Month: September 2021
- Africa
News: Bahir Dar imposes new measures restricting movements, penalizing businesses, banning unofficial military training in the city
Bahir Dar City Administration. Photo: Bahir Dar Communication Bureau By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 23/2021 – Yesterday Bahir Dar city administration announced new restrictive measures, banning carrying of weapons in the city, penalizing businesses who violate new directive and banning military training outside official channels. These measures were announced after a meeting of the city’s security council where…
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News: Ministry rings alarm after record Covid-19 death; calls on adherence to prevention directives
Dr. Lia Tadesse , Minister of Health in yesterday’s press briefing. Photo: Ministry of Health By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 23/2021 -“As a result of COVID-19 pandemic, the number of severe cases and deaths are on the rise,” Minister of Health Dr. Lia Tadesse said yesterday in the weekly press briefing. “Despite the fact that there is a dangerous…
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News: KOICA funds new FAO project to improve post-harvest management in Ethiopia
The Project will build the capacities of stakeholders and promote post-harvest technologies for maize, wheat, honey, and milk. Addis Abeba, September 23/2021 – With funding from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a new USD 1.5 million project to improve post-harvest management of maize, wheat, honey, and milk in the Amhara region…
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News Analysis: Humanitarian assistance ‘not enough’ to meet the increasing number of IDPs in North, South Wollo Zones of Amhara Region
IDPs in Dessie City Photo: Dessie City Administration Communication Bureau By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 & Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 22/2021– Abebe Gebremeskel, the mayor of Dessie City told Addis Standard that more than 270,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) settled in Dessie City fleeing the ongoing conflict that spilled into the Amhara region after the withdrawal of Ethiopian National…
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Breaking: More opposition parties pull out of upcoming elections in Somali region
Abdulqadir Adem (PhD), Chairman of Freedom and Equality Party (FEP) (Left) , Birhanu Nega (PhD) Chairman of Chairman of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (Right) By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, September 21/2021 – The Somali region branches of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (Ezema) and Freedom and Equality Party (FEP) announced their withdrawal from the second round of…
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Interview: “Time to agree to a negotiated ceasefire and to turn away from military escalation”: U.S.
Buses damaged by the war in Tigray. Picture: Ethiopia Insider The following is excerpts from telephonic press briefing with Bryan Hunt, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Africa and the Sudans, and Erik Woodhouse, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions on the Biden-Harris Administration actions in response to the ongoing crisis in Northern Ethiopia held on September…
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News: U.S. Defense Trade Controls issues notice to U.S. defense manufactures on “policy of denial for controlled defense exports” to Ethiopia, Eritrea
Picture: Military Parade during the inauguration ceremony of “Sheger Park” in Addis Abeba on Sep. 10.2020. Photo: Daniel Getachew/The Reporter Full text by the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Addition of Ethiopia and Update to Eritrea On May 23, 2021, the Secretary of State announced restrictions related to security assistance…
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Breaking: ONLF pulls out of delayed election
Senior Leadership of ONLF. Photo: Juweria Ali By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, September 17/2021 – Abdi Mahdi, the chairman of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) told Addis Standard that the party is withdrawing from the upcoming second round of the national elections scheduled to take September 30, 2021. He explained to Addis Standard that the decision was reached due…
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Full text: Pres. Biden’s Executive Order on Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia
President Biden. Picture: White House Full text By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of…
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News: Ethiopia embraces UNSC calls for AU led trilateral negotiation, warns humanitarian partners against acts that threaten sovereignty, national security
Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Minister of Foreign Affairs speaking to local and international media. By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 17/2021 – At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs biweekly press briefing yesterday, Ambassador Dina Mufti, the Spokesperson of the Ministry discussed the recent UN Security Council calls on Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, to resume negotiations on the…
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