Month: October 2017
- Africa
News: Three people killed, properties damaged in Nekemte, western Oromia
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba Oct. 30/2017 – In what’s is increasingly becoming a violent turn of events in recent weeks, three more civilians beleived to be Tigrayans were killed today in Nekemte, east Wollega zone of the Oromia regional state in western Ethiopia. According to Addisu Arega Kitessa, the Oromia regional state communication bureau head, the three people were killed…
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News: Ethiopia Supreme court overrules decision by high court and grants bail to opposition politician Bekele Gerba
AS staffs Addis Abeba, Oct. 30/2017 – Ethiopia’s Federal Supreme Court has today accepted the appeal for bail from the defense team of prominent opposition figure Bekele Gerba, first Secretary General of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC). The Supreme court’s decision overrules a decision on Aug. 10 by a panel of three judges at the federal high court…
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News: At least 10 killed, 20 wounded when security fired live shots at fresh protests in Ambo
Addis Abeba, Oct. 26/2017 – At least ten people were killed today and 20 more wounded in a fresh round of protest that started on Tuesday October 24 in Ambo city, 125 km west of Addis Abeba and one of the epicenters of the 2014-2016 Oromo protests. Earlier in the morning a student at Ambo University told Addis Standard…
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News:PM Hailemariam says talks underway with Abadula; Bereket’s resignation accepted;defends Liyu Police
The PM also said “black market in forex” and “contraband” as well as “Khat trading” in eastern Ethiopia fueled recent violence, giving the violence ethnic and national dimensions. But the PM defended the federal army and the Somali region’s controversial “Liyu Police” force in the conflict with the exception of few “rogue members implicated in the violence”. Etenesh Abera…
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Analysis: Lake Tana: how an invasive weed is threatening its survival
Yihun D. (PhD) and Wondwossen T. (PhD), for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, Oct. 23/2017 – Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the second largest in Africa. In recognition of the lake’s rich biodiversity and significant cultural heritage, UNESCO added the lake to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves in June 2015. Lake Tana covers an area…
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News: Several people killed in another communal violence in western Ethiopia
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, Oct. 22/2017 – Several people were killed, many of them hacked to death, in yet another communal violence, this time in Illu Aba Bora (Illubabor) zone of the Oromia regional state in western Ethiopia, according to two sources who spoke to Addis Standard by phone. The news has been confirmed this morning by Addisu Arega…
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Economic analysis: Devaluing the birr: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome
By J. Bonsa (PhD), Special to Addis Standard Addis Abeba, October 20/2017 – At the opening of Ethiopia’s parliament on 9th October 2017, Ethiopia’s President, Dr. Mulatu Teshome, stated that earning foreign exchange was has become a matter of life and death for Ethiopia. Apparently he was hinting that devaluation of the birr was about to take place. Sure…
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News: The US saddened by violent end of fresh protests in Oromia as number of casualties climb
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, Oct. 18/2017 – The United States Embassy in Addis Abeba said in a statement that the US “sees peaceful demonstrations as a legitimate means of expression and political participation,” and noted “with appreciation a number of recent events during which demonstrators expressed themselves peacefully, and during which security forces exercised restraint in allowing them to…
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News: Dr. Merera Gudina pleads innocence against all charges; court to begin prosecutor’s witness hearing
Addis Abeba, Oct. 16/2017 – Appearing in court for the first time after the court’s summer recess, Dr. Merera Gudina has pleaded his innocence against all criminal charges brought by the federal prosecutors.The defense team told the court that Dr. Merera’s plea of innocence was late by eleven months since the charges were brought against him. The Federal high…
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Breaking News: At least eight killed, dozens wounded in protests across Oromia
Addis Abeba, Oct. 11/2017 – At least eight people were killed and more than 30 wounded during fresh protests that hit several cities and towns across the Oromia regional state today, according to Addisu Arega Kitessa, head of the Oromia government communication affairs bureau. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Addisu Arega said that five people were…
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