Addis Abeba, April 15/2021 – Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has today delivered a grim assessment on the humanitarian crisis in Tigray to members of the UN Security Council at a closed door meeting requested by the US under Any other Business (AOB). In …

By Medihane Ekubamichael @MEDIHANE  Addis Abeba, April 15, 2021- Fana Hagos Berhane (PhD) has been appointed as President of Mekelle University replacing Professor Fetien Abay who has been serving as Acting President of the University since mid-September 2020. Fana Hagos (PhD) said,” I have been notified of the appointment effective …

Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, April 14/2021 – In the wake of the dire humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the ongoing armed conflict in Tigray regional state, the United States has requested a meeting at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) under Any other Business (AoB), which is scheduled to take …

Addis Abeba, April 14/2021 – Amnesty International confirmed that Eritrean troops killed three people and injured at least 19 in an unprovoked attack on civilians in the centre of Adwa town on 12 April. Witnesses told Amnesty International that Eritrean troops were passing through the town located in the Tigray …

By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 14, 2021 – A court session scheduled for today at the Federal Supreme Court, 2nd Appeals Bench was postpond without a hearing due to delayed delivery of a letter to the defendants and a non-functioning Plasma TV. The session was scheduled to hear …

Addis Ababa, April 14, 2021 – Dashen Bank announced on April 13, 2021 that it will launch Amole E-Commerce Gateway using Visa Cyber Source infrastructure to acquire Visa, Mastercard and American Express. The Amole E-Commerce gateway will be the first E-Commerce gateway in Ethiopia to accept all three major international …

By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 13, 2021 –The Federal High Court Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-terrorism Bench has today told the defendants on Jawar Moahammed et.al file that the court has suspended witness hearing for two more weeks after prosecutors filed an appeal at the Federal Supreme …

By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, April 12, 2021 – The Harari Regional State Council (Cabinet) convened an emergency meeting on April 11, following a decision by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) to invalidate the voting practices by members of the Harari community who live outside their regional …

Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba April,12, 2021 – World health workers week was commemorated for the eighth time from April 5-9 . The World Health Organization titled this year commemoration ‘Year of Health and Care Workers 2021’ under the theme ‘Protect, Invest, Together’.  According to data obtained from the Ethiopian …

By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, April 9, 2021 – Accounts of the magnitude and scale of the violence that wreaked havoc in Oromo Special Zone and North Shewa Zone in the Amhara regional state are surfacing, depicting an image of a violence that inflicted heavy casualties. One such account …