Month: October 2021
- Africa
News: Two Senate, House Republicans urge Ethiopia to “correct course” to avert “revocation of AGOA benefits”
Ethiopian women workers constitute 80% of employment in Industrial Parks. Picture: Industrial Parks Development Corporation Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, October 27/2021 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas), issued a statement expressing their “hope that the Ethiopian government can correct course and avert a revocation of…
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News: Ezema MPs call PM Abiy to appear in Parliament, answer questions on ongoing war in northern Ethiopia
PM Abiy Ahmed responding to questions from members of parliament during his last appearance on Oct. 06/2021/ Picture: HoPR By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, October 26/2021 – Four members of the Ethiopian Social Justice Party (Ezema) who recently joined the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HoPR) called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to appear in parliament to answer to their…
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Full text: House Foreign Affairs Committee Res. 445
Addis Abeba, October 25/2021– The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed an amended version of H.Res. 445, condemning all violence and human rights abuses in Ethiopia and calling for all combatants in the conflict in Northern Ethiopia to cease all hostilities. Representative Karen Bass sharing her remarks on the passage of the resolution said, “I led this resolution because I want to…
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News: OFC says planned national dialogue futile, asks for comprehensive transition, including armed groups
Professor Merera Gudina, Chairman of OFC By Addis Standard Staff Addis Standard, October 25/2021 – Today in a statement addressing the call by the federal government for an inclusive national dialogue , the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) set pre-conditions for its participation in the dialogue and said that refusal or failure to meet its conditions would render its participation futile.…
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News Analysis: Between accusations, denials, renewed violence along Oromia-Somali border area claims 4 lives, displaces hundreds
By Dereje Gonfa @DerejeGonfa Addis Abeba, October 25/2021 – Sources confirmed to Addis Standard that at least four people died and hundreds fled their homes as a result of renewed violence in Chinaksen woreda, East Hararghe zone of Oromia region bordering areas with the Somali region on Wednesday. Abinet (name changed for security reasons) resident of Chinaksen town told Addis…
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News: Government confirms Almeda textile one of yesterday’s targets of two airstrikes in Tigray
Almeda Textile Factory sustained heavy damages in the War, Pictures dated December last year By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, October 25/2021 – The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) on Sunday launched airstrikes on the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) military bases in the Maitsebri and Adwa towns of Tigray, the Government Communication Affairs Service announced. Legesse Tulu (PhD), head…
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News: Eskinder Nega tells Rights Commission recent attack inside prison not “trivial matter”
Eskinder Nega. Picture: Screengrab/CPJ Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, October 23/2021 – Eskinder Nega, founder of the opposition Balderas for Genuince Democracy, has expressed his concerns to visiting officials from the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) representatives that the recent physical attack he suffered inside the Kilito prison, where he is currently kept at, was not “a trivial matter.” A…
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News: U.N. received “necessary clearances” for humanitarian flight, no “prior warning” of airstrike on Mekelle
Caption: Martin Griffiths holding a press conference in Geneva On Friday, 6 August 2021 about his mission to Ethiopia. Photo: UNOCHA Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, October 23/2021 – Martin Griffiths, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, confirmed media reports that the UN humanitarian flight in Ethiopia “destined for Mekelle in Tigray was forced to return…
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News: Ethiopia says conflict in the North ‘an internal matter’, vows to fend off ‘external pressure’
Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegaye12 Addis Abeba, October 21/2021 – Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) biweekly press briefing, Ambassador Dina Mufti, the spokesperson of the ministry discussed the the 39th ordinary session of the executive council of the African Union Commission (AUC), as well as other important diplomatic items and the…
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News: Citing security threats, another major city in Amhara region imposes curfew
Meeting where a decision to impose curfew was made. Photo: Debre Birhan City Administration By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, October 21/2021 – The Debre Berhan City Administration released a statement announcing that discussed various current affairs with the police and kebele administrators and reached many decisions including the imposing of curfew. The city administration detailed what it described as…
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