Year: 2021
- Editorial
Editorial recall on erroneous insertion of a term in the news from August 25
From the editors Addis Abeba, August 26/2021 – The editorial of Addis Standard online publication would like to recognize an erroneous inclusion of a statement during the writing of news published on August 25 under the headline of “Intelligence chief vows to eliminate TPLF, followers of its ideologies; ramp up critic against foreign countries.” It has come to our attention…
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News: U.S. Trade Rep. hints “if unaddressed” rights violations “could affect” Ethiopia’s future AGOA eligibility
Katherine Tai and Mamo Mihretu. Picture: Twitter handles Addis Abeba, August 26/2021 – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai met virtually with Ethiopia’s Senior Policy Advisor and Chief Trade Negotiator Mamo Mihretu on August 25, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Global Public Affairs. She raised the ongoing violations of internationally recognized human rights amid the ongoing…
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News: Intelligence chief vows to eliminate TPLF, followers of its ideologies; ramp up critic against foreign countries
Temesgen Tiruneh issued the statement along with his picture in military uniform. By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 25/2021 – Temesgen Tiruneh, the Director General of the National intelligence and Security Service (NISS), has this morning, vowed to eliminate the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (T.P.L.F.), its ideologies and its followers. The intelligence chief has also ramped up a searing…
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News: Southern Command Military Court passes guilty verdict on army members accused of “working for TPLF”
Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 25/2021 – The Southern Command Military Court has passed guilty verdict on members of the army who were accused working for Tigray People’s Liberation front (T.P.L.F.). State media reported quoting the Military Court that the members of the armed forces were accused of “violating their commitments to the constitution and their country, endangering the…
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News: Ethiopia says Tunisia’s ongoing preparation to support Egypt on Nile issues puts “all riparian countries in a difficult position”
Ambassador Redwan Hussein. Picture: MoFA Addis Abeba, August 25/2021 – Ethiopia said that “Tunisia’s ongoing preparation to submit its inappropriate request again to the Security Council would put all riparian countries in a difficult position that necessitates cooperation to reverse it.” This was communicated during a meeting on August 24 held between State Minister Ambassador Redwan Hussein and Ambassadors of…
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News Analysis: Days After USAID Accused It Of Obstructing Aid Delivery Into Tigray, Fed. Gov’t Accuses Aid Agencies Of Colluding with TPLF; USAID rejects accusation
Mitiku Kassa, Commissioner of the National Disaster Risk Management Commission. Photo: Arts TV By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, August 24/2021 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in a series of tweets on the account of the US Embassy in Addis Abeba, responded to accusations levied against it on social media platforms of obstructing aid delivery to…
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News Analysis: Amid concerns over arbitrary detention of Tigrayans, Ethiopia forms joint police task force to arrest, prosecute “terrorists dispatched by TPLF”
Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 24/2021 – A joint task force was established by the Ethiopian Federal Police Criminal Investigation Bureau unit with the aim of upholding “the rule of law by arresting, and prosecuting, suspects dispatched by the TPLF and are involved in organized crimes.” The joint task force is led by the Federal Police Criminal Investigation Bureau…
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News: Electoral board unveils new date for Southwest referendum, elections in Somali & Harari regions
Residents of Angolela Tera Woreda, Amhara region lining up to vote in the first round of National elections that took place on June 21, 2021 By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, August 24/2021 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) yesterday announced that the election in Somali and Harari Regions as well as the south west referendum will be…
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Breaking: US Treasury sanctions Eritrean military leader in connection with serious human rights abuse in Tigray
Tigrayan victims of the Axum massacre perpetrated by Eritrean forces at the the last week of November 2020. Picture EHRC Addis Abeba, August 23/2021– Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos), the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), for being a leader or official of an entity that is engaged in…
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News: Two days after visit by Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, USAID chief reiterate call to end hostilities, start dialogue
Samantha Power, USAID Administrator at an event in Addis Abeba By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 20/2021 – The Administrator of The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power, in a statement released yesterday, discussing the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, urged forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to halt its hostilities in neighbouring regions,…
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