Month: August 2022
- Ethiopia
News: Gurage Zone officials favoring statehood arrested, sources say
Gurage zone officials who got arrested Picture: social media Addis Abeba: Zonal and bureau officials have been arrested in connection to the movement for Gurage statehood, according to an anonymous government source. The arrested officials are as follows: Zonal Finance Bureau official Minewer Hayatu, Governmental Communications Affairs official, Mebrate Woldemariam, Abebe Amerga, Zonal Enterprise and Industry Development Bureau official, and…
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News: Puntland President meets senior Ethiopian army officers, discuss cooperation against Al-Shabaab
Picture: Ethiopian Consulate General Addis Abeba – President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, and vice president, Ahmed Ilmi Osman Karash, met on Sunday 21 August with high-ranking at the Presidential Palace in Garowe, met high-ranking officials from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and officials from the Ethiopian Consul in Puntland, according to a report from Puntland…
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#ASDailyScoop: Uganda’s Min. of State for Foreign Affairs, Commander-in-Chief of Ground Forces on working visit to Ethiopia
From left: Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kianerugaba, Henry Okello Oryem, & Temeseng Tiruneh . Picture: MoFA Addis Abeba – A Ugandan delegation, which includes Uganda’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem, and the Commander-in-Chief of the country’s Ground Forces and President Yoweri Museveni’s Senior Advisor on Special Operations, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kianerugaba, as well as other senior security…
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News: 72 national and regional Civil Societies operating in Tigray request lifting of blockade on basic services
In March this year, the ICRC said that through free phone call service, its team in Mekelle heled “around 1,500 people per week to speak to their families”. Picture: ICRC By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba: A total of 72 national and regional civil societies operating in Tigray requested the immediate resumption of all basic public services that have been…
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Profile: Biruk Girma dedicates his life to paving way for young startup entrepreneurs
Biruk Girma, CEO of Sumuni By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – When it comes to grassroots incubation of startups from youth entrepreneurs, especially in a country where about one-third of the population belongs to the age group of 15 to 29, Ethiopia is yet to go a very long mile to achieve higher productivity from untapped youth potential. Brilliant creative…
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News: Wolaita zone prosecutor indicts prominent scholar Asefa Wodajo with ‘spreading hate speech, disinformation’
Asefa Wodajo By Biruk Alemu @ Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: The public prosecutor of Sodo city, the capital of Wolaita zone in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional states, has charged former Assistant Professor of Dilla University, Asefa Wodajo, who is also a Central Committee member of the opposition party, Wolaita National Movement (WNM) , with trespassing proclamation 1185/2012, under…
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News: US court dismisses two years litigation to shut down OMN
Addis Abeba – On August 6, 2022, the Eighth Circuit ended a lawsuit against non-profit media organization Oromia Media Network (“OMN”), affirming the dismissal of claims brought against the organization based on its reporting. The decision is a significant vindication of OMN’s First Amendment rights. Oromia Media Network is a non-profit news organization founded in 2013 to produce educational, original,…
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News Alert: Ethiopian Airlines removes crew who allegedly fell asleep on air, pending further investigation
Picture: Alex Macherias Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Airlines said it has “removed from operation pending further investigation,” its crew who were operating the flight number ET343 en route from Khartoum to Addis Abeba on 15 August, and that “appropriate corrective action will be taken based on the outcome of the investigation”. According to a report on The Aviation Herald, “an…
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News Analysis: University teachers threaten action if ‘administrative abuse’ continues
Professor Birhanu Nega, Education Minister; Picture: Ministry of Education By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: University teachers have stressed that unless their demands for salary raises, promotions, housing, life insurance, credit mechanisms, and transfer rights for teaching staff are met, the Ministry of Education shall be held responsible for any subsequent measures that will be taken, which would affect, in…
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