Month: August 2021
- Africa
News: UN OCHA chief affirms solidarity with Ethiopia, discusses humanitarian operations, warns against attacking aid workers
Martin Griffiths, New UN OCHA Chief By Etenesh Abera @EtenehsAb Addis Abeba, August 04/2021 – Martin Griffiths, the newly appointed UN OCHA chief yesterday in a press briefing concluding his six day visit to Ethiopia, where he affirmed the solidarity of OCHA with the people of Ethiopia, discussed the status of humanitarian work in war torn Tigray and warned against…
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News: Fed government suspends operations of three humanitarian organizations
MSF Holland Office in Addis Abeba By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 04/2021- In a statement published on Ethiopia Fact Check today, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s Agency for Civil Society announced the temporary suspension of MSF Holland, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Al-Maktoume humanitarian operations in Ethiopia. The statement accused MSF Holland and the Norwegian Refugee Council…
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News: US calls for restoration of status quo ante, an end to military conflicts as top official arrives in Ethiopia
Before traveling to Ethiopia, USAID Administrator Samantha Power visited the Um Rakuba camp in Eastern Sudan which hosts thousands of refugees who escaped conflict in Tigray By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, August 04/2021 – The US government has called for the restoration of the status quo ante and an end of the nine months military hostilities in order for…
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News: “The pressure to open a corridor through western Tigray is unacceptable.” says NDRMC commissioner
Mitiku Kassa, National Disaster Risk Management Commissioner. Photo: ENA By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 03/2021 -“The pressure to open a corridor through western Tigray is unacceptable,” Mitiku Kassa, National Disaster Risk Management Commissioner told a local news outlet today. According to the report, the NRDC noted that ‘some Westerners and their institutions’ are pushing for the opening of a…
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News update: Fed. court passes sentence on the three defendants in Hachalu Hundessa assassination trial
Hachalu Hundessa By Mahlet Fasil @MaheltFasil Addis Abeba, August 03, 2021 – The Federal High court Lideta branch anti- terrorism and constitutional 2nd bench today has today sentenced on the three defendants accused of having involvement in the assassination of Hachalu Hundesa. While Tilahun Yami, the first defendant on the file who was found guilty of violating anti-terrorisom proclamation 1176/2012…
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News Analysis: Orbit Innovation Hub graduates it’s first batch of startup businesses striving to address societal issues
Graduates and guests on the event Photo: Orbit Innovation hub By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, August 02/2021- Most of the engineers at New Era Research and Development Center are university interns while some are high school students who learned of the opportunity from social media accounts. “What we are doing is accelerating our business. We worked together with the…
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