Year: 2017
- Africa
Commentary: An OPDO Conundrum: The indissoluble bond and organizational bifurcation
Both Lemma Megerssa, left, and Aba Dula, have taken to the practice of speaking bold to their constituency. Will they deliver? Ezekiel Gebissa, Special to Addis Standard Addis Abeba, September12/2017 – The Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) is the most enigmatic actor among Oromo political parties. Unlike Oromo parties who emerged out of the Oromo national moment, the OPDO was created by…
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News: “Local government failing us” say residents frustrated with killings in Moyale as border conflicts increase
Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, September 08/2017 – Residents of Ethiopia’s Moyale town, 795 km south of Addis Abeba, in Guji zone, Borena, say both local and regional government officials have “failed us repeatedly” in the face of renewed border incursions followed by attacks by what they described were members of the “Liyu Police”, a special paramilitary force operating…
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News: Fire at biggest stadium construction site in Ethiopia kills seven, severely injures about a dozen; news kept secret
Families of the deceased were offered just 15,000 Birr (about US$640) as compensation while the injured have received medical treatments only Samuel Bogale Addis Abeba, September 5/2017 – A fire that engulfed workers’ dormitory at the construction site of Adey Abeba Stadium, the biggest stadium Ethiopia is constructing, has claimed the lives of seven people so far while…
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News: UN food agency chiefs on visit to drought-hit Ethiopia warn hunger crises will escalate unless more is invested
Addis Ababa, 5 September 2017 – Speaking at the conclusion of a four-day visit to Ethiopia, including to the drought-stricken Somali region, the heads of the United Nations food agencies made a joint call for greater investment in long-term activities that strengthen people’s resilience to drought and the impacts of climate shocks. José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the UN Food…
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Breaking News: Another heavy death toll from a conflict in eastern Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, September 01/2017 – Intense fighting between the Ethiopian Somali and the Oromo ethnic groups in the eastern Ethiopia has left “more than 30 people”, including “more than a dozen army members”, dead and several others injured, Addis Standard learned. According to three residents of Mieso town, west Hararghe zone, who contacted Addis Standard late this evening, today’s fighting…
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News: ETHIOPIAN renews agreement with Sabre Corp., inching close to takeover Arik Air
Esayas Woldemariam and Greg Gilchrist after signing a deal for undisclosed amount of money Samuel Bogale Addis Abeba, August 31/2017 – Ethiopian Airlines and Sabre Corporation, an airline technology solution company, have signed the third renewal of a previous agreement for additional seven years, senior executives from both companies announced on Wednesday 30 August at a press event held at…
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News: At UN Youth Forum in Addis Abeba, the ‘Kombolcha Trio’ stole the show
Dr. Elleni enjoying a selfie with the “Kombolcha Trio” Samuel Bogale Addis Abeba, August 30/2017 – At a day-long forum held at the UN conference center on Tuesday August 29 under the theme “Ensuring Creative Innovative Spaces for Youth Engagement in Ethiopia”, three 17 year-old student innovators who traveled from Kombolcha, about 255 Km North–East of Addis Abeba, became the…
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News: Elders from east Hararghe call for an end to “Liyu police anarchy” in Oromia; stay-at-home strike spreads through the region
Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, August 24/2017 – In an exclusive interview with Addis Standard, a group of elders who traveled from East Hararghe Zone, Gursum Woreda of the Oromia Regional State to the capital Addis Abeba have called for an end to the “Liyu police anarchy” in areas bordering the Oromia and Somali regional states. The elders have…
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In-depth Analysis: The State of Emergency is over but the fate of thousands hangs inside Ethiopia’s politicized court rooms, unlawfully
Among the thousands facing criminal charges in the wake of the SoE are these group of women in Assela town. Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, August 22/2017 – On Friday August 04, members of the Ethiopian parliament have reconvened after having been called off their summer recess. Of the three topics they reconvened to discuss was the lifting of the ten…
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