Year: 2021
- Africa
News: Ethiopia rejects UN rights council resolution, calls EU proposal ‘politically motivated’
Ambassador Dina Mufti, spokesperson of the MoFA Photo: MoFA By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, July 13/2021 – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement expressed disappointment at the resolution presented by the European Union on the situation of human rights in Tigray and was adopted at the 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council today.…
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News: Ethiopia urges Egypt, Sudan to return to AU-led negotiations on GERD
Dr. Seleshi Bekele speaking last week at the UNSC on GERD meeting. Picture: Dr. Seleshi Addis Abeba, July 13/2021 – In a statement released this morning, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the trilateral negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have been underway to reach an outcome on the first filling and annual operation of…
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Analysis: Despite low income, Industrial parks workers remain hopeful; IPDC, EIC say conditions are improving, promise more reforms
Hawassa Industrial Park By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, July 12/2021 – Meaza, is a mother of two who came from rural kebeles around Dilla city in the South Nation, Nationalities and Peoples Region(SNNPR). She spent Six month while working in Hawassa’s Industrial Park. She said, detailing how she came to work in the park,’’ I joined the workforce after…
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News Analysis: Ruling Party wins Fed. parliament, contested regional councils by a landslide; Re-elections, Recounts to be conducted in 23 constituencies
Left to Right: Birtukan Mideksa, Chairwoman of NEBE, Sahlework Zewde, President of FDR Ethiopia. Photo: NEBE By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Ababa, July 12/2021 – The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced the final results of the 6th national election on July 10, 2021. Out of 547 seats of the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR), the election was contested…
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News: Rights commission closely monitoring the situation of arrested journalists, urges authorities to follow due process
Left to right: Bekalu Alamrew, Yayesew Shimeles, Abebe Bayu, Fana Negash, Fanuel Kinfu and Meheret Gebrekirstos By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, July 12/2021 – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued a statement discussing the arrest of Awlo and Ethio-Forum journalists and staff members and urging authorities to follow due process and release the detained journalists and staff members…
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News: Mohammed Deksiso free at last after missing for weeks
Mohammed Diksisso free at last. Picture: Family By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, July 10/2021– Mohammed Deksiso, the Jimma university graduate was released after nearly Five months of detention. Today he was freed from where he was held for over six weeks without his family’s knowledge of his whereabouts. He was arrested on February 14, 2021 after calling out ‘Free…
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News: Fed. Gov’t accuses OCHA of misinformation; discuss conditions for humanitarian flights to Tigray
A local market in the town of Samre, Tigray RegionPhoto: @OCHA_Ethiopia By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, July 09, 2021 – The Federal Government of Ethiopia in a statement released this afternoon expressed disappointment at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for its inaccurate reports and statements in depicting the situation in Tigray. In the…
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News: Ethiopia hails diplomatic success as UNSC favors AU-Led negotiations
Eng Seleshi Bekele (PhD) Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Photo: Official Twitter Account of the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, July 10/2021 – UN Security (UNSC) Council members in a session yesterday, backed the African Union (AU) sponsored talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation…
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News: World Food Program trucks en route to Mekelle and Semera forced to return from North Wollo
WFP trucks transporting aid to Tigray. Photo: WFP Translated by Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, July 09/2021 – Nine trucks of World Food Program (WFP) carrying food aid en route to Mekelle, Tigray and Semera, Afar states, were forced to return from North Wollo zone North Wollo Zone of Amhara State, local authorities told Ethiopia Insider, an independent Amharic online…
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