Year: 2018
- Africa
Breaking: Formal talks begin between Ethiopia government and exile based opposition party ODF
Addis Abeba, May 13/2018 – A statement issued by the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), an exile based opposition party, and was received by Addis Standard says formal talks between “high-level delegation of the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and a delegation of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF)” took place from May 11 – 12, 2018. The statement,…
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Opinion: Lifetime miseries in Somali regional state and the need to tackle failed policies
Suldan A. Osman, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, May 11/2018 – Being one of its worst victims, Ethiopians in Somali Region erupted with jubilation as the ruthless Derg regime collapsed. The backdrop to the euphoria was a free air and a hope for the wonderland of a bright future. Sadly, for people in the Region, that outcome remains a…
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News- Ethiopia suspends license of largest gold mine in southern Ethiopia after at least two protesters were killed by regional security forces
Protest in Adola town on May 08/2018 Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, May 09/2018 – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoMPNG) said it cancelled recently renewed controversial license of MIDROC Gold, the largest gold mine in Ethiopia after protesters took to the streets for the last ten days. Today’s decision by the ministry followed the killing of two…
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News: Netizens demand Ethiopia to release Andargachew Tsige from its prison
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, May 08/2018 – Netizens have once again taken to online campaign with the hashtag #FreeAndargachewTsige to highlight the plights of Andargachew Tsige, a.k.a Andy Tsige, who is in an Ethiopian jail since 2014. Netizens are now demanding Ethiopia to release him unconditionally and also asking the UK government to put pressure on Ethiopia to secure…
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News: UN Migration agency speaks of appalling, inhumane situation migrants are facing in Yemen. Ethiopians among them
Ethiopian migrants wait under trees Obock, Djibouti. Sana’a, May 09/2018 – Following a visit to Yemen this week (02-06/05) Mohammed Abdiker, Director of Operations and Emergencies at IOM, the UN Migration Agency, said that he is “extremely concerned about the appalling and inhumane situation migrants are facing in Yemen” and called for “greater support and protection both from the international…
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News: Federal court delivers key verdict on 38 inmates charged in connection with Qilinto prison fire, downgrades terrorism charges to criminal charges
Pictures of some of the 38 inmates as compiled by social media activists and www.ethiotrialtracker.org Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, May 08/2018 – The the federal high court 4th criminal has today delivered its long awaited verdict involving 38 prisoner defendants charged with terrorism offenses after having been accused of arson at the federal maximum prison, Qilinto. Today’s hearing has therefore…
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News: Healthcare regulators from all over the world meet in Addis Abeba to discuss ways of fighting the spread of fake drugs
Ethiopia’s newly appointed minister of health Dr. Amir Aman at the conference Addis Abeba, May 08/2018: Healthcare regulators from all over the world joined international organizations to discuss fighting the spread of fake drugs and the need to secure the healthcare supply chain in Africa. The conference, which was opened today here in the capital Addis Abeba, is organized by…
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News: Ethiopia state of emergency command post says deadly Moyale violence serious, illegal arms trafficking increased
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, May 08/2018 – The Secretariat of the command post established to oversee the current state of emergency said in a statement that the weekend clashes in Moyale town were large in proportion and have inflicted serious causalities and property damages. The statement also said there has been an increase in illegal arms trafficking in the country.…
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Fresh round of violence rocks Moyale town, leaving unknown number of causalities and fresh displacement in its wake
Pictures received by Addis Standard from sources in the town of Moyale after clashes erupted yesterday Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, May 06/2018 – A fresh round of violence involving two ethnic communities, the Garre of Somali origins and the Oromo, in Moyale town, 790 km south of Addis Abeba, in the border between Ethiopia and Kenya, has left unknown…
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