Year: 2018
- Africa
Breaking: Fitsum Arega moving back to head investment commission
Apart from his role as chief of staff, Fitsum has also been the right-hand communicator of PM Abiy Addis Abeba, OCt. 27/2018 – Fitsum Arega, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Chief of Staff, has been assigned by the Prime Minister to head the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), a reliable source with knowledge to the matter told Addis Standard. Fitsum is expected…
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News: A chamber of heightened interest elects first female president
Mesenbet Shenkute is the first female president of one of the oldest chambers in Africa which has more than 16,000 members Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, Oct. 26/2018 – Mesenbet Shenkute, former Vice President to the State Bank, Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE), and president of Abay Bank, one of the late entrants of private banks in Ethiopia, has become the…
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Economic analysis: Towards a dynamic job creation framework for Ethiopia
Getachew T. Alemu, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, Oct. 25/2018 – There seems to be no other country that is seeing the sea of change that ours is witnessing. While trying to recover from the instability triggered by years of public protest in various localities, it is also marching towards changes that could have been considered dreams months back. A…
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News Alert: Ambassador Sahlework Zewde to become Ethiopia’s president
Addis Abeba, Oct. 24/2018 – Sources close to the government confirmed to Addis Standard late this afternoon news that Ambassador Sahlework Zewde, a prominent Ethiopian diplomat with years of experience with the UN, will be replacing the outgoing president, Dr. Mulatu Teshome, who has been the president since October 2013. She will become the first female head of state since…
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News: UK, US Embassies in Ethiopia partner to support communication between government and media
Addis Abeba, Oct. 23, 2018 – The Embassies of the United Kingdom and United States of America in Addis Abeba have launched a joint capacity-building project for government communicators and journalists. The “Supporting Communication between Government and Journalists” program is part of ongoing efforts to support the Ethiopia’s political reform process, according to a statement from the US embassy. “The…
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News: Protesters killed by security forces in southern Tigray region, northern Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, Oct. 22/2018 – Tigray regional state communication bureau confirmed that at least three protesters were killed yesterday by security forces in Alamata, some 758 km from Addis Abeba, in southern district of the Tigay regional state in northern Ethiopia. But residents who spoke to the BBC Amharic put the number of causalities up to five. The killing happened…
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Updated: PM Abiy Ahmed appoints 55 state ministers today
Additional Update: According to Fitsum Aregaa, Chief of Staff at Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office, PM Abiy has appointed a total of 55 state ministers “for his newly established Cabinet.” Accordingly, the following is a list containing all the 55 names and the ministries they are assigned to. ED”s Note: The list of the four state ministers and their respective…
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News: Ethiopia, ONLF sign historic peace deal
Addis Abeba, Oct. 22/2018 -Ethiopian government delegation led by Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu have signed a peace deal with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) delegation led by Admiral Mohamed Omar Osman in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, yesterday October 21. According to a statement from ONLF, “the two sides have reached a historical agreement regarding the political rights of the…
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News: Police accuse ex Somali region president of attempt to escape prison, strangling security guard. Defendant denies, accuses the police of mistreatment
Abdi Iley in one of his court appearances in the capital Addis Abeba (Pic Social media archive) Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, Oct. 19/2018 – The federal police investigating ex Somali region president Abdi Mohamed Omar told the federal high court today that the deposed president had “attempted to escape prison by smashing a window & strangling a guard”, an accusation…
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