Year: 2020
- Africa
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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News: Police bring several ONN journalists, others to court; seek charges on links with armed group, inciting violence
____________________________________________________________ By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 10/2020 – The federal police have brought 22 people, including eight journalists, camera crew and technicians working for the online based Oromo Media Network (ONN), at the Federal First Instance Court Arada Branch on September 09. On September 05, the police raided Kaku Mame Oromo Traditional Cuisine Restaurant, located in Lideta Sub…
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News: Ethiopia National Security Council discusses current security issues
Members of the National Security Council. Pictures: PMO Etenesh Abera@EteneshAb Addis Abeba, September 09/2020 – The office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement that the National Security Council has discussed the current security issues in Ethiopia and set forth future directions. PM Abiy’s office said the Security Council, which is led by PM Abiy himself and constitutes…
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አስተያየት: የፌዴሬሽን ም/ቤት ውሳኔ፣ የትግራይ ክልላዊ ምርጫ እና ቀጣይ እውነታዎች
የቀድሞ የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት አፈ ጉባኤ ወ/ሮ ከሪያ ኢብራሂም በትግራይ ክልል እና በማእከላዊው መንግስት መካከል ከምርጫ ጋር ተያይዞ በተፈጠር አለምግባባትና ማእከላዊው መንግስት የወሰደውን ምርጫ የማራዝም ውሳኔ በመቃወም ነበር ከአፈ ጉባኤነታችው በፈቃዳቸው የለቀቁት። ዛሬ በትግራይ ክልል እየተካሄደ ባለው የክልል ምርጫ ተገኝተው መርጠዋል። ፎቶ፥ የትግራይ ማስ ሚዲያ ኤጀንሲ። በማርሸት ሙሀመድ ሀምዛ አዲስ አበባ፥ ጷግሜ 04/2012 – የትግራይ ክልል እየተካሄደ ባለበት በዛሬው እለት…
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Analysis: Tigray stays firm against “unconstitutional” calls to stop election, goes ahead with vote
A man on a wheelchair queued to cat his vote in today’s regional election in Tigray. Photo: Electoral Commission of Tigray By Medihane Ekubamichael Addis Abeba, September 09/2020 – Some 2.7 million people who were registered to vote in today’s election in Tigray regional state are headed to any of the 2,672 polling stations readied by the Electoral Commission of…
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News: Some 15.1 m people in Ethiopia in need of humanitarian assistance; recent flooding affect 500,000 people; UN seeks US$ 1.44 b
Community members line up to receive assistance while maintaining physical distancing, Yaso district, west Ethiopia, 2020. Abdalla Mohamed Said MOHAMED / ICRC Addis Abeba, September 08/2020 – In 2020, Ethiopia’s humanitarian needs have increased due to the impacts of COVID-19 and other health outbreaks such as cholera, the persisting desert locust invasion (since June 2019) impacting livelihoods and exacerbating food…
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