Month: June 2022
- Art and culture
News: Music Award in name of late Hachalu Hundessa to be held on June 29 every year
Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Abeba – The Hachalu Hundessa Foundation in a press release given today to the media, stated that the Hachalu Hundessa Award would be launched on June 29, 2022, in remembrance of the day he was killed. The widow and board member of the foundation, Fantu Damiso, said, they established the foundation on June 17, 2021, in…
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News: Suspects in murder investigation launch grenade attack inside police station in Dessie: claim five lives including suspects, police officer
Addis Abeba: Five people were reportedly killed in Dessie city at Buanbua Weha Sub City Fourth Division police station, the city’s communication affairs office said. It said that four suspects in homicide cases and convicts, who had been sentenced to 25 years in prison, had stationed their base in a place called Tsid Gebeya from where they planned to launch…
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Art & Culture: Addis Abeba hosting East African Arts and Culture Festival
Picture: Ministry of Culture and Sport Addis Abeba – Ethiopia’s capital city Addis Abeba is hosting the East African Arts and Culture Festival which kicked off at Meskel Square on Wednesday 14 June under the theme “Arts and Culture for Regional Connection.” Representatives from Uganda, Burundi, South Sudan, and Somalia as well as representatives from various regional states in Ethiopia…
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#ASDailyScoop: Israeli-based agro-tech company to Deliver a C$400,000 Smart Irrigation Project in Ethiopia
Photo: Afrik21 Addis Abeba – Water Ways Technologies Inc., a global provider of Israeli-based agriculture technology, providing water irrigation solutions to agricultural producers, announces that it has received a new purchase order to install a 50 Hectares smart turnkey irrigation project of vegetables, mainly green peas, in Ethiopia. The project is expected to be delivered and installed during Q3 of…
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Update: Gambella state says security forces stabilize capital city after hours-long fighting against joint Gambella, Oromo armed groups
Picture of Gambella city posted by the press secretariat office Addis Abeba – The Gambella regional government press secretariat office announced that government security forces have been able to stabilize Gambella city after hours long fighting against joint rebel group of “Shene” [Oromo Liberation Army] and Gambella Liberation Front Both OLA and GLF/Army said in a statement this morning that…
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News: PM Abiy tells Parliament Deputy PM and FM Demeke Mekonnen leading ‘a study committee’ of negotiation
PM Abiy Ahmed at the 13th regular session of the House of People’s Representatives held today. Picture: PMO Addis Abeba – Responding to a question raised by a member of parliament this morning regarding the rumored talks between the federal government and Tigray state authorities, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his government “wants peace with everyone” and revealed for the…
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News Update: Gov’t forces engaged with Gambella, Oromo armed groups in ongoing exchange of gunfire in Gambella city; gunshots heard in two towns in Western Oromia
OLA also claimed that its forces were fighting with government forces in two towns in Oromia, Dembidollo and Gimbi By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba – The Gambella regional state government said this morning that gunfire exchange between “enemy forces” and government security forces is ongoing in Gambella city since 06:30 AM local time this morning. The Gambella regional state…
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Business: Lack of cement, boundary issues delay phase one luxury Eagle Hills project in La Gare
3D design of La Gare integrated community development project Addis Abeba – The construction of phase one of the luxury La Gare integrated community development project, which is being build by Dubai based Eagle Hills developers, is delayed due to lack of cement and problems related to boundary issues, state media reported. The project is part of one of the…
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#NewsAlert: Heavy gunfire exchange ongoing between gov’t security forces, rebels in Gambella city
Addis Abeba – The Gambella regional state government said this morning that gunfire exchange between “enemy forces” and government security forces is ongoing in Gambella city since 06:30 AM local time this morning. In a short statement it issued this morning, the regional state also called on the people of Gambella city, the capital of the regional state, “to support…
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