Month: February 2019
- Africa
News: Shashemene Hospital gets new outpatient center with Maternity Ward, Emergency Unit
The new facility features designated areas for ultra-sound, waiting rooms, clinical rooms, maternity rooms and an operation room. Addis Abeba, February 28/2019: A new $3.6 million, state-of-the art Outpatient Department with Maternity Ward and Emergency Unit with Operation Room, constructed by the United States Government through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with funding from the U.S.…
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News: Court orders the police to bring absent defendants in ex-Somali president file; translators no show despite court order
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 27/2019 – Judges at the federal high court 4th criminal bench have ordered the police to bring either bring the 41 defendants being tried in absentia along with ex-Somali region president Abdi Muhamud Omer a.k.a Abdi Iley. and five others or present irrefutable evidence justifying their non-existent status to stand trial. The judges’ decision came…
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News: U.S. Embassy Supports Going Digital to Improve Ethiopia’s Food and Drug Safety
The electronic Regulatory Information System (eRIS) launched at the event is an open source, locally-developed and maintained software system that ensures that EFDA can maintain an unbroken chain of information Addis Abeba, February 27/2019 – The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ethiopia and the AIDSFree project held an event to officially…
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Art News: Rising electronic music sensation Rophnan goes live
“I consider electronic music the jazz of our generation, remember jazz came from people being oppressed and not being heard, and them trying to get that freedom.” Rophnan Addis Abeba, February 22/ 2019 – Electronic music sensation Rophnan’s “My Generation” live concert is set to take place this Saturday, at the Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa. The multi-talented electronic music…
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News: Supreme court upholds high court’s decision to grant bail to former COO of Ethio telecom
undated photo of the accused Esayas Dagnew as provided by journalist Samrawit who is covering the ongoing trials on corruption and human rights abuse allegations Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 20/2019 – In a ruling delivered this morning, the federal supreme court upheld a decision by federal high court to grant 50, 000 birr bail to Esayas Dagnew, former chief…
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News: Ethiopia charges eight former prison officials in connection with deadly Qilinto prison fire
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 19/2019 – The federal attorney general’s office has filed charges on eight former prison officials in connection with the September 2016 deadly fire at Qilinto federal maximum security prison located in the southern outskirt of the capital Addis Abeba. According to the charges, the eight former prison officials are accused of firing on inmates following…
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News: Court okays prosecutors’ request for witness protection in ex-Somali president case
Former Somali regional state president Abdi Muhamud Omer, a.k.a, Abdi Iley (center) as pictured at the federal high court premises on February 06 Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 15/2019 – Judges at the federal High Court 4th Criminal Bench here in the capital have, today, accepted federal prosecutors’ request to withhold list of witnesses from the defense team in high…
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Opinion: One more question, Dr. Abiy
One of the unanswered questions in the current euphoric discourse about Ethiopia’s democratic transformation is who gave PM Abiy (as this is becoming a Meles-like one-man-show) the mandate to put Ethiopia on a path to free-market capitalism Stephanie Jay, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, February 15/2019 – Prime Minister Abiy’s recent speech at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos was not…
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