Month: March 2022
- Africa
News: Despite calls for release court grants police more days to remand, investigate AP journalists for third time
AP freelance journalist Amir Aman, left, and cameraman Thomas Engida. Picture: Social Media/federal Police/Archive MahletFasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – Investigating police in Addis Abeba were given 11 more days today by the Federal First Instance Court, Arada Branch to remand and investigate journalist Amir Aman and cameraman Thomas Engida, who were working for Associated Press (AP) by the time of their…
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News: EzEMA condemns gov’t crackdown in Addis Abeba, opposes City Police plans to recruit police forces from outside
On March 03, at the commemoration of Karamara, a large number of city residents, including members of the opposition Balderas for Genuine Democracy, were detained by the city police. Many remain in detention. Picture: Balderas for Genuine Democracy/Facebook/Archive Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EzEMA) issued a statement yesterday strongly condemning government security forces’ crackdown against…
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News: OLF Chairman visits Electoral Board, discusses need to freely move, release of others in detention
Addis Abeba – In a statement released on 18 March the opposition party Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) announced that its chairman Dawud Ibssa visited the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) and discussed issues that were “necessary for the Chairman to freely move as a citizen and discharge his duty as a political party Chairman.” This came after on March…
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News: MSF urges Ethiopia to respond to killing of its staff in Tigray after new media report
Addis Abeba – Paula Gil, president, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Spain issued a statement urging the Ethiopian government “to respond to” new investigative report on NYT, which detailed accounts surrounding the killing on 24 June 2021 of three MSF staff members in Tigray. The bodies of Maria Hernandez, 35, from Madrid, Spain, Yohannes Halefom Reda, 31, from Tigray, and…
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#NewsAlert: Twenty trucks food item, three trucks fuel to head to Mekelle via Semera
WFP Lorries Rolling in with Food Aid for Tgrayans WFPon. Pictures: WFP/Archive Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that 20 trucks loaded with food items and three trucks carrying fuel tankers :have started moving” from Semera, Afar state, to Mekelle, the capital of Tigray state. Although the Ministry’s statement said the trucks were already rolling as of…
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News: MoFA unveils countries of assignment for new Ambassadors
Anbassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – The Spokesperson of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Ambassador Dina Mufti today unveiled the appointments of ambassadors of Ethiopia to various countries. He recalled that President Sahlework Zewde conferred the position to the ambassadors, including non-resident ambassadors on January 26, 2022. Dina…
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News: US Chargé d’Affaires asks Amhara state president to ‘actively support’ movement of aid; reiterates peaceful resolution to Ethiopia civil war
From left: Amhara State President Dr. Yilkal Kefale, and United States Chargé d’Affaires in Ethiopia, Ambassador Tracey Jacobson Addis Abeba – The United States Chargé d’Affaires in Ethiopia, Ambassador Tracey Jacobson, visited regional recovery and humanitarian assistance efforts yesterday in Bahir Dar. During her visit, she also met with Amhara Regional State President Dr. Yilkal Kefale, spoke with beneficiaries of…
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News: Electoral Board yet to decide on the request by OLF, ONLF, SLM to postpone general assembly
Addis Abeba – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) yesterday announced that three parties – Oromo Liberation Front, Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), and Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM) requested for additional days to hold their general assemblies. The board stated that it is yet to pass a decision on the request. In a statement issued last night, the NEBE…
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