Month: October 2022
- Africa
News: UN Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia brief UNSC A3 group on “alarming abuses against civilians”
ICHREE Commissioners Kaari Betty Murungi (Chair), Steven Ratner and Radhika Coomaraswamy meeting the UNSC A3. Picture: Kenya PR to UN Addis Ababa: Representatives of the the UN Security Council A3 member states, namely Gabon, Ghana and Kenya, met on Tuesday with the Commissioners of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) and the Special Rapporteur on the situation…
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News: US says immediate cessation of hostilities priority to end “this destabilizing conflict” as AU announces launch of peace talks in South Africa
AU-led Ethiopia peace talk facilitators. From left: Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Uhuru Kenyatta Addis Ababa: The US says it welcomes the start of AU-led peace talks between the government of Ethiopia and Tigrayan regional authorities while urging the delegations “to engage seriously to reach a lasting resolution to this conflict” and that immediate cessation of hostilities was essential…
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News: Southern region police apprehend officer suspected of trafficking 48 Eritrean nationals to Kenya
Addis Abeba – The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state Police Commission has announced that a member of the South Omo Zone Police suspected of trafficking 48 Eritrean nationals, including children, to Kenya has been detained. Deputy Commander Taju Negash, the head of the media department of the SNNP Police Commission, told a local radio that, the suspect,…
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News: Ethiopia ranks 123 out of 140 in Rule of Law Index, a decline from last year
Addis Abeba – The 2022 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, which was released on 25 October, revealed that Ethiopia’s overall rule of law score has decreased 3.6% in this year’s Index. Ethiopia ranks 123rd out of 140 countries worldwide, falling one position since last year. Significant trends for Ethiopia included “a deterioration in the factor measuring Order…
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#NewsAlert: Somali region MP shot dead inside Jigjiga airport
Picture: Dr. Juweria Ali. Addis Abeba – Juweria Subcis, a member of the Somali regional state parliament, was shot by a member of federal police officer inside Jigjiga Airport in the region’s capital. Juweria died immediately due to her injuries, according to her close friend Dr. Juweria Ali. Details are sketchy, and there is no official statement from the regional…
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News: Residents say drone strike killed dozens of civilians in West Shewa, Oromia region; OLF, OFC condemn relentless airstrikes across Oromia
By Addis Standard Staff Addis Ababa – Residents told Addis Standard that at least 68 people were killed in a drone strike in Ofu Bekke village, Chobi district, about 120 km northwest of the capital Addis Abeba in the West Shewa zone of Oromia regional state. The attack took place on Sunday 23 October in the district at a place…
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News: At least 40 people extrajudicially killed by Eritrean forces in Sheraro – Amnesty International
Picture: Screenshot/DW local TV from Tigray Addis Ababa: A report by the Amnesty International (AI) says Eritrean forces extrajudicially killed at least 40 people in Sheraro town, in North Western Zone of the Tigray Regional state between 06 and 12 September 2022. The victims include Eritrean refugees. The statement further says that in August and September alone multiple air strikes…
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News: Senate bipartisan group urge for cessation of hostilities, withdrawal of Eritrean forces and unfettered humanitarian access
Addis Abeba – In the backdrop of the AU-led pace talks that is expected to take place in South Africa between the representatives of the federal government and the Tigray regional state authorities, a bipartisan group of the U.S. Senate wrote a letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pleading with his government and all parties involved to end the war…
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News: PM Abiy calls for decisive, swift measures against product sabotage, illegal foreign exchange and land grabbing
The Prime Minister is seen here with Minister and State minister of Finance Ahmed Shide & Eyob Tekalgn (both on the left), who were part of the delegation who attended last week annual meeting by World Bank and IMF. Addis Abeba – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said decisive and swift action need to be taken against economic sabotage including hiding…
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