Month: August 2022
- Africa
Harari: On forceful seizure of Aw Abdal Institute properties, illegal destruction of its properties and unlawful building of shanty houses
Photographs of damages to the Aw Abdal Institute properties. Picture: Harari Council of Ontario Please click here to download the full document including letters of correspondents. Addis Abeba – The first known incident in which the Aw Abdal Institute (Institute) was targeted by criminal elements is in August 2018 (Nehase 2010). It began with the illegal destruction of the 700-meter…
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News: Govt says renewed hostilities between national army, Tigrayan forces extend to border with Sudan
Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). Picture: ENDF/Archive and unrelated to the events in the news. Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian federal government said the renewed hostility between the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and Tigrayan forces has now extended to “the direction of Wag, Wolkait and our border areas with Sudan (Amhara region.)” However, the statement by…
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News: OFC calls an end to renewed hostilities, regrets international mediators’ failure to use humanitarian truce to bring peace, acknowledge raging crisis in Oromia
OFC senior leadership. From Left: Bekele Gerba, Prof. Merera Gudina and Jawar Mohammed. Picture: Archive/Ubuntu media Addis Abeba – The opposition party, Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), criticized the international community for failing to use the six-month window of the humanitarian truce in Ethiopia to “bring the warring parties to a negotiating table and secure a comprehensive ceasefire and said it…
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News: Fed. Police file charges against 111 “illegal digital media” outlets suspected of “working to make Ethiopia center of violence”
Assistant Commissioner Berhanu Abebe. Picture: ENA “ Addis Abeba – The Federal Police Commission said it has filed charges against 111 “illegal digital media” outlets which were suspected of “working to make Ethiopia a center of violence” during the concluded Ethiopian Fiscal Year. Assistant Commissioner Berhanu Abebe, Deputy Head of the Federal Police Commission’s Tactical Crimes Investigation Department, told state…
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News: Lalibela imposes curfew, movement restrictions, unauthorized firearm possession
Lalibela is known otherwise as the ‘Jerusalem of Africa,’ and is home to the UNESCO registered rock-hewn churches. Picture: Lalibela city government Communication Addis Abeba – The historic town of Lalibela in Amhara regional state has issued curfew and restrictions of movement for people and vehicles. By so doing, Lalibela followed the cities of Debre Birhan, Kombolcha, Sekota which imposed…
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News: Ethiopia Rights Commission concerned by renewed fighting; urges return to dialogue
A child sits inside a vehicle burned out during fighting in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Photo: © UNICEF/Christine Nesbitt/January 2022. By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says it is worried about the renewal of conflict between Tigrayan forces and the Federal Government of Ethiopia (FGoE) last week. The commission called for a…
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News: Debre Birhan, Kombolcha, Sekota cities in Amhara state impose curfew, movement restrictions and ban on public gatherings
Pictures: AMC Addis Abeba – The Security Councils of the Debre Birhan, Kombolcha and Sekota cities in Amhara regional state imposed curfews on peoples and vehicles, movement restrictions, bans on unauthorized public gatherings, and carrying weapons unauthorized by security forces, among others. #Ethiopia: #Woldiya,#Dessie cities in #Amhara state impose curfew, movement restrictions https://t.co/5T12PzExMH The announcement from both cities followed earlier…
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Commentary: Beyond Safaricom: Foreign Direct Investment, diversity and miscalculated decisions
Addis Abeba’s financial district By Ayele Gelan (Ph.D.) @AyeleGelan Addis Abeba: No sooner than when Safaricom arrived in Addis Abeba did it encounter turbulence. It seems Safaricom’s managers did not consider the differences between the business environments in Ethiopia and Kenya. The company was engaged in undertaking preliminary duties to settle in its new marketplace. These included recruiting local staff…
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News: Sidama Federalist Party elects chairman, executives; approves party program
Assistant Professor Tessema Elias. Picture: SFP Addis Abeba– Founding members of the newly established regional opposition party, the Sidama Federalist Party (SFP), held the the founding convention of the party on Monday 29 August and elected the chairman and the executive committee members of the party. Held at Beshu Tullu complex tower in Hawasaa, the incoming capital city of Sidama…
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News: Media houses should refrain from spreading ‘hate speech and fake news’: Ethiopian Media Authority
Mohammed Idris, EMA Director-General; Image courtesy of ENA By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) was reported to have stated that media establishments found to be ‘forgoing of national interest and peace shattering’ would be held accountable. Mohammed Idris, Director General of EMA, was quoted as saying, ‘’ even though media houses are expected to deliver…
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