Month: November 2018
- Addis Abeba
News: After the launch of La Gare downtown luxury complex Addis Abeba city poised to build at least four similar joint projects
3D design of La Gare integrated community development project Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, Novermber 20/2018 – Following the launching of the La Gare integrated community development project, Addis Standard learnt that the city government is poised to launch at least four similar joint projects in various parts of the city. To be built by Eagle Hills, a private real…
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News: Court rescinds public defender provision to high level Ethio-telecom official; police accuses former NISS anti-terrorism division head on corruption, rights abuse
Major General Kinfe Dagnew is so far the highest detainees among those suspected of massive corruption within MeTEC. Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, November 19/2018 – The federal high court 10th criminal bench has today rescinded its earlier decision to allow Esayas Dagnew, former Chief Operations Officer of the state monopoly Ethio Telecom, and the brother of Major General Kinfe…
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Analysis: Ethiopia crackdown on corruption, human right abuses. Everything you need to know
Mahlet Fasil and Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, November 16/2018 – An arrest so far of more than 60 officials, mostly from Ethiopia’s intelligence and military apparatus, which started with the arrest of 40 on Friday November 09, has led to shocking revelations by the attorney general Berhanu Tsegaye of gruesome human rights violations of Ethiopians in the hands of the…
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News: Second tripartite meeting between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia to take place in Amhara regional state
During the first tripartite meeting in September, the trio have issued a four pillar comprehensive joint declaration, which included the establishment of a high level committee tasked to oversee the multifaceted collaborations included in the declaration. Addis Abeba, Nov. 08/2018 – PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea, and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, A.K.A Farmajo, of …
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News: USAID, ministry of education launch $86 m project to improve reading, writing skills benefiting 15 m Ethiopian children
Addis Abeba, Nov. 8, 2018 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ethiopian Ministry of Education launched the new READ II project to improve the reading and writing skills of 15 million children in grades 1-8. The five-year, $86 million READ II project will build on successful partnerships forged between USAID and the Ministry of Education…
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OP:ED: Establishing confidence in the judiciary: Why Meaza Ashenafi should lead a process of judicial vetting
Dr Adem Kassie Abebe, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, November 07/2018 – The wave of reforms that has dazzled Ethiopia, and the world, has reached the shores of the judicial sector, with the appointment of Meaza Ashenafi as the first ever woman President of the Supreme Court, and the real time character that inspired the award-winning movie ‘Difret’ where a…
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News: Newly formed press secretariat sees the end of government communication affairs office
Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, November 05/2018 – A newly formed Press Secretariat department at the Office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was announced today, bringing the end of the Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO), a federal agency led until recently by Ahmed Shide, now finance minister, as the main channel of communicating government policies and statements to the media. Headed…
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News: U.S. Embassy launches two year English language program for youth in Jimma
Addis Abeba, November 5, 2018 – The U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba has launched the English Access Microscholarship Program, known as Access, in Jimma. The Access program is funded by the U.S. Government to provide a foundation of English language skills to talented youth over two years, through targeted after-school classes, community service, and intensive summer sessions, the embassy said…
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Op:Ed: Ethiopia in transition is facing critical challenges
Mukerrem Miftah, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, November 05/2018 – A political transition connotes a shift from authoritarian rule to democracy. Recent literature in the field, however, made it clear that there is not a strictly direct and straightforward path leading from authoritarian rule to democracy. Rather, one may experience a “political limbo” lying in the midst of the two.…
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