Month: August 2021
- Africa
News: Amhara state calls on high school,technical & vocational,university students and teachers to join the fight against Tigrayan armed forces
ENDF members on duty sharing meal. Photo: Amhara Media Corporation Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, August 31/2021 – In a statement issued last night, the Amhara Regional State has called on middle and high school students, students of preparatory, technical and vocational training institutions, university students, graduates, teachers as well as all youth who are physically capable to organize in…
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News Analysis: Amid suspension of Catholic Church aid activities in Tigray, Inter Religious Council to issue a nationwide call for prayer
The Inter Religious Council of Ethiopia to issue a nationwide call to prayer on Thursday. Photo : Inter Religious Council of Ethiopia Facebook By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 31/2021 – The Spokesperson for the Inter Religious Council of Ethiopia (IRCE), Fasika Tesfaye told Addis Standard, “The council is preparing to issue its call on Thursday and each religious…
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Analysis: How social workers help displaced families in Amhara state to cope, recover from trauma
Hana (name changed) and her friends stay in a shelter for displaced people, Shewa Robit town. When conflict happens women and children are affected first and affected most. Photo: UNICEFEthiopia/2021/NahomTesfaye Addis Abeba, August 31/2021 – The conflict that has spread across five woredas (districts) of the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara region in March displaced 246,000 people, according to the Zone Disaster Prevention and Food Security Programme…
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News: UNSC A-3+1 ask Ethiopian lawmakers to lift terrorist designation from armed actors to allow direct contact, negotiation
Ambassador Martin Kimani during the briefing on August 26. Picture: Screengrab/AS Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, August 28/2021 – Speaking at the UNSC open briefing on Tigray held on August 26, SC member states commonly known as A-3+1 said Ethiopia’s incoming parliament “should prepare to lift” terrorist designation of “armed actors” to allow for direct contact and negotiation with armed…
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News: OCHA says UN is unable to bring any trucks into Tigray since August 20; over 300,000 people displaced in Afar, Amhara regions
A local market in the town of Samre, Tigray RegionPhoto: @OCHA_Ethiopia By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 28/2021 – In the newest report on the humanitarian situation in the country, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) discussed the humanitarian situation in Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. OCHA reported that while 100 trucks a day…
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News: OLF slams rights commission’s report on recent East Wollega conflict, calls for independent investigation
Violence broke out in East Wollega last week claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, August 28/2021 – The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) strongly criticized the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission(EHRC) and accused it of omitting the atrocities it said were committed by the Amhara militias and government forces on Oromo civilians and selectively highlighting…
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Letter: An open call by African intellectuals for urgent action on Ethiopia
“We call on any negotiated political settlement to include a process of public accountability for mass atrocities committed across Ethiopia” Click here to download full document Addis Abeba, August 27/2021 – We write this letter as concerned African intellectuals on the continent and in the Diaspora. Many of us have dedicated our professional lives to understanding the causes and potential…
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News: “The future of Ethiopia is at stake”: UN chief tells Security Council
Secretary General António Guterres during the briefing on August 26. Picture: Screengrab/AS Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, August 27/2021 – The U.N. Secretary General António Guterres made a rare and bold statement about the crisis facing Ethiopia since the start of the armed conflict in Tigray ten months ago. Speaking at the UNSC open briefing on August 26, the Secretary…
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News: Huawei awards ICT competition Ethiopia 2021 winners
Addis Abeba, August 27/2121 – Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology infrastructure and smart devices, announced the winners of the its ICT Competition Ethiopia 2021, entitled “Connection, Glory, Future.” The competition was officially launched on 26th May, following Huawei’s strategy to develop Ethiopia’s ICT talent and innovation ecosystem. The awarding ceremony of the national final, held…
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