Month: September 2021
- Africa
News: Nearly 5,000 Ethiopian migrants stuck in Yemen need extra support to return home: IOM
Migrants prepare to depart from Aden on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight last week. Photo: Majed Mohammed/IOM Yemen Addis Abeba, September 09/2021 – As the dangers for migrants in Yemen intensify against a backdrop of conflict and the COVID-19 crisis, nearly 5,000 Ethiopians stranded in Yemen are waiting for their chance to safely return home. This week, about…
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News: Ministry suspends more than 80,000, revokes 520 licenses & sues 2,230 businesses; issues warning against price hiking
Translation by By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 08/ 2021 – The Ministry of Trade and Industry said it has taken actions against more than 80,641 businesses that have made improper price hikes and participated in illegal activities. The Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) quoted Communications Adviser to the Minister of Trade and Industry of the Federal Democratic Republic of…
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News: Two weeks after his rearrest, first court appearance, Fed. court grants Fed. police 14 days to remand Ethiopian Herald editor Tsegaye Hagos
Tsegaye Hagos. Photo: Family By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 08/2021 – Judges at the Federal First Instant Court have today granted the federal police 14 days to remand and investigatie Tsegaye Hagos, an editor at The Herald, the english language publications of Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) Today. Tsegaye Hagos was presented to the Federal First Instance court for…
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News: The Elders say UNSC “must take action to incentivise” warring parties in Ethiopia “to negotiate a ceasefire”
Members of The Elders. Picture: The Eleders Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, September 08/2021 – Members of the independent group of global leaders, better known as The Elders, told members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that “the Council must take action to incentivise the parties to negotiate a ceasefire” in Ethiopia’s ten-month old civil war in Tigray. “Ending the fighting is the only way to cease the…
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News: ICRC calls on all parties to protect healthcare, other vital services, highlights its efforts in Afar, Amhara, Tigray regions
ICRC operations in northern Ethiopia. Photo: ICRC Addis Abeba, September 07/2021 – Displaced people have few belongings and sleep in overcrowded shelters, schools or even out in the open, where they may be exposed to the rainy season and cold weather in high-altitude regions. Water, food, cash, fuel and power are highly scarce, and those who are displaced rely heavily…
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News: Amid rising cases of Covid-19, Ministry of Health records Delta variant in Ethiopia
Dr. Lia Tadesse, Minister of Health. Photo: Ministry of Health By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 07/2021 – The number of positive cases, deaths and serious cases in Ethiopia has risen sharply in recent weeks,” Health Minister Dr. Lia Tadesse said in the ministry of health (MoH) weekly press briefing. The minister also disclosed that cases with the Delta…
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News: Ethiopian says shipment of weapons to Sudan hunting guns with proper documents
By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, September 06/2021 – Yesterday, Sudanese state media SUNA, and multiple international news outlets reported that Sudanese authorities seized an Ethiopian airlines cargo of 72 boxes of Russian made weapons that arrived in Khartoum international Airport via Addis Abeba. The shipment was seized by the Empowerment Removal Committee according to Sudan Tribune. The committee tasked with…
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News: ENDF says it killed 50 fighters attempting to cross from Sudan; Sudanese army dismiss accusation as ‘baseless’
Colonel Seife Ingi, Metekel Zone Command Post Operational Coordinator. Photo: ENDF By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, September 04/2021 – Yesterday, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) said it has killed 50 mercenaries working with Tigrayan Forces who attempted to cross into Ethiopia from Sudan to attack the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and halt the continuing of its operation. …
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News: Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for Ethiopia blames worsening humanitarian situation on ‘bureaucratic impediments’, warns against looming famine
Grant Leaity, the Acting Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia. Photo: Social Media Click here to download the full statement. Addis Abeba, September 03/2021 – In a statement issued yesterday, the Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for Ethiopia, Grant Leaity discussed the operational constraints affecting the humanitarian situation in northern Ethiopia and the de facto humanitarian blockade of Tigray Mr Leaity said, “With the…
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