Month: July 2018
- Africa
Oped: The Economics of elite bargain in Ethiopia: Can It Be Inclusive?
Getachew T. Alemu, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, July 31/2018 – What is happening in Ethiopia in the past three months is nothing short of tectonic. A follow-up to four years of anti-government protests in many parts of the country, mainly by the young population of the country, the shift has brought the ruling elite to a state of…
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News: Ethiopia Human Rights Council report on Ethio Somali and Oromia border violence reveals staggering number of death and destruction
Tent accommodating hundreds of victims of displacement who were sheltered in Addis Abeba. See their story here. Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, July 31/2018 – The long awaited 144th Special Report by the independent Human Rights Council Ethiopia (HRCO) revealed staggering number of death, displacement and property destruction as a result of the Ethio Somali and Oromia border violence involving…
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Opinion: Negotiating Peace: Lessons from Ethiopia-Eritrea peacemaking
Alem Mamo, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, July 30/2018 – It is a very rare occurrence that inter-state peace negotiations or agreements are achieved in Africa or elsewhere for that matter without a third-party negotiator, often from the western world, sitting in the middle pace talk tables and holding the hands of the representatives of the disputants. Such negotiations often…
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News: Ministry of Health, Public Health Institute coordinate efforts with Afar health bureau to control outbreak of AWD
Addis Abeba, July 25/2018 – The Federal Ministry of health, together with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) “has been working with Afar Regional Health Bureau over the past weeks investigating & coordinating emergency response activities to control outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhea in Afar regional state,” according to Dr. Amir Aman, minister of health. The Federal Government (@FMOH…
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Opinion: Don’t Privatize Ethiopian Airlines
Worku Aberra (PhD), for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, July 24/2018 – In a stunning announcement, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed disclosed on June 5 that the Executive of the EPRDF has decided to privatize some of the largest state-owned enterprises (SOE) in Ethiopia. The SOEs targeted for partial privatization include the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPC), the Railway Corporation, the Ethiopian…
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News: U.S. Announces $170 Million in Humanitarian Assistance to Displaced People in Ethiopia
Addis Abeba: July 24/ 2018: Today the United States announced an additional $170 million in humanitarian assistance to support the people of Ethiopia, many of whom have been pushed from their homes by escalating conflict or natural disaster and who are facing severe food insecurity as a result. With this new funding, the United States is providing emergency food and…
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News: At least six people killed in Goba, Bale after controversy over monument led to inter-communal tensions
Etenesh Abera and Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, July 23/2018 – A controversy surrounding a new monument planned to be built in Goba city in Bale zone of the Oromia regional state, located around 446 km southeast of the capital Addis Abeba, has led to three days of inter-communal tension between residents of the city and its environs, which in tern…
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News: Addis Abeba city council appoints a new mayor
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, July 18/2018 – Takele Uma Banti, eng. is appointed by the council of the Addis Abeba City Administration to become the city’s next mayor. Takele replaces the outgoing mayor Diriba Kuma, who has finished his term in office as of April this year. Dagmawit Moges (Mrs) and Dr. Solomon Kidane were appointed to become deputy mayors.…
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News: Standoff in Debre Markos city as army enters to calm residents who target veteran ANDM member Bereket Simon
A car thought to have belonged to Bereket Simon was torched Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, July 11/2018 – The federal army has been dispatched to Debre Markos city, east Gojam zone of the Amhara regional state, 305 km north of Addis Abeba, to disperse city residents who have besieged a hotel thought to have accommodated veteran ANDM founder and member…
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