Month: June 2022
- Amhara Regional State
News: Amhara state capital imposes curfew on three-wheeled transport after city sees a week of grenade explosions, student protests
Bahir Dar, the Capital City of Amhara regional state. Pictures: Bahir Dar City Communication Addis Abeba – The Bahir Dar City Administration Security Council issued statement today imposing curfew on movements of Bajaj, the three-wheeled motors widely used for city transport. According to the region’s state media, the council passed the resolution imposing the curfew after it held emergency meeting…
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In-depth Analysis Part III: Wolaita Statehood Aspirations vis-a-vis National Dialogue Process
By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba- In the course of the twice-postponed and contested Ethiopia’s sixth national elections held last in June 2021 in some parts of the country, opposition parties, Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) withdrew, citing the jailing, harassment, and intimidation of their members as reasons. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) followed suit,…
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Opinion: Drought in pastoral areas of Ethiopia: The missing link between problem and solution?
A recent report by Help Age International, “older pastoralists in the Horn of Africa are calling for urgent action to save them from a drought that is leaving them and their entire way of living passed down the generations, at breaking point.” Picture: Borana, Southern Oromia By Masresha Taye – Gayo@Masresha09 Addis Abeba – Ethiopia’s pastoral regions are suffering from yet another…
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News: Ethiopia rights body calls for immediate end to illegal detention of around 9,000 Tigrayans in Afar state
Over the past several weeks, dozens of pictures were posted by Tigrayan activists showing children with severe skin diseases Addis Abeba – A new report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said that in the month of May the Commission has followed and monitored the detention of around 9, 000 Tigrayans who are held “illegally and unconstitutionally” since December…
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In-depth Analysis part II: Placing the Wolaita Statehood Struggle in Historical Context
Photo: Wolaita Times By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba – The Wolaita statehood quest dates back to the era of imperial Ethiopia, according to research conducted by Tensay Hailu. (Tensaye Hailu, Wolaytta’s Quest for Statehood: A Historical Overview and Analysis of Contemporary Quests for Regional Statehood in Ethiopia’s Federation, September 2019) “According to the retrospective and historical analysis, there had…
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News: AU, IGAD concerned on Ethiopia, Sudan escalating border clash, call for restraint
General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, visited Al Fashaqa in the east of Sudan on Monday, according to Sudan’s official news agency, SUNA Addis Abeba – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, said he is “following with deep concern the escalating military tension” between Ethiopia and Sudan and “deeply regrets the loss of…
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In memory of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa: Singing freedom into the convulsing suicidal empire
The late Haacaaluu Hundeessaa By Martha Kuwee Kumsaa Addis Abeba – There is an amazing aura of jubilation in the air. Young and old alike, we are celebrating the life and legacy of our beloved Haacaaluu Hundeessaa on the first anniversary of his assassination on 29 June 2021. The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia Canada even named June 29…
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#NewsAlert: Prosecutors indict Journalist Temesgen with three criminal counts
By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – Federal Prosecutors indicted journalist Temesgen Desalegn, owner and managing director of the Amharic weekly, “Fitih” magazine, this morning with three separate criminal counts. The charges were formally read to the defendant at the Federal High Court Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-Terrorism Bench. Accordingly, the prosecutor indicted Temesgen with the first count of…
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News: UN rights council names Radhika Coomaraswamy to replace outgoing Fatou Bensouda on Ethiopia rights body
Radhika Coomaraswamy (left), replaces Fatou Bensouda as a member of the three-person UN Commission on Ethiopia. Picture: UN agencies Addis Abeba – The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas, announced yesterday the appointment of Radhika Coomaraswamy, former Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, to serve as a member of the International Commission of Human Rights…
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