Month: February 2022
- Africa
News: EU Horn of Africa envoy speaks of ‘possibility for delisting’ TPLF from terrorist designation, ‘path towards peace’
Annette Weber. Picture: Screegrab/Africa News Addis Abeba – Annette Weber, EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, told media on Friday that “there are discussions right now” regarding the designation of terrorism or the delisting of the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) from terrorist designation and that “there is a possibility for delisting.” “Regarding the designation of terrorism or…
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News: OLF leaders on hunger strike rushed to hospital in capital
Addis Abeba – The jailed leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) who are reportedly on a hunger strike for over a week were rushed to the hospital in Addis Abeba Dirribi Demissie the president of Macha-Tulama association told Addis Standard. OLF’s senior leaders like Mikael Boren, Kenessa Ayana, Dawit Abdeta, Lemi Begna, Geda Gabisa, and the former PR Bate…
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News: USAID leadership engages on drought response in Somali and Oromia regions
Two boys stand by dead carcasses. Gabi’as village, 23 km northeast of the town of Gode, is one of the hardest drought-hit areas. Three consecutive failed rainy seasons have brought on severe drought in Ethiopia’s lowland region of Somali region drying up water wells, killing livestock and crops and pushing hundreds of thousands of children and their families to the…
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#ASDailyScoop: WHO to airlift 33.5 metric tonnes critically needed medical supply to Tigray
In December last year, Children in Mekelle staged a rally asking for food, water and medicine. Picture: Simon/Twitter Addis Abeba – The World Health Organization (WHO), with the Health Cluster, is airlifting 33.5 metric tonnes of critically needed medicines, medical supplies & equipment into Tigray in shipments of 10 metric tonnes per day, starting “Friday this week,” WHO Ethiopia office…
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News analysis: OLF calls for an end to torture of jailed members as senior leaders protest in hunger strike
Addis Abeba – The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) accused the ruling party of torturing its jailed members. In a statement released today, the party detailed the conditions of its senior leaders who are currently detained in detention centers in the Oromia special zone surrounding Finfinee. The leaders are on a hunger strike for over a week protesting prolonged unlawful detention,…
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News: Murle armed men from South Sudan kill one, abduct three children in cross border raid: Gambella State official
Gambella state Press Secretariat, Ugetu Ading. Picture: Regional Communication bureau Addis Abeba – The Gambella Region Press Secretariat, said that armed men from the Murle community in South Sudan have crossed the border and attacked Dima refugee camp and Gog woreda in the Gambella Region, killing one person and injuring two others. Three children were also abducted during the cross…
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