Month: June 2020
- Africa
News Alert: At least seven people killed in Adama, Chiro as protests engulf Oromia following the killing of prominent Oromo artist
Thousands of mourners gathered around the Hospital when authorities were escorting the body of the late Haacaaluu Hundeessaa. Image: Social Media Addis Abeba, June 30/2020 – At least seven people were killed by bullet in Adama city, some 100 km east of Addis Abeba, and one of Oromia region’s largest city, Chiro town, in eastern Ethiopia in Oromia after protests…
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Analysis: Why Ethiopia should avoid arbitration as a means of dispute settlement in a possible GERD deal
The GERD under construction. Image: Abraham Belay Berhe By Tessema Simachew Belay (PhD) @belay_s Addis Abeba, June 29/2020 – Back in February 2020, after Ethiopia refused to sign the US drafted deal that Egypt immediately initialed, apparently unhappy about USA’s attempt to rush an agreement, the GERD negotiations were interrupted for some time. During the interruption, Egypt wrote a letter…
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Feature: Weekend of contrasting realities in Eritrea as Martyrs’ Day coincides with World Refugee Day
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia. Photo Credit: IOM By Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem Addis Abeba, June 26/2020 – Twenty-three year old Simon left his native Eritrea seven years ago, crossing the border into neighboring Ethiopia where he still resides. He uses remittances from relatives in Canada to rent a two room apartment in Addis Abeba’s Lafto district, which he shares with two…
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News Alert: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hosting extraordinary meeting to discuss GERD ahead of UNSC open session
South African President and current Chair of the African Union (AU), Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: African Union Press Gallery. Addis Standard Staffs Addis Abeba, June 26/2020 – South African President and current Chair of the African Union (AU), Cyril Ramaphosa, is hosting a high level virtual meeting this afternoon between the three leaders of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to discuss about…
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News: Federal High Court to resume trial of suspects in the case of slain army chief, retired general
The Court’s announcement today came in the wake of interviews the widow of General Seare, Colonel Tsgie Alemayehu (Pictured), gave this week . Image: OMN Screenshot Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, June 26/2020 – The Federal High Court of Ethiopia announced that it was resuming the trial of suspects involved in the June 22/2019 assassination of General Seare Mekonnen, Chief…
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News Alert: UNSC members set to take GERD vote this afternoon
Addis Abeba, June 25/2020 – The 15 member states of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) are set to take a vote this afternoon on whether to hold an open virtual meeting on matters concerning the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Addis Standard has learnt. If the member states reach a consensus, the meeting will take place on Friday June…
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Exclusive: Sudan once again asks UNSC to stop Ethiopia from filling GERD before deal; US continues pressure as SC prepares for another meeting
Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, June 25/2020 – In a fresh letter addressed to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on June 24, Sudan has requested the SC to “discourage all parties from unilateral actions including starting the filling of the reservoir before reaching an agreement.” Sudan also said it was “deeply concerned about Ethiopia decision to start filling the…
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Commentary: Why Africa and Africans should echo the Black Lives Matter movement, now more than ever
Protesters hold Black Lives Matter march during a protest against the killing of black men by police in the US and calling for an end in police brutality in Kenya outside US Embassy, Nairobi on June 9, 2020. Courtesy: The Star By Annabel Shimekit Lemma @AnnabelLemma & Achie Gezahegne Gebre @achiegez Addis Abeba, June 24/2020 – After the video showing…
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A Rejoinder: Democracy is the minimum core for Ethiopians
“It is the general distaste, protest, and struggle against authoritarianism and dictatorship by the people at home and the triumph of liberal democracy abroad with the end of the Cold War that coerced African leaders to reaffirm and accept liberal democracy in the 1990s.” Berihun Adugna Gebeye (S.J.D.),@BerihunAdugna Addis Abeba, June 24/2020 – Yoweri Museveni in his book “What is…
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Analysis: Egypt’s GERD complaint to the Security Council and its flawed legal arguments
The UN Security Council in session. Image: Archive/Brussels Times Dejen Yemane Messele @MesseleDejen Addis Abeba, June 23/2020 – On 19 June 2020, Egypt submits a more formal complaint than its previous 1st May 2020 submission to the United Nations Security Council on the GERD. The relief sought from the Security Council is ‘to urge Ethiopia to act as a responsible…
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