Month: March 2021
- Africa
News: Gunmen who storm a local Church kill 29 in Horoguduru, western Oromia
Picture received by Addis Standard shows victims’ bodies of the weekend killing in Horoguduru, east Wellega, in Oromia By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 09/2021 – Twenty nine people were killed in East wollega, Oromia regional state. Residents who spoke to Addis Standard said that that attack took place on March 05 in Abo church in Debos Kebele, where residents…
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News: Raxio kicks off construction of Data Center in Addis Abeba
Addis Abeba, March 09/ 2021: The Raxio Group (“Raxio”), a premier pan-African data centre developer and operator, held a ceremony to formally kick-off the construction of the country’s first private Tier III carrier neutral colocation data centre at the ICT Park in Addis Abeba. The event was attended by members of the media, officials from the Industrial Parks Development Corporation, representatives…
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News Analysis: Migrant community organizer says more than 350 mainly Ethiopians perished in Yemen detention fire
By Bileh Jelan @bilehjelan Addis Abeba, March 09/2021 – Abdullah, an organizer of Ethiopian migrant community in the war-torn Yemen who spoke to Addis Standard recounted the continued plight of Ethiopian migrants and refugees in Yemen and said there are no known survivors out of the more than 350 mainly Ethiopian migrants who were inside the hangar area where a fire…
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News: Ethiopia stays firm on solving GERD issue “under the auspices of the ongoing AU-led negotiation”
Ambassador Dina Mufti. Photo: MoFA Addis Abeba, March 09/2021 – In his latest biweekly media briefing to local media, Ambassador Dina Mufti clarified Ethiopia’s long standing position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) vis a vis Egypt’s and Sudan’s position to get third parties involved in mediation process. “The GERD issue can be solved under the auspices of the ongoing African…
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News: Security forces kill scores of civilians, arrest several in Metekel after attack by rebels killed three, wounded seven; Ethiopia accuses Egypt & Sudan for persistent violence
By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – An eyewitness told Addis Standard that on February 26, 2021 members of the military opened fire on civilians killing 26 people including women and the elderly in Albasa kebele of Dibate Woreda, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz regional state. Temesgen Gemechu, a resident of Dibate woreda said “We have never seen anything like…
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News: Ethiopia Rights Commission urges restraint in gender-based hate speech, violence against women participating in electoral process
#ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021 logo. Credit: Document Foundation Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – Marking International Women’s Day, themed this year “Choose to Challenge”, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called on all stakeholders to do their part to prevent gender-based/gender motivated hate speech and other forms of gender-based violence against women participating in the 2021 national elections as political party candidates,…
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News: Elders’ intervention ends hunger strike by Oromo opposition politicians
From left: Bekele Gerba, Jawar Mohammed, Dejene Tafa and Hamza Broana of OFC. By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – After a consorted effort by a group of elders, which included Ethiopia’s famed Olympian Derartu Tulu, religious and community leaders, imprisoned Oromo opposition party politicians have agreed to bring to an end the hunger strike they began 40 days…
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Exclusive: How the UN drops Tigray resolution after second attempt failed
UNSC meeting hall. Photo: Irish Missing to the UN. Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, March 06/2021 – The UN Security Council (UNSC) has dropped issuing a resolution calling for cessation of hostilities and respect for international humanitarian laws in Ethiopia’s war- torn Tigray regional state after a second attempt has failed to produce consensus among members states. On March 04,…
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Breaking: UN accepts AU Chairperson’s invitation to support & participate in AU-led negotiation on GERD
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Picture: PMO Addis Abeba, March 05/2021 – The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the United Nations “is available to support and participate in the African Union-led negotiation process on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,” according to a telephone readout the secretary General has with Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim, Foreign Minister of Egypt, late this…
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