Year: 2020
- Africa
Analysis: Civilians continue to suffer from repeated violence in Metekel. What we know so far
Gumuz Elders meeting regional president Ashadli Hassan (Picture: Metekel Zone Communications Office) By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, October 26/2020 – News of sustained attacks targeting civilians has been coming out of Benishangul Gumuz regional state, Metekel Zone, since the first week of September, 2020. Ethiopian social media is replete with graphic images of victims whose lives are brutally cut…
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News: Eskinder Nega et.al object prosecutor’s request for closed session, behind a curtain witness hearing
Eskinder Nega, Keleb Seyoum and Sintayehu Chekol and among the five defendants facing terrorism charges By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, October 23/2020 – During a hearing held yesterday at the Federal High Court Lideta Branch, the defense team representing Eskinder Nega, Founder of the opposition Balderas for genuine Democracy, and four other facing terrorism charges with Eskinder, objected the prosecutor’s request for closed session and behind curtain…
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News Alert: Latest report by inter-agency mission, including four UN agencies, describes humanitarian, security situation in Guji zone as “grave”
Secondary displacement site near Yirgacheffe, Gedeo Zone, the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ (SNNP) Region, Ethiopia. (Photo by Refugees International -2018 archive) Addis Abeba, October 22/2020 – A report compiled after a recent inter-agency mission from 7 to 11 October 2020 to Guji zone in Oromia regional state, said the humanitarian and security situation in Guji zone is “grave.” “An…
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News: HoPR speaker says parliament will take measures against absent Tigray reps
HoPR Speaker Tagesse Chafo. Picture: HoPR Addis Abeba, October 21/2020 – Tagesse Chafo, Speaker of the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) said parliament will take measures against parliamentary representatives of Tigray regional state who are absent from the House. The parliament is extending invitation to the representatives, FanaBC quoted the Speaker as saying, “if they continue to avoid meeting, administrative…
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News: Police in Somali region arrest three senior ONLF regional officials, one official served with warrant
From Left: Mohammed Jigre Gamadiid, Tamam Mohammed Mahmoud and Mohammed Ibrahim Mursal (Pictures: As sent to Addis Standard) By Bileh Jelan @Bilejelan Addis Abeba, October 21/2020 – The police in Somali regional state have detained at least three senior officials of opposition party, Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), between last night and this morning. Mohammed Jigre Gamadiid, ONLF Korahay Zone…
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News: Amidst conflicting accounts Somali region sees increasing civilian casualties
Women victims seeking medical attention. Pictures: provided to Addis Standard by eye witness/social media By Bileh Jelan @Bilejelan Addis Abeba, October 19/2020 – “It is the same old police, nothing has changed. Trigger happy police continue to terrorize the population in the region.” said Ahmed, a resident of Qabridahare city, in Korahe Zone of the Somali Region in eastern Ethiopia.…
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Feature Analysis: Behind the arrests of thousands & miscarriage of justice is the silent sufferings of prisoners’ families
Sisay Bekele’s Wife Tejitu Urga’s Funeral (Picture: from family) By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, October 19/2020 – The June 29 assassination of popular Oromo artist and activist Haacaaluu Hundessaa marked the return of headlines that made Ethiopia a notoriously recognizable country before two years ago: mass imprisonment and trial of prominent opposition figures, journalists, academicians, activists and ordinary citizens.…
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Analysis: The forgotten community of Reppi and the risk of Qoshe garbage dump collapsing again
Occupying more than 37 hectares, Qoshe was not constructed to be a landfill By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, October 16/2020 – The coming March, 2021 will mark the fifth year since the one and only landfill dump site in Addis Abeba Reppi (locally named Qoshe) collapsed and killed more than 115 individuals and displaced the remaining without any assets.…
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