Month: February 2019
- Africa
News: U.S. announces $40 m to Support Goal of Universal Health Coverage in Ethiopia
Over the next five years, the new program will focus on mobilizing increased domestic resources and streamlining medical insurance schemes Addis Abeba, February 14, 2019 – Today the United States launched a new, five-year USD $40 million Health Financing Improvement Program to invest in expanding Ethiopia’s capacity to provide quality affordable healthcare to citizens across the country. Under the new…
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News: Despite court authorized bail police continue holding former COO of Ethio Telecom with fresh corruption allegations
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 13/2019 – Despite a month-long court authorized bail ordering the release of Esayas Dagnew, former Chief Operation Officer of Ethio Telecom, the police have today presented new corruption allegations at the federal high court and continued holding him in detention. On January 14, judges at the federal high court 10th criminal bench have granted Esayas,…
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News: Thousands displaced by fresh violence in central and western Gonder in need of urgent help
Some 2, 700 of them have not received any help as of yesterday Hayalnesh Gezahegn Addis Abeba, February 13/2019 – Thousands of civilians who were left internally displaced following a spate of fresh violence in central and western Gonder zone of Amhara Regional State say they are in need of urgent help, according to report by Amhara Mass Media Agency…
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News: Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council condemns two separate attacks on Mosques in South Gonder
“This is a tragic incident; it’s also a grave crime. We strongly caution for those responsible to face the law” Sheik Mohammed Amin Hayalnesh Gezahegn Addis Abeba, February 12/2019 – Sheik Mohammed Amin, President of the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council, said the Council “strongly condemns” the torching three Mosques in two separate Woredas in South Gonder Zone of the…
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The Interview: The Nabad Project: In pursuit of healing bitter divisions
Today Filsan is proud to call the ‘Nabad Project’ volunteers the ‘Peace Engineers’ in the making. Addis Abeba, February 11/2019 – Filsan Abdi, 27, is a UK based Speech and Language Therapy consultant and the founder of the ‘Nabad Project” – ‘Nabad’ in Somali means ‘Peace’. It is a recently established campaign for peace and reconciliation between various ethnic groups…
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News: Three killed when Ethiopian military helicopter crashes en route from Kadugli to Abyei
Ten passengers were injured with three in critical condition. The three are in critical condition Addis Abeba, February 09/2019 – An Ethiopian military helicopter registration Number UNO 379P with 23 passengers on board has crashed today at around 1310H inside the compound of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) killing three of its crew members. The MI-8…
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News: Clashes in central Gonder zone claim lives, damage to properties
According to Asemahegn the clashes, in particular in Dembiya Woreda of central Gonder, have claimed lives and resulted in destruction to properties. Addis Abeba, February 07/2019 – Asemahegn Asres, Amhara regional state communication bureau head, said lives were lost and properties were damaged in clashes that erupted in localities in central Gonder Zone of the regional state, Amhara Mass Media…
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News: U.S. Embassy Launches Ethiopia Debates!
Addis Abeba, February 07/2019 – The U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba launched Ethiopia Debates!, “a nationwide program that creates an interactive platform for university students to engage in a series of debate competitions, during which they learn public speaking skills, and constructive dialogue and debate techniques on a variety of cross-cutting issues.” According to a statement sent by the embassy,…
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Analysis: The patenting of Ethiopia’s Teff by a European company, and the country’s recourse
Dagim T., for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, February 07/2019 – On May 19, 2018, the Ethiopian government gave its Attorney General the green light to initiate an international arbitration proceeding against a company holding a series of European patents directed at the grain teff. And on November 21, 2018, a court in The Hague invalidated two of the company’s Dutch…
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News: ex-Somali region president dismisses criminal charges against him as “coordinated lies”
Former Somali regional state president Abdi Muhamud Omer, a.k.a, Abdi Iley (center) as pictured at the federal high court premises Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 06/2019 – Former Somali regional state president Abdi Muhamud Omer, a.k.a, Abdi Iley, has today told judges at the federal high court fourth criminal bench in the capital Addis Abeba that the multiple criminal charges…
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