Month: March 2018
- Africa
News: Swedish foreign ministry calls Ethiopian Ambassador over protracted court case of jailed cardiologist Dr. Fikru Maru
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, March 14/2018 – The Swedish Foreign ministry has on Tuesday March 13 called Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the country, Prof. Merga Bekana, for talks regarding the protracted court case of jailed Ethiopian born Swedish heart surgeon Dr. Fikru Maru, according to Radio Sweden . Dr. Fikru Maru was jailed for corruption and is serving four years…
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News: 38 killed, ten injured when a bus derailed off five meter cliff in Legambo, south Wello
Addis Abeba, March 13/2008 – 38 people were killed yesterday in a tragic traffic accident in Legambo wereda, South Wollo Zone in Amhara regional state, when the bus they were traveling in tumbled off a cliff, according to the Amhara mass media agency. Lagambo is located some 482 Km north of the capital Addis Abeba. #Ethiopia – 38…
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News: Kenya Red cross providing relief to thousands of Ethiopians displaced following deadly army assault in Moyale
Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, March 12/2018 – The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said it “has received at least 2,000 Ethiopian asylum seekers in Moyale town following their displacement from Ethiopia.” Ten civilians were shot to death on Saturday March 10 by members of the Ethiopian army in Moyale town, 790 km south of Addis Abeba, on the border between…
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News: Federal court postponed key verdict in the case involving Qilinto prison fire suspects
Some of the defendants, including Masresha Sete (right) and Dr. Fikru Maru (upper center) as was compiled by Ethio trial Tracker Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, March 12/2018 – Judges at the federal high court 19th criminal bench have this morning postponed a key verdict in the case involving 38 defendants charged after having been accused of masterminding the Qilinto prison…
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Ethiopian army targets civilians in Moyale killing nine, wounding above a dozen. Martial law command post calls it a mistake, residents dispute
Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba March 11/2018 – At least nine civilians were shot to death on Saturday March 10 by members of the Ethiopian army in Moyale town, 790 km south of Addis Abeba, on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya. More than fifteen were also wounded, four of them critically. Members of the army responsible for the killing…
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Art news: U.S. Bluegrass Music Band “Crow and the Canyon” to Visit Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, March 09/2018 – The U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba has finalized preparations to bring the American music band “Crow and Canyon,” to perform in Ethiopia. The program is “part of the U.S. Embassy’s ongoing efforts to engage Ethiopian audiences through music and create opportunities for music lovers to interact directly with American musicians, “Crow and…
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News: Barely a week after legislating controversial emergency decree, defense minister says public push back looking like “color revolution”
Burayu, 23 km west of Addis Abeba, was deserted for the third day today Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, March 07/2018 – Presenting the first report since the national parliament legislated the controversial state of emergency, Siraj Fegessa, the defense minister and chairman of the command post established to oversee the implementation of the emergency rule, said that some of…
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Breaking news: EPRDF to hold long awaited executive committee meeting as of Sunday, Council meeting will follow
New Update: The long awaited and trice postponed executive committee of the 36 powerful bloc of the ruling EPRDF party meeting will be held as of the coming Sunday, March 11/2018, the party announced. The party’s facebook page quoted its secretariat and newly elected chairman of the the Southern Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement (SEPDM) Shiferaw Shigute, as saying the EC’s meeting…
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News: Opposition party OFC rejects state of emergency, says it will sue the federal government
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba March 06/2018 – Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), the largest opposition party in Ethiopia led by the recently released Dr. Merera Gudina, says it rejects Ethiopia’s reinstated state of emergency on the basis that it is “unconstitutional” and that it has no legal merit that necessitated its declaration. In a statement it released yesterday, OFC also…
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News: More than a dozen killed by security forces in Ethiopia’s Oromia; region hit by yet another boycott
Etenesh Abera & Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, March 05/2018 – Following the news of the state of emergency, which the speaker of the house of people’s representatives (Ethiopian parliament) said was approved by the majority in the house, albeit a “mathematical error”, which led to the speaker to apologize, protests have flared up in various cities across Oromia…
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