Month: February 2021
- #COVID19Ethiopia
News: Vital Strategies opens office in Addis Abeba to help strengthen Ethiopia’s Public Health Systems
Vital Strategies President and CEO José Luis Castro (left) and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at our VitalTalks speaker’s series event “Putting Money to Work to Prevent NCDs,” held during the week of the United Nations General Assembly in 2019. Photo: Vital Strategies Addis Abeba, February 10/ 2021 – Vital Strategies, a leading global health organization which works with governments to design…
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News: Ethiopia “deeply concerned” by EU statement on Tigray, stays silent on accusations of Eritrea’s role in the armed conflict
Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo Credit: MoFA Addis Abeba, February 10/2021 – In a statement it released on February 09, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said “the Government of Ethiopia is deeply concerned by the statements the European Union is issuing regarding the situation in Tigray,” and blamed the EU for issuing a statement…
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News: Electoral Board says five regional states fail to submit list of constituency offices per schedule, issues new deadline
Birtukan Mideksa, Chairwoman of NEBE . Photo Credit: NEBE By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 10/2021 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has issued a statement requesting five regional states which failed to submit list of constituency offices per the Board’s timeline and issued deadline for cooperation. According to the Board, Afar, Amhara, Sidama, Somali and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s…
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News: U.S. Embassy kicks off election training for Ethiopian journalists
Media colleagues at the elections reporting workshop launch Addis Abeba, February 9/2021 – On February 8, 2021, the U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba launched the first of 25 week-long media trainings throughout Ethiopia to train approximately 500-700 journalists across the country to empower and educate journalists on their roles and responsibilities on election coverage. The media training includes educating voters on diverse issues, and monitoring and reporting on electoral activities…
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News: As Jawar et.al continue hunger strike Oromia region sees multiple protests demanding their release, justice for slain artist Hachalu
Protesters in Geedoo, central Oromia. Photo: Dabessa Gemelal By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil andSiyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 08/2021 – Protests broke out in different parts of Oromia regional state since February 5, 2021. Protestors who took to the streets in Ambo last Friday raised several demands, including the release of Oromo politicians including Jawar Mohammad, Bekele Gerba and Hamza Borana of…
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News Alert: EU joins the US in calling withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia, says they are “fueling the conflict in Tigray”; renews call for humanitarian access for all
Addis Abeba, February 08/2021 – Through a joint-statement by High-Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell, Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen and Commissioner Janez Lenarčič , issued today, the EU said it “joins the United States’ call for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia, which are fueling the conflict in Tigray, reportedly committing atrocities, and exacerbating ethnic violence.” EU’s latest call on the need to…
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News: As Jawar, Bekele & others continue hunger strike EHRC Chief says close supervision required, reasonably justified demands must be addressed
Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba Addis Abeba, February 05/2021 – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has deployed a monitoring mission to Kaliti Correctional Facility and Kilinto Prison to monitor the situation of defendants in Jawar Mohammed et al case, who have remained on hunger strike since January 27, 2021, and other prisoners. The Commission’s team visited the said prisons…
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News update: Federal police says UNOCHA report on police forces’ death exaggerated, not in line with what is on the ground
By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, February 05/2021 – The Federal Police said that a recent report released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Afar-Issa land dispute which led to clashes in Afar and Somali regions neighboring woredas and death of 30 police officers injuries of 40 was “exaggerated and not in line with what…
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News: Electoral Board cautions OLF party structure, its members to convene general assembly to settle leadership split #EthioElection2021
OLF Chairman Dawud Ibssa, left, and his deputy Ararso Biqila, right, are locked in internal leadership dispute By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, February 05/2021 – In a statement it issued on February 04, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said its efforts so far to help settle internal split within the leadership of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)…
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