Month: October 2021
- Africa
Update: PM Abiy calls on “our people” to temporarily hold occasional affairs, organize and march via legal manner to”prevent, reverse & bury terrorist TPLF”
PM Abiy Ahmed attending his premiership inaugural ceremony at Meskel Square. Picture: PMO Addis Abeba, October 31/2021 – PM Abiy Ahmed called on “our people to temporarily hold occasional affairs, organize and march through legal manner with every weapon and power/might in order to prevent, reverse and bury the terrorist TPLF that has come to the destruction” of the country.…
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Update: Amhara State Council declares emergency including region-wide curfew, suspension of activities by state institutions
Dr. Yilikal Kefale, newly elected President of Amhara State. Pictures: AMC Addis Abeba, October 31/2021 – The Amhara National Regional State Council, in its 6th round, first year, 4th emergency meeting held today has declared a nine point emergency decree which includes the suspension of regular activities by all government institutions in the state and state-wide curfew. The following is…
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News Alert: US calls for TPLF to withdraw from Amhara, Afar regions, halt advances in and around Dessie and Kombolcha cities
Tigrayan fighters around Dessie. Pictures: Social Media Addis Abeba, October 30/2021 – In the midst of conflicting reports on the status of the city of Dessie in Amhara regional State, the U.S. State Department has called on “the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to withdraw from the Amhara and Afar regions, including halting its advances in and around the cities…
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News: Citing noncompliance with court orders by Fed. police, Awlo media shuts down operations, relieves all employees
Photo: Social media By Getahun Tsegaye @Getahun Tsegay12 & Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, October 30/2021 – In a statement released yesterday, Awlo Media announced the closure of the media house and the subsequent relief of all its employees. The statement explained that despite operating in the online media sector for the last 3 years after fulfilling all the legalities…
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News: Fed.,regional law enforcement forum says TPLF’s mission to destroy Ethiopia can’t be undone by military means alone, calls on public to join
From Left: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attending the joint federal and regional law enforcement forum in Bahir Dar on Oct. 29. Picture: AMC By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, October 30/2021 – A statement released on October 29 after a daylong consultation in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara…
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News: Ethiopia tells local broadcasters to terminate airing foreign media programs
Mohammed Idriss. Picture: EMA By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, October 30/2021 – The Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA), the main regulatory body of broadcast media in Ethiopia, has ordered Ethiopian broadcasters that transmit programs from foreign media outlets to terminate doing so effective October 29. In a statement issued on October 29, Mohammed Idriss, EMA Director General, said EMA has…
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News: Civilian casualties as conflict in northern Ethiopia intensifies; Fed. government denies targeting civilians in Mekelle airstrike
A renewed air strike in Mekelle killed and injured several civilians By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, October 29/2021 – Another airstrike on targets in Tigray’s capital Mekelle claimed the lives of 10 civilians. Reuters quoted a doctor at Mekelle’s Ayder Referral Hospital as saying, “so far 10 people have died as a result of the strike and 21 were…
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News: Two young Ethiopian scientists selected in the residency of Young African Scientific Talent organized by Universcience in Paris
Addis Abeba, October 29/2021 – Selamawit Getachew Abate and Eskedar Gebreyehu Ayele, two young Ethiopian researchers were selected in the residency of Young African Scientific Talent organized by Universcience. Trainee researcher at ICGM in France and Kurita Europe in Germany, Selamawit Getachew Abate is specialized in material science. Eskedar Gebreyehu Ayele has conducted research into miniaturized, affordable satellites and currently…
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News: Ethiopia promises to respect AU decision on Sudan, says national dialogue in the near future
Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, October 28/2021 – Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) biweekly press briefing, Ambassador Dina Mufti, the spokesperson of the ministry discussed diplomatic activities, the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the need to have and all-inclusive dialogue, and the overall current situation in the country.…
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News: Fed. court grants police little over a week to remand, investigative Ahadu Radio 94 reporter, news department editor
Left: Luwam Atikilti, Right: Kibrom Worku. Photo: Social Media Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, October 28/2021 – Luwam Atikilti, a journalist at Ahadu Radio and TV made her second appearance at Arada First Instance Court after she was arrested by Addis Abeba police on October 22, 2021. At the hearing today, the court granted the police additional Eight days to…
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