Year: 2021
- Africa
News: Security forces kill scores of civilians, arrest several in Metekel after attack by rebels killed three, wounded seven; Ethiopia accuses Egypt & Sudan for persistent violence
By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – An eyewitness told Addis Standard that on February 26, 2021 members of the military opened fire on civilians killing 26 people including women and the elderly in Albasa kebele of Dibate Woreda, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz regional state. Temesgen Gemechu, a resident of Dibate woreda said “We have never seen anything like…
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News: Ethiopia Rights Commission urges restraint in gender-based hate speech, violence against women participating in electoral process
#ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021 logo. Credit: Document Foundation Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – Marking International Women’s Day, themed this year “Choose to Challenge”, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called on all stakeholders to do their part to prevent gender-based/gender motivated hate speech and other forms of gender-based violence against women participating in the 2021 national elections as political party candidates,…
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News: Elders’ intervention ends hunger strike by Oromo opposition politicians
From left: Bekele Gerba, Jawar Mohammed, Dejene Tafa and Hamza Broana of OFC. By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 08/2021 – After a consorted effort by a group of elders, which included Ethiopia’s famed Olympian Derartu Tulu, religious and community leaders, imprisoned Oromo opposition party politicians have agreed to bring to an end the hunger strike they began 40 days…
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Exclusive: How the UN drops Tigray resolution after second attempt failed
UNSC meeting hall. Photo: Irish Missing to the UN. Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, March 06/2021 – The UN Security Council (UNSC) has dropped issuing a resolution calling for cessation of hostilities and respect for international humanitarian laws in Ethiopia’s war- torn Tigray regional state after a second attempt has failed to produce consensus among members states. On March 04,…
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Breaking: UN accepts AU Chairperson’s invitation to support & participate in AU-led negotiation on GERD
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Picture: PMO Addis Abeba, March 05/2021 – The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the United Nations “is available to support and participate in the African Union-led negotiation process on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,” according to a telephone readout the secretary General has with Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim, Foreign Minister of Egypt, late this…
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New Report on Axum: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians: HRW
A woman, injured by shelling during the Ethiopian and Eritrean military [shelling] in Axum, sits on the floor as she receives medical care. The image was taken on November 30, 2020 according to the photograph’s metadata. © 2020 Private /HRW 05 March 2021 – Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of civilians, including children as young as 13, in the historic…
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Update: UN Secretary General joins growing calls for Eritrean forces to leave Tigray
UN Secretary General General António Guterres. Photo: Office of the Spokesperson Addis Abeba, March 4/2021 – The UN Secretary General General António Guterres joined growing numbers of countries calling on Eritrean forces to leave Tigray, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told journalists during his press briefing today. When asked if the Secretary General was “calling for Eritrean troops to leave Tigray”,…
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News: Tigray region interim admin unanimous on the need for Eritrean troops’ withdrawal: bureau head
A picture which circulated on social media yesterday shows an Eritrean soldier (left) at an unidentified local branch of state owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Addis Abeba, March 04/2021 – Tigray regional state interim administration has reached at a unanimous stand on the need for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the region. The interim administration’s bureau head Gebremeskel Kassa…
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News: Jimma Uni graduate, two others who remain in police custody against court order face new charges
From Left: Jimma university graduates Mohammed Deksiso, Mulugeta Shitee and University staffer Wondimu Legesse Abba Dafar (PhD) By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 04/2021 – The Police in Jimma city, Oromia regional states have brought new charges against Jimma university graduates Mohammed Deksiso, Mulugeta Shitee and University staffer Wondimu Legesse Abba Dafar (PhD), their lawyer Obsinan Girma told Addis Standard.…
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News: Construction of GERD progressing, tendency to invite various parties to mediate “demeaning” to AU-led negotiations: Amb. Dina Mufti
Ambassador Dina Mufti. Photo Credit: MoFA Addis Abeba, March 03/2021 – In his biweekly press briefing today, Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the construction of the Great Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) is progressing well and public involvement in advocacy, financial and professional support is highly encouraged. The Ambassador also said efforts to bring in other…
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