Month: September 2020
- #COVID19Ethiopia
News Alert: Parliament convenes today for an emergency meeting, to hear report on COVID-19 national status
Partial view of members of the HoPR at this morning’s emergency meeting. Photo: HoPR. Addis Standard Staffs Addis Abeba, September 18/2020 – Members of the House People’s Representatives (HoPR) are convening today for the 5th year, third emergency meeting to be held at the conference center located in the premises of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office. According to a statement…
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OP-ED: Human rights and democracy key to leaving no one behind in global fight against COVID-19: Nordic Ministers
Addis Abeba: September 17/2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to accelerate the global trends of democratic backsliding and weakening respect for human rights. It is intensifying existing inequalities, hitting those who are already marginalized, subjected to discrimination and living in poverty the hardest. The Nordic governments advocate international cooperation, solidarity, human rights and democracy in fighting the pandemic. Disproportional response…
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Feature analysis: Oromia prosecutors charge veteran opposition party leader Lidetu Ayalew with crimes on illegal possession of bulk firearms
Lidetu Ayalew The criminal charge was filed a day after Lidetu discontinued his defense team saying his trial so far was politically motivated. Prosecutors charged him with Ethiopia’s newly enacted “Firearm Administration & Control Proclamation” under a clause penalizing possession of bulk firearms, although Lidetu was initially accused of illegaly possessing a single pistol. By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil &…
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Analysis: Weeks long attacks on civilians leave several dead, injured in Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz region
The ENDF western Command has released a statement today in which it admitted the attacks on civilians on September 04 and 05 in Bulan Worea. Pictures ENDF By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne & Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, September 16/2020 – Weeks long attacks carried out by yet undisclosed, heavily armed militiamen in various localities of Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz regional…
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News: Oromia police rearrest Misha Adem after he walks out of detention on bail, fails to disclose his whereabouts
Misha Adem Chiri By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 09/2020 – Kedir Bullo, lawyer for Ethiopian born U.S. citizen Misha Adem Chiri, told Addis Standard that his client failed to appear at a hearing adjourned for today because he was rearrested by Oromia regional state police after being released on 20, 000 bail from federal police detention facility. Kedir…
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Viewpoint: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as seen from human rights context
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Picture: PMO By Girma Gadisa Tufa @GirmaGadisa2 Setting the Context Addis Abeba, September 16/2020 – It has been almost a decade since Ethiopia has launched the construction of the GERD in 2011. The project is fully funded by Ethiopians and it is considered as a flagship of transformation for the economy of the country. The…
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News: TPLF grabs 189 seats out of 190 available in regional council
Commissioner Muluwork Kidanemariyam (Photo Credit: Tigray Communication Affairs Bureau) By Medihane Ekubamichael@Medihane Addis Abeba, September 15/2020 – Office of Electoral Commission of the National Regional State of Tigray announced that the regional incumbent Tigray People’s Liberation front (TPLF) has collected the remaining 37 seats out of the 38 seats of the 20 percent quota made available after the regional state…
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Analysis: Tigray election: beyond defying the central government
Vote counting in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, after the regional state unilateral conducted the 6th round of election for regional council. Photo: Robbie Corey-Boulet By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, September 11/2020 – The Tigray Regional State, on September 9, 2020, held its Regional election that many said was an unprecedented act of defiance to the Federal Government while…
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News: TPLF wins regional election by landslide
Center: Muluwork Kidanemariam, Commissioner of the Office of Electoral Commission of the National Regional State of Tigray, announcing the results. Photo: Electoral Commission of Tigray By Medihane Ekubamichael Addis Abeba, September 11/2020 – Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the ruling party of Tigray regional state, has won 98.2% of the vote for the regional parliament, taking all 152 seats. Muluwork…
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News update: Prosecutors file terrorism, criminal charges on Eskinder Nega et.al
From left: Eskinder Nega, Sintayehu Chekol and keleb Seyoum. Picture: Balderas/Social media By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 09/2020 – The federal prosecutors have charged Eskendir Nega, founder and leader of the opposition Balderas for Genuine Democracy, and two others with terrorism, and four others with criminal charges (two of them in absentia), at the Federal High Court Lideta…
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