Year: 2020
- Africa
News: Protests in Degehabur after death of a young man in the hands of the police; Somali region chief security says situation calm
Protesters burned tyres and blocked inner city road in front of the police station and other parts of the city, two eye witnesses told Addis Standard. Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, August 17/2020 – Several hundred people took to the street in of Degehabur (Dhagaxbuur) city of Somali regional state today to protest against the shooting death of Mukhtar Yare…
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News: Security forces suspend community radio station in Sodo; shut down local civil society org. office
Yesterday’s release on bail of 19 people, including Dagato Kumbe, Wolaita Zone administrator, and Muluneh Woldetsadik, deputy president of the Wolaita Zone high court, was greeting with euphoria By Medihane Ekubamichael Addis Abeba, August 14/2020 – Wogeta FM 96.6, a renowned community radio station based in Sodo city, the capital of Wolaita zone in SNNPRS, was ordered to cease broadcasting…
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Confirmed: Defense Minister Lemma Megerssa under house arrest
Lemma Megeressa (left) and PM Abiy Ahmed pictured together during the September 2018 9th organizational conference of then OPDO in Jimma city. It was at this conference that OPDO officially changed its name to ODP only to later on merge to make up Abiy’s new Prosperity Party (PP) causing the first rift between the two. Addis Standard staffs August 13/2020…
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Analysis: Early lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
As Ethiopia eases public transport restrictions, passengers queue to board Anbesa City Bus in the capital Addis Abeba Benyam Worku, MD @benyam_wd &Bizu Gelaye, PhD, MPH @b_gelaye Addis Abeba, August 13/2020 – As we have seen it in other pandemics, the COVID-19 pandemics will pass too. The world will pick up the pieces, try to come to terms with the unfortunate…
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News: More than 37,000 re-displaced people in West Wollega in need of immediate, sustainable solutions: UN
In 2018, more than 64, 594 people, including women and children, were internally displaced following communal clashes in Kamashi Zone of the Benishangul Gumuz Regional State. Picture: 2018 archive Please click here to download the full report Addis Abeba, August 13/2020 – Some 37,000 secondary displaced persons in West Wollega need immediate and sustainable solutions. From 64,594 Internally Displaced Persons…
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In-depth Analysis: The fracturing of the Oromo elite and return of Ethiopia’s law and order State
From Left: Defense Minister Lemma Megeressa, former chairman of ODP; opposition politician Jawar Mohammed, in prison; and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during the latter’s visit to the U.S. shorty after he assumed power. By Rashid Abdi @RAbdiCG Ethiopia’s delicate transition is under severe strain. A ferocious burst of communal violence in July, touched off by the murder of a popular…
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News: After a daylong lull tension resurfaces in Wolaita
Fresh protests erupted today in Gununo town in Wolaita zone. Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, August 12/2020 – After a daylong lull yesterday, tension is rising again in Boditi and Gununo towns of Wolaita zone, in SNNPRS. It followed rumors circulating about an arrangement of a new regional structure following the mass arrest of Zonal officials last Sunday, according to…
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Book Review: Oromo Witness: A people’s history of the Bale Oromo movement
Reviewed by Mohammed Ademo (@OPride) Addis Abeba, August 12/2020 – In the Ethiopian popular imagination, emperors and rulers are glorified, lionized and monumentalized while the stories and histories of those who resisted their oft-brutal rules are silenced. The oral archives of many of Ethiopia’s peoples are replete with rich stories of resistance and resilience that have much to teach us…
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Update: Wolaita People’s Democratic Front says 21 people killed as uneasy calm returns
Sodo city. August 10/2020. Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba– In a statement it released today, the opposition Wolaita People’s Democratic Front (WPDF) said the number of people killed in various places in Wolaita zone has reached 21; countless others were also injured. WPDF called for the immediate release of the arrested officials, activities, religious leaders, civil society organizations representatives and…
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Viewpoint: Public Health consequences of violence and inter-generational trauma
One of the August 10 victims of security forces’ crackdown in Welaita zone being attended by a medic. Picture: Sent to Addis Standard by an eye witness in Sodo city By Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH Addis Abeba, August 11/2020 – Trauma is pervasive in many societies and it has intergenerational health implications. Trauma is not a phenomenon that is solely…
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