Year: 2019
- Africa
News:UNHCR evacuates vulnerable refugees including Ethiopians out of Libya
Addis Abeba, May 31/2019 – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has yesterday evacuated hundreds of vulnerable refugees out of Libya to safety, the agency said. The evacuees are from Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia. They include 65 children, 13 of them below a year in age. One of the children was born just two months ago. Many of the evacuees…
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Special Edition: Chronicles of Sidama people’s struggle for self rule
Please Click here to download the PDF version of this special edition A brief political history of Sidama Nation for self-rule Shiferaw Muleta (PhD), For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, May 29/2030 – The quest of Sidama statehood has become a point of discussion in the political arena of Ethiopia. Notwithstanding to its long political and military struggle for self-rule, many…
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News: EU adopts close to €100 m to support Horn of Africa’s most vulnerable people, including in Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, May 29/2019 – The European Commission has adopted seven new program and additional funds for two existing projects, worth €99.5 million. They will support ongoing efforts to help the most vulnerable people in the Horn of Africa. Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, said: “The Horn of Africa has an unprecedented opportunity to shore up peace…
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News: OLF-SG disavows link with all armed groups, agrees to support government peace efforts
Addis Abeba, May 29/2019 – In a fresh agreement signed today OLF-SG, led by Dawud Ibssa, disavowed links with all armed groups operating in its name and agreed to support peace efforts by the federal government and Oromia regional state. The agreement was signed this afternoon in the presence of Oromia vice president Shimelis Abdissa, General Berhanu Jula, Military Operations…
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Economic Analysis: Ethiopia’s Developmental State: Dead or Alive?
In the heart of Addis Abeba, a lineup of new buildings planned to serve as the headquarters of three private banks is nearing completion. The area is already dubbed as “Addis Abeba’s Financial District.” Belachew Mekuria, PhD, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, May 29/2019 – Ethiopia, a country of over 100 million people, the second most populous country in Africa…
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Art news: MIRRORS, a Contemporary Dance and Video Art Performance, to feature at Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Abeba
Addis Abeba, May 24/2019 – Mirrors, a multidisciplinary artistic performance in which dance, video and music weave a discourse that connects Italy with the African continent with the aim of celebrating the encounter between identities, roots, and cultures, is to stage its performance at Italian Cultural Institute next week on May 28. “Looking in a mirror (an object or a…
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News: ADB’s Sustainable Energy Fund approves a $995,000 grant to spur renewable investments in Ethiopia
Caption: Ashegoda wind farm near Mekelle in the Tigray regional state. According to Prof. Kindeya, President of Mekelle University, “it has been months since the Ashegoda wind farm is not functioning.” Projects like this could benefit form SEFA grant. Addis Abeba, May 21/2019 – The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has on 17…
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Opinion: From Hige Mengist to Hige Hager
From Hige Mengist to Hige Hager. ከህገ መንሥት ወደ ህገ ሀገር/ስርኣት PM Abiy and former PM Hailemariam Desalegn holding a copy of Ethiopian current constitution at the national parliament on the day Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Leenco Lata, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, May 17/2019 – My primary objective in writing this very brief essay is to contend…
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News: U.S. State Department hosts Ethiopia Partnership Forum
Addis Abeba, May 17, 2019 – The U.S. Department of State hosted the “Ethiopia Partnership Forum”, an economic engagement platform organized in by the Secretary of State’s office of Global Partnerships in collaboration with the Corporate Council on Africa, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Citi in Washington D.C. In remarks at the opening panel discussion, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia…
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The Interview: Displacement crisis not a precursor for a very bad future but residue of a very bad past: Mustefa Omer
Born in 1973 in Degehabur zone of Somali regional state, Mustefa Muhumed Omer became the deputy president of the Somali region in the midst of a crisis following the ousting of his predecessor Abdi Muhamud Omer, a.k.a, Abdi Iley in August 2018. A well-known critic of Abdi Illey’s ten year iron fist rule in the region & the rampant human…
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