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Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:26:00 GMT
Ethio Telecom Unveils Three-Year Development Strategy
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The state owned telecom giant, Ethio telecom, has unveiled a three-development strategy called "Lead" covering the period from June 2022 - June 2025 today. The strategy will advance new business streams and solutions b...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:24:56 GMT
Federal Finance Intelligence Service Warns Against Illegal Money Transfer Activities
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Finance Intelligence Service (FIS) has warned agencies and local actors it accused of involving in illegal money transfer activities to refrain from their activities.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 06:22:21 GMT
Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa Wins Women's Berlin Marathon
[DW] Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge broke the record he set in 2018 by 30 seconds. This is the first Berlin Marathon held without restrictions since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 10:34:43 GMT
Ethiopian Airlines Emerges Core Investor in Nigeria Air With 49% Shareholding
[Premium Times] The federal government will control five per cent equity while a consortium of MRS, SAHCO and the Nigerian Sovereign Fund will have 46 per cent.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 10:22:21 GMT
Counter-Insurgency in Ethiopia - Civil War, Drought and Internal Displacement
[African Arguments] In 2021, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ethiopia was estimated at more than 5.1 million according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The country's ongoing civil war, started in November 20...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:40:10 GMT
Italy Approves €9 Million to Respond to Most Urgent Needs in Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Four initiatives have been approved on 15 September by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian Cooperation for a total of 9 million euros to respond to "Ethiopia's most urgent needs."

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:38:32 GMT
Security Forces Briefly Detain Famous Oromo Scholar Gemechu Megersa, Released With Demand to Report Back
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Security forces in Addis Abeba briefly detained and released a famous Oromo anthropologist and researcher, Gemechu Megersa (PhD), on 23 September before releasing him with a notice to report back to the police when nee...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:37:55 GMT
City Admin Says Organized Robbery At Private Residence By Group Posing As Fed. Security Forces Foiled
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Addis Abeba City Administration said an organized robbery attempt by a group of individuals who posed as federal security forces and targeted a private residence in the city was foiled after coordinated efforts by ...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 09:52:42 GMT
Jimma Uni. Suspends Two Staff for Production of 'Wrong and Illegal' Sociology Module - Ethics Committee Investigating
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Jimma University announced that it has suspended two staff members and will take various immediate measures regarding the "wrong and illegal" explanations on the history of the Oromo nation, which was provided inside t...

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:50:47 GMT
Oral Statement to the International Commission of Human Rights Experts
[HRW] The report of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia highlights the severity of the human rights crisis in Ethiopia and leaves no doubt of the need for ongoing robust international scrutiny.

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 06:18:38 GMT
Ukraine Donates 50,000 Tons of Wheat to Ethiopia, Somalia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ukraine's Cabinet Ministry announced that Ukraine will reimburse Ethiopia and Somalia for $11.4 million worth of wheat.

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 05:33:41 GMT
Civilians Again Mired in Intractable and Deadly War, Human Rights Council Hears
[UN News] Ethiopia's people are once again "mired... in the intractable and deadly consequences" of conflict between Government troops and forces loyal to Tigrayan separatist fighters, who are all likely responsible for war crimes, top rights investi...

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 13:34:13 GMT
Eritrea Launches Full-Scale Offensive On Tigray
[Scrolla] The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in northern Ethiopia says that Eritrea has launched a full-scale offensive across the length of the shared border.

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 06:17:12 GMT
Kefi Gold, Govt Agencies Agree On Action Plan At Tulu Kapi Gold Mines in Oromia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Tulu Kapi Gold Mines (TKGM), the gold and copper exploration and development company with projects in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia, said has successfully concluded a three-day workshop with representatives of various Ethi...

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 04:47:00 GMT
Peace Process Dealt a Setback
[DW] Only negotiations will bring an end to the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, mediators and security experts agree. But the latest escalation and involvement of Eritrean troops is a setback to peace.

