Year: 2021
- Africa
News: Amid closure of Embassy in Algiers, Reports of closure of general consulate in Jeddah, Defections of diplomats, Ethiopia says it is ‘right sizing’ its diplomatic outposts
Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. at yesterday’s bi-weekly briefing. Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 03/2021 – Ambassador Dina Mufti, the Spokesperson of of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), gave the Ministry’s biweekly press briefing yesterday to local and international media discussing top political, economic and citizen-centered diplomacy agendas. “Ethiopia believes that Olusegun Obasanjo,…
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News: Ethiopian Catholic church says it was ‘misquoted’ as saying its aid activities are suspended in Tigray
Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church. Photo: Vatican News Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, September 02/2021 – The Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat issued a statement today asking for corrections of erroneous communication surrounding widely reported news of the church suspending aid in the Tigray region following the escalation of fighting and tensions in the region. On August…
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News Alert: Number of aid workers killed in Tigray climbs to 23
Members of the ICRC distributing humanitarian supplies in Tigray state. Picture: ICRC Addis Abeba, September 02/2021 – The total number of humanitarians killed in Tigray since the outset of the conflict has climbed from 12 to 23 as reports of the murder of an additional 11 aid workers from the Relief Society of Tigray (REST, an NGO based in Tigray)…
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News: US accuses Fed. Gov’t of stalling aid access into Tigray; OCHA says access hindered due to ‘bureaucratic and logistical’ reasons, calls for unfettered humanitarian access
Ned Price, Spokesperson for the State Department. Photo: Screengrab By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, September 02/2021 – In corresponding statements, the United States States department and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) complained of the worsening humanitarian situation in Tigray, blamed the delay in delivery of assistance on the Federal government and called for…
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News: USAID accuses TPLF of hindering humanitarian operations in Amhara state, looting food aid; blames all warring parties for food aid theft
Sean Johnes, the USAID mission Director to Ethiopia. Photo: Screengrab By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, September 01/2021 – In an interview with Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) that was aired yesterday, Sean Jones, the USAID mission Director to Ethiopia, accused forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of looting food aid and causing intentional damage to its warehouses…
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News: Amhara state calls on high school,technical & vocational,university students and teachers to join the fight against Tigrayan armed forces
ENDF members on duty sharing meal. Photo: Amhara Media Corporation Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, August 31/2021 – In a statement issued last night, the Amhara Regional State has called on middle and high school students, students of preparatory, technical and vocational training institutions, university students, graduates, teachers as well as all youth who are physically capable to organize in…
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News Analysis: Amid suspension of Catholic Church aid activities in Tigray, Inter Religious Council to issue a nationwide call for prayer
The Inter Religious Council of Ethiopia to issue a nationwide call to prayer on Thursday. Photo : Inter Religious Council of Ethiopia Facebook By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 31/2021 – The Spokesperson for the Inter Religious Council of Ethiopia (IRCE), Fasika Tesfaye told Addis Standard, “The council is preparing to issue its call on Thursday and each religious…
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Analysis: How social workers help displaced families in Amhara state to cope, recover from trauma
Hana (name changed) and her friends stay in a shelter for displaced people, Shewa Robit town. When conflict happens women and children are affected first and affected most. Photo: UNICEFEthiopia/2021/NahomTesfaye Addis Abeba, August 31/2021 – The conflict that has spread across five woredas (districts) of the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara region in March displaced 246,000 people, according to the Zone Disaster Prevention and Food Security Programme…
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News: UNSC A-3+1 ask Ethiopian lawmakers to lift terrorist designation from armed actors to allow direct contact, negotiation
Ambassador Martin Kimani during the briefing on August 26. Picture: Screengrab/AS Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, August 28/2021 – Speaking at the UNSC open briefing on Tigray held on August 26, SC member states commonly known as A-3+1 said Ethiopia’s incoming parliament “should prepare to lift” terrorist designation of “armed actors” to allow for direct contact and negotiation with armed…
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News: OCHA says UN is unable to bring any trucks into Tigray since August 20; over 300,000 people displaced in Afar, Amhara regions
A local market in the town of Samre, Tigray RegionPhoto: @OCHA_Ethiopia By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 28/2021 – In the newest report on the humanitarian situation in the country, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) discussed the humanitarian situation in Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. OCHA reported that while 100 trucks a day…
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