Year: 2020
- Africa
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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News: Wolayta zone council emergency meeting passes seven resolutions, including establishing a secretariat to prep for statehood
Addis Abeba, June 22/2020 – Following a day-long emergency meeting by the Council of Wolayta zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Regional State, (SNNPRS), zonal Council members have unanimously approved seven point resolution including a resolution to establish a secretariat to oversee preparations for the zone’s demand for self-rule and regional state status. The Council’s emergency meeting is…
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Viewpoint: The ‘Forgotten Tribe’: Persons with disabilities in Ethiopia and the state’s response to COVID-19
“A central diagnosis of the root causes of exclusion of PWDs is thus in our socio-institutional system.” Dagnachew B. Wakene @DagWakene A person with visual impairment residing in Dire Dawa – Ethiopia’s second largest city in the Eastern part of the country – was recently reported to have set himself on fire in broad daylight and in public, apparently…
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News: Debretsion calls for a national dialogue involving all political parties, nations & nationalities
Participants of today’s meeting in Mekelle By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, June 16/2020 – In a statement released late this afternoon Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Chairman and Tigray Regional State vice president Debretsion G/Michael (PhD) is quoted as saying that “if there is a need to have a platform for dialogue, it should be a a national dialogue…
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News Alert: SNNPRS Council called for emergency meeting; expected to transfer power to effect Sidama regional state
Signboards declaring Sidama statehood are placed in various places in Sidama zone were placed as far back as July 2019 . Photo: Social Media Addis Abeba, June 16/2020 – The Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional (SNNPRS) Council has called for an emergency meeting of its members for June 18. The letter from the Council requests its members to assemble…
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In-depth Analysis: Sudan and the developing dynamics of Nile waters utilization
The GERD under construction. Image: Salini Imperegilo Editor’s Note: This in-depth analysis is published here in collaboration with Center for Dialogue, Research & Cooperation (CDRC),and is part of the latter’s bi-monthly publication released in June 2020. Please click here to download the pdf version. Context Addis Abeba, June 16/2020 – Recent developments in the region and globally are significantly impacting…
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