Year: 2021
- Africa
News: Tigray’s Women Affairs, Communications bureaus confirm sexual violence in the region is rampant.
Women lined up to receive humanitarian aid supplied by IOM in Tigray Translated by SIYANNE MEKONNEN @SIYAANNE A report published by DW Amharic suggested that the number of women who have been subjected to sexual violence during the conflict in Tigray regional state is unknown. The interim administration of the region stated that more than 500 women have been raped…
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News: Redfox Solutions partners with Rittal to bring Ethiopia its First Private Data Center
Eyob Tekalign Tolina (PhD), State Minister, Ministry of Finance giving an address during the ceremony. Source (Social Media) Addis Ababa March 18, 2021 – RedFox Solutions Group is breaking ground to build Ethiopia’s first private data center. The move aims to bring state-of the-art infrastructure, availability, efficiency, and sustainability to this sought-after ICT hub. Known as RFDC1, the data center…
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News: Lidetu Ayalew banned from traveling abroad for the second time
Lidetu Ayalew By Mahlet fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba March 17, 2021– Founder and leader of the opposition Ethiopian Democratic Party Lidetu Ayalew was banned from travelling to the United States yesterday evening. This is the second time Lidetu was prevented from travelling to the US to get medical treatment related to heart problems. Previously he was banned from travelling due…
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News: Dawud Ibsa’s OLF slams Electoral Board for participation in splinter group’s meeting to elect new chairman
OLF Chairman Dawud Ibsa, left and his deputy Ararso Biqila, right By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba March 17, 2021 – The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has been making headlines related to divisions within the leadership. In a recent development, the faction led by the deputy chairman Ararso Biqila has held a general assembly and elected a new chairman. The…
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News: Tigray Interim Admin Officials say they are dismissed for speaking up against atrocities and destruction
Left to right, Alula Habteab and Amdom Gebreselassie. BY MEDIHANE EKUBAMICHAEL @MEDIHANE Addis Abeba March 16, 2021 – Amdom Gebreselassie, Deputy Head of Communication Affairs bureau , and Alula Habteab, Head of the bureau of Construction, Road and Transport have been discharged from their duties through a letter they received from Mulu Nega (PhD), Head of Tigray Interim Administration. According to…
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In depth analysis: Three years of broken promises, anger compound Oromo IDPS displaced after violence ravaged Oromia-Somali regions.
Adama’s Ganda Hara camp from a distance, located in Bole sub-city and on the road to Addis Abeba By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan & Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Ababa, March 16/2021 – It never occurred to Abdi Suleiman, an ethnic Oromo who escaped his home in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia at the start of conflicts in the border areas between Somali…
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News: 15 Defendants in Jawar Mohammed’s file entered pleas of not guilty; Bekele Gerba, Hamza Adane, Jawar Mohammed and Shemsedin Taha did not appear.
Left to right: Bekele Gerba, Jawar Mohammed and Hamza Borana By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, March 15/2021– Today the Federal High Court, Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-Terrorism Bench saw the case of 24 defendants in Jawar Mohammed’s file who are charged in violation of Article 240 of the 1996 Penal Code, violation of the Proclamation No. 1176 /2012 on…
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News: More than 40 civilians killed in western Oromia; regional gov’t, OLA rebels trade blame
Picture received by Addis Standard shows victims’ bodies of the weekend killing in Horo Guduru, east Wellega, in Oromia By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 12/2021 – A series of attacks in western Oromia regional state mounted by armed men against civilians since Saturday March 6 claimed the lives of at least 42 people so far, including women and children. The…
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News: Oromia Special Forces in East Wollega kill a high-school student days before he sits for school leaving exam
Student Tadele was killed just days before he was scheduled to sit for the 12th grade national school leaving exam, which was concluded On Thursday Match 11 By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 12/2021 – As the Oromia regional state government renewed its vows to wipe out the rebel group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an intensified crackdown continued to claim…
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