Month: August 2022
- Ethiopia
#NewsAlert: Tigray president meets special envoys, diplomats
Debretsion with Special envoys and diplomats in Mekelle. Picture: Dimtsi Woyane (DW) Addis Abeba – Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), President of Tigray regional states has “received and held productive talks” with U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer, European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa Annette Weber, UN Under Secretary General & Special Envoy to the…
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News: UN rights experts hope for unhindered access without delay to relevant areas for investigation
members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia with Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy PM and Minister of Foroeign Affairs. Photo: MoFA Addis Abeba – The three members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia “reiterated its requests for access to areas relevant for its investigation”. The UN experts said this an the end…
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News: Ten zones, six special woredas in Ethiopia’s Southern state undergo major restructuring to create two more regional states
The Former SNNP Administrative Map Source: Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) Information Center UN OCHA-Ethiopia Addis Abeba – The local councils of several Zones and special districts in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state have passed resolutions to restructure a merger in order to create two more regional states, bringing the number of new regional states…
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News: Major gaps remain in human rights conditions in Oromia’s prisons, correctional facilities, notes Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
By Fraol Bersissa @FiraolBer Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) held a meeting in Bishoftu, Oromia region between 22 July- 23 July, 2022 with high-ranking members of the police, correctional facilities and other stakeholders on its observations of 126 police stations and 27 correctional facilities across Oromia for 2022 yearly duration. The commission presented its findings in the…
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News: Ethiopia Defense Forces, Somali state special forces senior delegation in Beledweyne, central Somalia
Commissioner General Mohamed Ahmed (left) and Major General Tesfaye Ayalew (center). Addis Abeba – A delegation led by Major General Tesfaye Ayalew, head of deployment unit of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and coordinator of the temporary security command post in the Somali regional state is in Beledweyne, in the central Somalia. Major General Tesfaye is accompanied by the…
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#ASDailyScoop: EU Horn Special Rep. to travel to Mekelle
Annette Weber Addis Abeba – Annette Weber, European Union (EU) Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, said she will travel to Mekelle, the capital of Tigray regional state, to support :the efforts of the AU Mediation.” Ms Weber said this after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen. Describing her visit to Ethiopia…
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