Month: August 2022
- Amhara Regional State
News: Woldiya, Dessie cities in Amhara state impose curfew, movement restrictions
Dessie City. Photo: Dessie City Administration Communication Addis Abeba – The city administration bureaus of Woldiya and Dessie in Amhara regional states have imposed restrictions on movements of people and curfews effective Sunday 28 August. The announcement from both cities followed earlier news on Saturday 27 August from the federal government that allied members of the federal army and Amhara…
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News: Media, communication institutions should manage crisis time reporting carefully: Communication Service
Minister of Government Communication Service, Dr. Legesse Tulu. Picture: ENA Addis Abeba – The Federal Government Communication Service has said that the media and communication institutions should carefully manage their reporting and access to information in times of crisis in order to reflect the country’s national interest. This was highlighted at the end of a two-day federal and regional media…
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Op-ed: Resignation is the honorable and right thing for President Obasanjo to do
former Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo. Picture Credit: Friends of Europe. By Mehari Taddele Maru @DrMehari Addis Abeba – The glimmer of hope that came from the joint announcement by the Special Envoys of the United States (US), Ambassador Mike Hammer, European Union (EU), Dr Annette Weber, and the United Nations’ (UN), Dr Hannah Tetteh, that negotiations to end the war…
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News: “We are being tactically pushed out of the khat export market”: Khat farmers, traders in #Hararghe, #Oromia
By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Abeba – Kahat farmers and traders in Hararghe, Oromia complained that they are being forced to leave the export market as the government has entered the export market through its own agencies. Traders who spoke to Addis Standard said the traders who were organized under an association called Biftu Baha Oromia two years ago are…
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News: World Meteorological Org. warns Horn of Africa faces 5th failed rainy season
Borana zone in Oromia regional state is one of the areas severely devastated by the ongoing drought which has killed millions of cattle. Picture: EHRC Addis Abeba – Drought-stricken parts of the Greater Horn of Africa are bracing for a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, which will worsen the crisis which is impacting millions of people., according to a new…
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News: UNICEF “strongly condemns” Mekelle air strike killing children, govt. denies civilian causalities
Footage of the wreckage which included a building that housed children’s’ playground. Picture: Screenshot/DW By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba – Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, said “UNICEF strongly condemns the air strike in Mekelle the capital city of the Tigray Region” and called “on all parties to agree to an immediate cessation of hostilities.” The statement from the…
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News: Police keeping Asefa Wodajo in custody despite 60,000 birr bail grant: Family members
By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: Former Assistant Professor at Dilla University, Wolaita National Movement (WNM)central committee member, and Wolaita statehood advocate, Asefa Wodajo, is still in Soddo police custody despite being granted 60,000 birr bail, on his 24th of August court appearance, according to his wife, Mentewab Gebreselassie, who spoke to Addis Standard. During the 19 August court hearing,…
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News: Huawei’s second round regional job fair explores local talents in Bahir Dar job fair
Huawei’s second round regional job fair in Bahir Dar Addis Abeba – Aimed at discovering local talent, Huawei Ethiopia hosted its second-round regional job fair on 24 and 25 August in Bahir Dar, the capital city of the Amhara regional state. Graduates from Bahir Dar, Gonder, Enjibara, and Debark Universities were among the attendees of the event. “The Huawei ICT…
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News: Stay-at-home protests against command post, cluster arrangement ongoing: Welkite’s residents
Picture: Social Media By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: Residents in Welkite town, Gurage Zone have told Addis Standard that a two-day stay-at-home boycott is in progress opposing the command post and cluster arrangement. A source from Welkite, who did not want to be named, disclosed to Addis Standard that the people are demanding their constitutional rights by enacting a…
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#NewsAlert: Fed. government calls on Tigray residents to avoid areas of military equipment, training facilities
Mekelle, the capital of Tigray state. Photo: Archive/Social Media Addis Abeba – In a statement the federal government released to day it advised residents in Tigray to avoid military equipment, training areas. The statement accused Tigrayan forces of continuing attacks despite the government’s “open door” for peace. Therefore, the government’s offer for unconditional talks as it is, “it will take…
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