Month: August 2022
- Ethiopia
News: SNNP Council submits zonal, special woredas restructuring to House of Federation; Bu’i city in Gurage zone establishes command post
Agegnehu Teshager, Speaker of House of Federation receiving requests from SNNP Council Deputy Speaker Kiflu Wanna. Photo: HoF Addis Abeba – Kiflu Wanna, deputy speaker of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state Council, has yesterday submitted to the House of Federation (HoF) a cluster of ten zones and six woredas in the region requesting to be restructured…
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News: ALERT Hospital gets Operating Theater dedicated to Children
Addis Abeba – The All Africa Leprosy and Rehabilitation Training Center (ALERT) Hospital has opened doors to a dedicated children’s Operating Room with the support from global charities Smile Train and Kids Operating Room (KidsOR). Smile Train Senior Program Manager East Africa, Sesnie Zemichael acknowledged the need to prioritize surgical care for children, praising the long-standing partnership with ALERT in providing timely surgical care for children…
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News: Ethiopian army generals jet-off to Baidoa, Jubaland, Somaliland; cross border security, Al-Shabaab threat top agenda
Ethiopian senior army generals conducting military meetings in Baidoa (top picture), Somaliland (bottom left) and Jubaland (bottom right). Pictures: ENDF Addis Abeba – A military delegation led by Major General Tesfaye Ayalew, Head of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Deployment and Somali region’s Temporary Security Command Post Coordinator arrived today in Baidoa, south west state of neighboring Somalia, this…
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News: Southwest Ethiopia State Council tables draft bill proposing four regional capitals of equal status
speaker the regional Council, Wondimu Kurta. Picture: Communication affairs bureau Addis Abeba – The provisional council of the newly formed Southwest Ethiopia People’s Regional State has announced that the regional state will have four capital cities of equal status. If it is approved by Council members, the regional state will be the first among Ethiopia’s eleven federated regional states in…
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Op-ed: Beyond National Dialogue: Ending Ethiopia’s civil war needs international engagement
Members of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission. Picture: Prosperity Party (PP) By Ezekiel Gebissa @egebissa Addis Abeba – On January 27, 1838, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech titled “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions” to the Young Men’s Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois. The core message of his speech was the need to preserve two great American ideals: self-rule and human…
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News: Obasanjo to brief AU Peace and Security Council on Ethiopia situation
On 31 May, chief Obasanjo met with Tigray regional state President Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD). Picture: Getachew Reda Addis Abeba – AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, is expected to brief the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) on Thursday 04 August on the situation in Ethiopia and his activities since the last meeting of…
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News update: Zonal restructure not agenda for Gurage Zone Council, Zone awaits House of Federation decision on request for own region
Alemyirga Woldie. Picture: Screenshot/GMN Addis Abeba – The Gurage Zone Council has not yet lined up the issue of restructuring to join several other zones and special Woredas in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state as agenda item; Zonal administration is instead waiting for the response from the House of Federation on its earlier request for a regional…
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News: With letter of assurance, “there should be no obstacle” for services to begin in Tigray: EU and US Special Envoys
U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer, European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa Annette Weber with Tigray’s President Debretsion in Mekelle. Picture: DW Addis Abeba – Special envoys of the U.S. and the E.U. said that they have received a letter from Tigray’s Regional President Debretsion “to be passed to the Government of Ethiopia…
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