Year: 2021
- Art and culture
News: Ethiopia Habtemariam elevated to chairman & CEO of Motown records
Ethiopia Habtemariam. Photographer credit: Bonnie Nichoalds. Addis Abeba, March 03/2021 – Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music-based entertainment company, announced today thatEthiopia Habtemariam, who has served as President of Motown since 2014, has been elevated to Chairman and CEO of the label, reporting directly to UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge. In connection with Ethiopia’s promotion, Motown will…
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Just In: In a phone call with PM Abiy Sec. Blinken “pressed for the immediate end to hostilities and the withdrawal of outside forces from Tigray, including Amhara regional security forces and Eritrean troops”
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Readout March 02/2021 – Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to emphasize the United States’ concern about the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Noting the growing number of credible reports of atrocities and human rights violations and abuses, the Secretary…
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Breaking: Supreme Court Cassation Bench dismisses Attorney General’s appeal to block private hospital for Bekele Gerba, Jawar Mohammed et al
By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, March 01/2021 – The Federal Supreme Court Cassation Bench has late this afternoon dismissed the appeal by the Federal Attorney General to block the decision by the Federal High Court granting defendants on Jawar Mohammed file access to private medical facility. On February 19, the Federal Attorney General (AG) has appealed at the Federal Supreme…
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News: Board postponed candidate registration schedule for 2nd time; evaluating Afar region complaint over polling station listing under Somali region
By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, March 01/2021 – Faced with delays of various types, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has, for the second time, postponed the candidate registration schedule, originally set to take place between 15 – 28 February 2021. On February 27, the Board announced that it was extending the deadline by four more days to…
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Breaking: Immediate withdrawal of Eritrean, Amhara region forces from Tigray, unilateral cessation of hostilities by all & unhindered delivery of assistance: Antony J. Blinken
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2021. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain] Addis Abeba, February 28/2021- In his first official statement since becoming the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken said “the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces and Amhara regional forces from Tigray” are…
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News Analysis: Fed. Court grants police more days to remand, investigate senior TPLF officials, allows private treatment for ailing Sibhat Nega
Some of the former and current TPLF officials on Trial By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – Federal First Instance Court, Arada Division, pre-trial appointment hearing bench in its session on today looked in to the cases of the 20 TPLF officials who are under the federal polices custody, who appeared at the court for the fourth time. In today’s…
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News Alert: EU calls for immediate cessation of hostilities, says civilian sufferings in Tigray “appalling”
Living conditions for the displaced families in this school are very crowded. Nevertheless, the buildings provide shelter, there is access to water, and people feel much safer than in the rural areas where sporadic fighting is said to continue. © European Union, 2021 “Thousands of civilians have lost their lives” EU Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – The European Union (EU)…
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News: Ethiopia gets first Orange Digital Center in Addis Abeba
Ethiopia will be home to the third orange digital center in Africa next to Tunisia and Senegal By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Orange digital center established the first digital center in the horn of Africa that trains young people in digital technology and boosts their employability. Orange digital…
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News: Amnesty documents potential crime against humanity, war crime committed by Eritrean forces in the sacred city of Axum
Axum city. Photo: Axumite Heritage Foundation By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 26/2021 – Amnesty International has compiled evidence based harrowing report on series of attacks that took place in Axum city in Tigray regional state and one of the most sacred places for followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Twahdo Church, and one of the sites of Ethiopia’s ancient…
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News: Police in Jimma defy court bail, transfer Uni. graduate, two others to separate police station. Rights Commission calls for their immediate release
Jimma University Graduate Mohammed Deksiso. Picture: Social Media By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 24/2021 – The police in Jimma city, Oromia regional state, defied court order to release on bail Jimma university graduate Mohammed Deksiso and two staffers of the university and transferred them to a different police station to which the court’s order for bail wasn’t addressed…
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