Month: November 2019
- Africa
Breaking: Sidama becomes Ethiopia’s 10th regional state
Registered voters of Sidama referendum queued from the early hours to cast their votes on Wednesday November 20/2019 Ephream Sileshi Addis Abeba, November 23/2019 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced today that the preliminary results of Sidama referendum showed of the votes counted so far, voters have voted in favor of a future Sidama regional state based…
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Updated: Somali Democratic Party CC chief says Executive, Central Committees not mandated to dissolve SDP
Addis Abeba, November 21/2019- In a statement sent to Addis Standard, Mohammed Olad, media and communication advisor of Mestafe Omer, Somali regional state vice president, said that Eng. Mohamed Shalle, SDP Central Committe Bureau Head announced via the Somali Region State Boradcaster that the party’s Executive Committee (EC) and Central Committee (CC) members “don’t have the power to dissolve SDP,…
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Op-ED: The Lebanese Revolution Must Abolish the Kafala System
Sign that reads “those who are on your balconies, come down and find your people here” in aprotest under a balcony where a migrant domestic worker is taking careof a Lebanese household. © Rawane Issa Joey Ayoub for Addis Standard November 21/2019 – Under Lebanon’s horrific Kafala (‘sponsorship’) system, the legal status of migrant domestic workers is tied to that of…
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News: TPLF cites legal, procedural shortfalls to decline merger
EPRDF office has released several pictures taken from the first day of the three dsys EC meeting in which Dr Debretsion, chairman of TPLF, is visibly seen discontented Addis Abeba, November 21/2019- In a letter issued last night and addressed to the secretariat of the EPRDF Council, TPLF, one of the four major parties constituting EPRDF, said it will not…
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In-depth analysis: Seven Ethiopians die in Lebanon as new Ethiopian Consulate policy abandons citizens to their fate
Zecharias Zelalem Addis Abeba November 18/2019 – Hundreds standing outside near an Addis Abeba Bole International Airport terminal anxiously awaited the news of the safe landing of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that took off from Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport. Elsewhere, such news might have been greeted with cheers and whoops of joy by ecstatic relatives of travelling loved ones.…
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Exclusive: Third day EPRDF EC discussing “Prosperity Party” Regulation. Find the draft copy obtained by AS
EPRDF office has released several pictures taken from the first day of the ongoing EC meeting Editor’s Note: Please click here to download draft copy of “Prosperity Party Regulation” exclusively obtained by Addis Standard Ephream Sileshi Addis Abeba November 18/2019 – The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Executive Committee meeting has entered its third day today in what would…
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NEWS: First trilateral meeting on GERD with WB, US observers in attendance concluded
The Ethiopian Delegation at the GERD Meeting, Addis Abeba Addis Abeba November 17/2019 – The 4th meeting of the water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was concluded in Addis Abeba. The meeting held on the 15th and 16th of November is the first to be attended by representatives of the World Bank…
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News: NEBE announces Sidama referendum day to be a day off
Addis Abeba November 16/2019 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced that all businesses, government offices, schools and non-governmental organizations in Sidama zone including Hawassa city are to be closed on the day of the referendum to allow everyone to vote. The day of the referendum falls on a Wednesday which would hamper people from voting due to…
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