Month: March 2022
- Africa
Update: Former Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake to lead Board to name new CEO ‘shortly’
Ethiopian AIrlines outgoing CEO Tewolde Gebremariam. Picture: Ethiopian Airlines Addis Abeba – In a statement it released late this afternoon, Ethiopian Airlines said the Board of Management of Ethiopian Airlines Group will announce “Group CEO and successor to Ato Tewolde GebreMariam shortly.” The statement came after news of the resignation of multiple award winning Group CEO, which the Airline said…
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News: Ethiopia’s Ambassador to South Sudan calls repeated attacks by Murle militants to end
Ambassador Nabil Mahdi with South Sudanese Foreign Minister, Mayiik Ayii Deng. Picture: Gambella region Press Secretariat Addis Abeba – Nabil Mahdi, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to South Sudan, has called for an end to repeated cross border attacks by Murle militants targeting civilians in Gambella regional state.The Ambassador said this during talks with South Sudanese Foreign Minister, Mayiik Ayii Deng. Gambella regional…
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News: Amhara State President requests Russia’s support to rehabilitate war-torn region
Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Evgeny Terekhin meets Amhara State President Yilkal Kefale (PhD). Pictures: AMC Addis Abeba – President Yilkal Kefale (PhD) has called on Russia to support efforts to rehabilitate war-torn Amhara region, regional media reported. The President made the remarks during a visit to Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara regional state, by the Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia,…
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News: Amhara State Education Bureau requests university entrance deadline extension, sends team to federal exam agency
Picture: Amhara Regional State Facebook Addis Abeba– Amhara regional state education bureau announced that it has sent a team to the National Educational Assessment And Examination Agency (NEAEA) for discussions on exam result irregularities that the region said has affected thousands of students who sat for this year’s school leaving exam. The bureau also requested the Ministry of Education to…
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News: Fed. Court allows former PM Hailemariam Desalegn to give online defense witness testimony for former MeTEC officials
Former PM Hailemariam Desalegn MahletFasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – Judges at the Federal High Court Lideta Branch, 3rd Corruption Trial Bench, today allowed a request submitted by former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn asking to give his testimony for former senior Metal and Engineering Corporation (MeTEC) officials, including Major General Kinfe Dagnew, Former Director General of MeTEC. Four defendants in Maj.…
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#ASDailyScoop: Eight people killed in armed attack in Gursum Woreda, Somali state during a traditional ceremony
Addis Abeba – Armed attackers killed eight people in Bambas town, Gursum woreda, part of Fafan Zone of the Somali regional state (Not to be confused with Gursum woreda in the neighboring Oromia regional state) during a traditional ceremony crowning a tribal chief. Sources in the area who spoke to Addis Standard confirmed that the attack took place on Sunday…
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#ASDailyScoop: Gunmen kill 10, injure more than 11 others at billiard recreation house in Metehara, Oromia’s east Shewa zone
Addis Abeba – Armed men killed 10 youths and injured more than 11 others at a recreation house in Alge Kebele, Fentale Woreda of Metehara City in East Shewa Zone of Oromia regional state, local media reported. The attack occurred on Thursday 17 March when the gunmen stormed the recreation house where the youth were playing billiard, residents told local…
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