported Killed in 'New Massacre'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- More than 150 civilian members of Amhara community are reported to have been killed in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yesterday was a "new massacre" in Kellem Wollega environs, in western Oromia regional state. Pr...