Month: October 2022
- Afar regional state
News: Over half a million people newly displaced in Tigray, Afar and Amhara since militarized conflict resumed in August: UN
Displaced civilians in the Tigray region. Photo: Screenshot Addis Abeba: A new report by UNICEF says since fighting resumed in late August in Northern Ethiopia, approximately 574,000 people have been additionally displaced in conflict affected Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions. According to the report the total number of people in need of humanitarian assistance throughout Ethiopia stands at 29.7 million…
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News: Malaria kills 37, infects more than 130, 000 in Oromia in three months alone: Regional Health Bureau
Malaria transmitting Mosquito. Picture: CDC Addis Ababa – Thirty seven people have died and more than 131, 000 have been infected with malaria in the past three months, Abera said, the deputy head of the Oromia Health Bureau, Abera Botore said. The number of malaria cases in the Oromia Region, which has been in decline for years, has increased since…
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News: Ethiopian Red Cross Society condemns killing of on duty ambulance driver, injured patients onboard
Archive Picture: ERCS ambulance that came under fire in early November 2020 in bordering areas between Amhara and Tigray regional states. Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) “strongly condemned” the killing by “armed forces” of its staff, Mengist Minyil, who was an ambulance driver in the North Gonder branch of the Ethiopian Red Cross, in Amhara regional…
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News: Ethiopia cautions to weigh its options, consider relations with unnamed “states and entities” making “unsubstantiated and politically motivated” accusations
Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian government said it “is forced to weigh its options and consider its relations with some states and entities” that it accused of “making unsubstantiated and politically motivated accusations of such gravity against the country”. A statement released by the office of the Federal Government Communications Service says “Ethiopia can no longer tolerate the defamatory falsehood being…
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News: AU Chairperson expresses hope Ethiopia peace talks will “lead to a ceasefire and opening a way to bring humanitarian support”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat in Ottawa, Canada. Picture: Moussa Faki Mahamat/Twitter Addis Abeba – Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed his hopes that the AU-led peace talks happening in South Africa between the representatives of the federal government and Tigrayan authorities “will lead to a ceasefire and opening a…
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News: Ruling party Central Committee member, Somali region MP Juweria Subcis shot dead “deliberately”: Regional official
Juweria Subcis, 26, is survived by her two children. Picture: Social Media Addis Abeba– Juweria Subcis, a member of the ruling Prosperity Party Central Committee and the Somali regional state Parliament was shot and killed “deliberately”, Mohamed Guray, Deputy Chief of Security of the Somali regional state confirmed to Addis Standard. Juweria Subcis was shot dead by a member of…
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News: Ethiopian federal police detain man, accomplices for alleged possession of more than five billion birr illegally, money laundering
Headquarters of the Ethiopian Federal Police in Addis Abeba Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Federal Police says it has arrested an individual named Samuel Aguale Alemu, whom it accused of illegally possessing more than 5 billion birr. The police said in a statement on Wednesday that Samuel was arrested with 25 other individuals including his sister Yodit Aguale Alemu who…
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Business: Major landmark for Akobo Minerals as it begins excavation on Segele Gold Mine
Company geologists and surveyors lay out the location of the incline shaft (left). The mine manager supervises the first earth being removed from the box cut location (right). Picture: AKobo Minerals Addis Abeba – Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, today announced that it has broken ground at its Segele gold mine, marking an “important…
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