Year: 2020
- Africa
News: UNHCR, partners appeal for US$658 million to assist over 735,000 refugees and hosts in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is currently hosting more than 735,000 from 26 nationalities Addis Abeba, January 24/2020 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are appealing for robust international support for refugee operations in Ethiopia with the launch of a funding appeal for US$658 million to assist over 735,000 refugees and more than half a million Ethiopian hosts in 2020, the refugee…
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News: Human Rights Commission chief says non-state actors worsening human rights crisis in Ethiopia
Daniel Bekele has been appointed as Commissioner of the Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on 02 July 2019. Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, January 23/2020 – Daniel Bekele, (PhD), Chief Commissioner, Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC), told Ethiopian lawmakers today that human rights situation in Ethiopia is exacerbated due mainly to non-state actors. Daniel said this when presenting his office’s…
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News: Despite objections PM Abiy removes one of the remaining two TPLF members from his cabinet
Fetlework, a.k.a Monjorino, and Keria Ibrahim, Speaker of the House of Federation, attending the last emergency meeting of TPLF. Both are members of the party. Addis Abeba, January 22/2020– The office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has today announced a fresh appointments of three ministerial positions. One of the three appointments saw Fetlework Gebregziabher, one of the the two remaining…
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News: Recent fighting in Guji zone, Oromia, displaces hundreds
OCHA and partners discussing with IDPs at Darme kebele. Addis Abeba, January 22/2020 – Following recent fighting between what the UN called “unidentified armed groups (UAG) and government security forces” in various kebeles of Seba Boru woreda, Guji zone, Oromia region, hundreds of people have been displaced to the neighboring Darme town, the capital of Darme woreda administration. “The IDPs…
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News: Desert Locusts spread to new areas in Ethiopia; new threat from cyclic multiplication in the Somali region
Addis Abeba, January 20/2020 – Despite control efforts, Desert Locusts are spreading to new areas of Ethiopia in vast numbers. According to Government data provided on 07 January 2020, Desert Locusts has have infested more than 2 350 km2 of land across the Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somali, Tigray, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ (SNNP) regional states, as well as…
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Book Review: ‘Laying the Past to Rest’ -The EPRDF and the Challenges of Ethiopian State Building
Author: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe (PhD) Publisher: Hurst & Company, London, 2019 376 pages, $ USD 70, and ISBN No. 9781787382916 Reviewed by Teshome Beyene Berhe, For Addis Standard “This book deserves to be a reference book for everyone interested in the history of TPLF/EPRDF in Ethiopia … It is a highly illuminating book, filling a serious gap in the discourse…
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Op:Ed: GERD talk standoff and Ethiopia’s need to rally behind “it’s my dam”
“Seleshi Bekele’s courage to say ‘It’s my Dam’ should persist for long and become the slogan of the country for years to come.” Dejen Yemane Messele, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, January 14/2020 – Amidst what looks like a standoff following the 7th & last trilateral technical meeting between the water affairs ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the…
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Analysis: More questions than answers as news of kidnapped university students turns into political ping-pong
“We left in two vehicles traveling via Gambella because to road via Nekemte was closed; we were eight in one car and nine in another,” Asmra Shume The federal government claims Dembi Dollo University students hostage crisis nearly over, yet there are more questions on the kidnapping and ordeal of students than answers Mahlet Fasil & Zecharias Zelalem Addis Abeba,…
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Feature: Addressing Ethiopians in Lebanon a Foreign Ministry official threatens to sue Addis Standard
Right:: Ambassador Shamebo Fitamo. Photo: Ethiopian Diaspora Agency “Addis Standard lies, steals your money, collaborates with Egypt!”, Ambassador Shamebo Fitamo, Foreign Ministry official, said this in bizarre tirade and threatens to sue Addis Standard during an address to Ethiopians residing in Lebanon. According to an audio recording received by Addis Standard Ambassador Shamebo was discussing about a series of investigative…
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