Month: September 2022
- Africa
News: AU, US, UN, EU hail Tigray decision on AU-led peace process by “mutually acceptable mediators”, abide by “immediate, mutually agreed cessation of hostilities”
From left: Getachew Reda and Lt. Gen. Tsadikan Gebretinsae. PictureL Screenshot/AS/Archive By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba – The African Union, the U.S. government, the United Nations, and the European Union have responded with acceptance a statement released on 11 September by the Tigray regional state government announcing its stance that it was “prepared to participate in a robust peace…
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News: Biden extends sanctions on unnamed officials connected to humanitarian, human rights crisis in Ethiopia
President Biden. Picture: White House Addis Abeba – U.S. President Joe Biden has extended his September 2021 Executive Order “imposing sanctions on certain persons with respect to the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ethiopia.” Although the sanction is a year old, the U.S. government has not made the names of sanctioned officials public. In a 09 September letter to…
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News: AS explainer on re-detention of journalists Meaza Mohammed and Gobeze Sisay
Journalists Gobeze Sisay and Meaza Mohammed. Picture: Screengrab By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – On Wednesday September 08, government security forces have re-detained journalist Meaza Mohammed, owner and managing director of “Roha Media” , a YouTube based media channel. Meaza’s detention came hours after security forces re-detained journalist Gobeze Sisay of “The Voice of Amhara“, another YouTube based media.…
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News: Ethiopia rejects UN experts call for UNSC meeting as “ultra vires, blatant”; cautions it forecloses “all doors of cooperation”
In early August, members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia with Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Photo: MoFA Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was “dismayed by the statement of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia” and rejected it as “ultra vires and…
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News: Women march in capital adds to growing calls for peace in Ethiopia
Women march in Addis Abeba calling for peace. Picture: Social Media Addis Abeba – A peace rally was held in Addis Abeba on Thursday 08 August organized by three women-centered indigenous civil society organizations based in Ethiopia. The march for peace adds up to the rare, yet growing calls from non-state actors calling for an end and a peaceful resolution…
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News: Ethiopia disavows state media report doubting Somalia President for “strong relationship with TPLF”
Screenshot from Etv World news program Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (MoFA) on Wednesday 07 August distanced Ethiopia from news coverage the previous day by “Etv World”, one of the programs under the banner of state-owned, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporate (EBC), discussing challenges facing Somalia’s President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in taking Somalia out of decades of…
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News: UN Rights Experts urge Security Council to keep Ethiopia, Horn situation on its agenda, says Eritrean troops engaged in Tigray hostilities
UNSC Chamber. Photo: UN/Loey Felipe/Archive Addis Abeba – Commenting for the second time on Ethiopia’s renewed militarized hostilities between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigrayan forces, members of the U.N. appointed International Commission of Human Rights Experts said that “given the gravity of the situation, the Commission urges the [UN Security] Council to keep the situation in Ethiopia and the…
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News: Despite ban on meeting press, local CSOs call for immediate peace in Ethiopia, basic services provision in Tigray, other conflict hit areas
A similar call was made last year by a collective of 24 local civil society organizations in connection with the Ethiopian New Year, which is celebrated every year on September 11. Graphic Design: 2021 Peace Call By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: After being blocked by security forces from meeting the media, a group of 35 local civil society organizations…
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News: In Ethiopia scientists identify Fossil Otter the Size of a Lion
Reconstruction of the otter Enhydriodon omoensis (in background), compared with three current species, left to right: the South American giant otter; the sea otter; and an African otter. E. omoensis occupied Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley at the same time as human ancestors known as Australopithecines (shown here for size comparison along with a modern human). The otter’s femur and dental…
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