Month: April 2021
- Africa
Just In: Sec. Blinken presses PM Abiy for immediate, full & verifiable withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Tigray; end hostilities immediately
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Readout Addis Abeba, April 26/2021 – Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today to reiterate the United States’ grave concern about the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights crisis in the country, including the growing risk of famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as well as ongoing insecurity in other parts…
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Analysis: Injured civilians from North Shewa, Oromo Special zones of Amhara region receiving treatment in Adama amid security concerns
Adama Medical College Hospital By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan & Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, April 26, 2021 – Reports of the arrival of ethnic Oromo residents of North Shewa and Oromo Special of Amhara regional state at Adama Medical College Hospital in the city of Adama, Oromia regional state hundreds of kilometers away from the nearby major hospitals in towns…
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News: NEBE postpones voters’ registration; no registration so far in all four zones in Wellega, Oromia due to security
Voters queuing to get registered in Yeka Abado voters registration station in the capital Addis Abeba Addis Abeba, April 24/2021 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has postponed voters’ registration by two and three weeks in various parts of the country. In a statement NEBE released yesterday, which was the original deadline for voters’ registration, it said registrations…
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News: Joint security, intelligence task force warns “internal and external forces working to bring national chaos”
Addis Abeba, April 24/2021 – The joint intelligence and security task force comprised of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), the Federal Police Commission, and Information Network Security Agency (INSA) warned that it would no longer tolerate “forces inside and outside the country” who are working to create “national chaos”, “public rage” and are…
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News: Cassation court to rule on prosecutor’s appeal to have Closed Door, Behind the curtain witness hearing against Eskinder Nega et. al
Eskinder Nega, Keleb Seyoum and Sintayehu Chekol and among the five defendants facing terrorism charges By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 23, 2021- The case of the five defendants on the file of Eskinder Nega, founder of the opposition party Balderas for Genuine Democracy was presented at the Federal Supreme Court, 2nd Appeals Bench this morning to pass a…
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Breaking: UNSC calls for scaled up, unfettered humanitarian access in Tigray; expresses deep concern on rights abuse, sexual violence reports
UNSC in session. Picture: UNSC/Archive Addis Standard Staffs Addis Abeba, April 22/2021 – As part of a continuation of the UNSC meeting held on April 15 at a closed door meeting at the request of the US under Any other Business (AOB), members of the SC reached at a consensus and issued a statement calling for “a scaled up humanitarian…
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Analysis: Many feared dead in renewed violence in central Gonder; authorities blame “Kimant rebels”, witnesses blame regional security
By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, April 22, 2021 – A renewed violence involving regional security forces’ measures against the Kimant community in central Gonder, in Amhara regional states, has left several people dead and displaced as well as properties damaged, Addis Standard learned. The violence, which picked intensity last week and continued intermittently as of the publishing of this…
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News: Amhara Prosperity Party cautions opposition NAMA as protest rallies spread region-wide
“Enough”, a message by protesters in Debre Birhan. Picture: Debre Birhan Communication Affairs Bureau Addis Standard Staffs Addis Abeba, April 22/2021 – Amhara Prosperity Party (APP), the Amhara regional state chapter of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party (PP), has issued a scathing criticism against the opposition, National Movement of Amhara (NaMA), accusing it of being “anti-prosperity” enemy and vowed…
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News Alert: Rights Commission says armed men control almost all part of Sedal Wereda in Benishangul Gumuz
Addis Abeba, April 21/2021 – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said in a statement that armed men are in control of almost all parts of Sedal Wereda, in Kamashi zone of Benishangul Gumuz regional state, where around 25, 000 people are estimated to reside. The Commission said the armed group has killed civilians including local civil servants, zonal administration…
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News: ICL Ethiopia Launches Mass COVID-19 Test Campaign in Tigray
Addis Abeba, April 21, 2021 – International Clinical Laboratories (ICL) has launched free Covid-19 testing program for 50,000 people in Tigray. The Laboratory kicked off the massive campaign earlier this week in collaboration with Tigray Health Bureau and Mekele Hospital after securing a permission from Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH). The testing campaign is…
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