Year: 2017
- Africa
News: Court rules to summon PM Hailemariam Desalegn, other senior government officials, as defense witnesses in high profile case
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, August 19/2017 –A panel of judges at the Federal high court 4th criminal bench have today ruled to subpoena Prime Minister Hailemeriam Desalegn and other senior government officials to appear in court in November 2017 as defense witnesses for the case involving prominent opposition leaders Bekele Gerba and Dejene Fita Geleta, first secretary general…
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IOM: 160 Ethiopian Migrants Forced into the Seas off Yemen by Smugglers Today, Following Death of Up to 50 Yesterday
Aden, Yemen, August 11/ 2017 – 160 Ethiopian migrants were violently forced into the sea off Yemen’s coast this morning (10/08). This comes one day after the presumed death of 50 Ethiopian and Somali migrants during a similar incident. As with yesterday, this tragedy took place off the coast of Shabwa, a Yemeni Governorate along the Arabian Sea – although…
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“If true, such actions would diminish the ability of social welfare ministries to carry out their important work” US Embassy
A pick-up vehicle carrying uniformed security officers in Ambo Addis Abeba, August 10/2017 – In addition to a twitter reaction posted yesterday and was reported by Addis Standard, the US embassy in Addis Abeba has given further explanation on the ‘possible misuse’ of a pick-up vehicle belonging to Ethiopia’s ministry of health and was pictured carrying security officers. Yesterday’s…
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News update: Prominent opposition leader Bekele Gerba denied bail
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, August 10/2017 – A panel of three judges at the Federal High Court 4th criminal bench have today passed a decision denying the request for bail submitted by Bekele Gerba, (pictured), first secretary general of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC). The decision came after the judges have failed to respond during the previous four…
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Pictorial: For the second day in a row several businesses in Ambo city remain closed
Addis Abeba, August 08/2017 Several businesses in Ambo city, 120 kms west of the capital Addis Abeba, have spent a second day closed off for business, according to these pictures received exclusively by Addis Standard. This is the second time in just a month that residents of the city decided to close their shops and businesses in protest. The…
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Pictorial: Bahir Dar city shuts down businesses to commemorate one year anniversary of protest killings
Addis Abeba, August 07/2017 Several businesses in the city of Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara Regional state, 558 kms from Addis Abeba, have spent today closed off. Residents of the city are commemorating the one year anniversary of the killings by security of several civilians during a weekend anti-government protests on August 07/2016. Last night, a…
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Breaking: Emergency session by MPs lifts State of Emergency
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, August 04/2017 – Ethiopian members of parliament who are conducting an emergency session after having being called off summer recess have lifted the ten month old State of Emergency. A ministerial cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has declared a six month State of emergency on Oct. 08/2016. It followed intense weeklong anti-government…
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Commentary: On Khat (Chat): Should Ethiopia criminalize it or Not?
A trader carries bundles of Khat (Chat) for the market Hewan Semon Addis Abeba, July 27/2017 – Increasingly popular among the youth of Addis Abeba, Khat, commonly known as Chat by Ethiopians, is a controversial perishable stimulant. Attempts, albeit unsuccessful, have been made to link the use of Khat with serious health issues such as psychosis, insomnia, paranoia, and…
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News: Co-defendants say Ayele Beyene died of ‘torture and neglect’ in prison, express fear of similar fate
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, July 26/2017 – The body of Ayele Beyene, who died while in police custody at Qilinto prison, a maximum prison facility on the southern outskirt of Addis Abeba, was buried yesterday in his home town in Gidami, east Wallaga zone of western Ethiopia. Before he was detained in September 2016, Ayele, 29, was the head…
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Analysis: The ailing state of health care in Ethiopia’s state-run hospitals: who takes the blame?
Dagmawi Melnilik Hospital, which was later upgraded to a referral hospital, is the nation’s first hospital built in 1909 Samuel Bogale Addis Abeba, July 25/2017 – “You have to apologize to the health professionals as we believe that you disrespected the professionals and the improvements made in the health sector,” reads a letter written in Amharic on 3…
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