Year: 2021
- Africa
News update: Lawyer of prominent opposition political figures found dead in Adama
Abduljebir Hussien Photo: Social Media By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 12/2021 – Abduljebir Hussien, a member of the Oromo Political Prisoners Defense Team and the lawyer of major political figures such as Lidetu Ayalew, Bekele Gerba and Jawar Mohammed was found dead in Adama city yesterday. A close friend of Abduljebir, Mohamed Jimma told Addis standard that Abdulijeber…
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News: Regional district court grants Fed. police four days to remand Abebe Bayu of Ethio-Forum, Bekalu Alamrew, Fanuel Kinfu of Awlo Media for investigation
Fanuel Kinfu , Bekalu Alamrew and Abebe Bayu By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 12/2021 – The trial of Journalists Abebe Bayu of Ethio-Forum, Bekalu Alamrew and Fanuel Kinfu of Awlo Media began today. The hearing took place at the premises of Awash Fentale District Court in Afar regional state. The three defendants were present in Awash Fentale District…
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Economic commentary: PM Abiy’s Inflation Test
The monthly inflation for food items is 28.7% By Guest Contributor Addis Abeba, August 11/2021 –Inflation has become emblematic of the Ethiopian economy. Prices have gone awry the last three years that the popular perception is “there seems to be no one stopping them from increasing”. The last parliamentary speech of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the time it took…
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News : Dessie Mayor says expected number of IDPs 10 to 15 thousands as city prepares four temporary shelters; South Gondar Zone mobilizes residents against TPLF
Dessie City prepared temporary shelters for IDPs in relation to the ongoing conflict in Tigray Photo: Dessie City Administration Communication By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 11/2021. Dessie City Administration in a statement shared on its communication bureau official Facebook page, announced that it has prepared temporary shelters for internally displaced people (IDP) in relation to the ongoing conflict…
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News: Journalist Yayesew Shimeles asks Fentale District Court for bail; Court gives alternative date to decide on bail, 14 days request by Fed. Police to remand Yayesew
Journalist Yayesew Shimeles By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 11/2021 – The trial of Journalist Yayesew Shimeles of Ethio-Forum, a Youtube based news outlet, began yesterday in Awash Fentale District Court in Afar regional state. Yayesew, who was in attendance, asked the court to release him on bail. News: 10 staff members of Awlo Media released from prison in…
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News: PM Abiy Ahmed discusses current affairs, issues national call for complete mobilization against forces loyal to TPLF
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 10/2021 – In a statement released today, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed discussed current affairs and issued a national call. The PM called on all forms of complete mobilisation against Tigrayan forces. In his address to the nation, PM Abiy accused the TPLF ( recently designated by the House of…
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News: Latest OCHA report estimates 1,003,000 IDPs as a result of violence across Ethiopia; urges parties to conflict to protect aid workers, ease of humanitarian access
Overview of active hostilities by location Picture: OCHA By Addis Standard Staff Click here to Download Full Report Addis Abeba, August 10/2021 – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued a report where it discussed the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ethiopia. It disclosed in the report that a total of one million and three thousand…
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News Alert: UNHCR asks US$164.5 m “to urgently assist 5.2 m displaced people in Ethiopia and Sudan amid the ongoing conflict”
UNHCR staff in Addis Ababa are registering Eritrean refugees who fled from the now destroyed Hitsats and Shimelba camps in Tigray. Photo: UNHCR/Olga Sarrado Addis Abeba, August 10 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners have regained access to the Mai Aini and Adi Harush camps for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Violent clashes in the area…
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News: 10 staff members of Awlo Media released from prison in Afar; trials are set for Four journalists
Fanuel Kinfu , Bekalu Alamrew, Abebe Bayu and Yayesew Shimeles By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 10/2021 – It was reported that the federal police commission has released 10 Staff members of Awlo media yesterday by guarantee of their identification cards after 41 days of imprisonment in the Afar region. The 10 staff members who were released yesterday include…
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News Analysis: Amhara Regional Gov’t cautions community against ‘infiltrators’; Woldia city residents call on fed gov’t for immediate action
Gizatchew Muluneh, Amhara Regional Communication Bureau Head. Photo: Amhara Communication Bureau By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 09/ 2021 – Despite Amhara’s regional government’s recent calls for a “Survival Campaign” and a corresponding responses by other regional states, residents of Woldia complained about fresh attacks by forces allied to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and called on the…
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