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:47:24 GMT
Bahir Dar City Admin Community Police Chief Shot Dead
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Amhara regional state Police commission announced that Commander Wagaw Tarekegn, head of Community Police Department at the the Bahir Dar City Administration Police was shot and killed by an individual.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:32:41 GMT
Tigray - An Emergency for Hundreds of Thousands of Displaced Civilians
[Agenzia Fides] Addis Ababa -- "The Eritrean army is recalling the reservists and recruiting many young people to be sent to the front. They are trying to conquer Axum, Adigrat, Shire and enter Macallè, the situation of the civilian population is dr...

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:14:01 GMT
Ethiopia Terminates Contract With Chinese POLY-GCL
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Takele Uma, Ethiopia's Minister of Mines & Petroleum announced the termination of the contract with the Chinese POLY-GCL, which has been engaged in oil exploration in Ethiopia.

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:13:03 GMT
Electoral Board Requests More Than 541 Million Birr Budget to Hold Referendum in Southern State
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said it has submitted a budget request amounting a total of 541,270,104.82 birr for the House of People's Representatives (HoPR) for the upcoming referendum expected to b...

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:12:25 GMT
Amhara State Police Detain Zemene Kassie, a Well-Known Fano Militia Leader
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Amhara Regional Police Commission announced that Zemen Kassie, a well-known Fano militia leader, otherwise known as "patriot Zemene" has been taken into police custody in Bahir Dar, the capital of the regional stat...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 05:21:09 GMT
U.S. 'Tracking Eritrean Troop Movements Across the Border' With Ethiopia - Special Envoy
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer, told media this afternoon that the U.S. was "tracking" recent Eritrean troop movements along the Ethiopian border. The Envoy's remark came shortly after Tigra...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 05:17:34 GMT
Reasonable Grounds to Believe 'War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity' Committed in Conflict - UN Investigators
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a report highlighting its initial findings and presented to the UN Human Rights Council, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) concluded that "there are reasonable grounds to beli...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 06:46:36 GMT
Eritrea Urged Not to Meddle Ethiopia's Internal Affairs
[VOA] Nairobi -- Reports that Eritrea is mass-mobilizing reserve troops has raised international concerns that the reignited war in Ethiopia's Tigray region could quickly escalate.

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 05:22:03 GMT
Eritrea Launches 'Full-Scale Offensive,' Say Tigrayan Forces in Ethiopia
[DW] Eritrea is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, where Tigrayan forces have been locked in conflict with government forces since 2020.

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 05:20:16 GMT
Digital Press Briefing With U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer
[State Department] Summary: Digital press briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer. Special Envoy Hammer discussed his recent trip to the region in support of the African Union's efforts to launch talks aimed at ending the...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:57:48 GMT
Ukraine to Provide Ethiopia, Somalia With 50,000 Metric Tons of Free Wheat
[Shabelle] Ukraine's Cabinet Ministry said that it will reimburse Ethiopia and Somalia for Hr 420 million ($11.4 million) worth of wheat. On Sept. 17, a ship carrying 30,000 metric tons of grain departed for Ethiopia from Odesa Oblast via the UN-back...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:43:39 GMT
Rights Commission Calls for Immediate Response to Dire State of Tigrayan Civilians Illegally Detained in Jarre Camp
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for immediate response to the dire human rights situation of thousands of displaced civilians from Tigray and bordering Amhara regional states who were recently t...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:25:51 GMT
Humanitarian Crisis Fuels Hardship for People With Disabilities in Afar
[ICRC] The humanitarian needs in Afar are huge. Many people living with disabilities do not have access to medical services.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 06:50:30 GMT
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer's Work in Ethiopia
[State Department] Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer arrived in Ethiopia on September 5 to encourage efforts for an immediate stop to the fighting and participation by the government of Ethiopia and the Tigrayan regional author...

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 07:09:47 GMT
Federal Forces Rain Drone Terror On Tigray
[Scrolla] After suffering heavy losses to the Tigrayan forces, Ethiopia's military has taken the war to the skies, launching drone strikes on Tigray's capital, Mekelle.



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