Month: November 2022
- Africa
News: Ethiopia, South Sudan top defense intelligence meet, discuss peace and security cooperation
Addis Abeba: Major General Demsew Amenu of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces Intelligence Directorate and Lt. General Marshal Stephen Babanen, Chief of Military Intelligence of the South Sudan Defense Force, met Saturday 26 November in Addis Abeba to discuss continued cooperation on peace and security. The two top military intelligence officers noted the long history of cooperation between the two…
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News: Ethiopian, Djibouti peacekeeping forces conduct joint combat exercise
Photo: ENDF Addis Abeba – Under the auspices of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Sector Four members of the Ethiopian and Djibouti peacekeeping forces conducted the 7th round of joint combat exercise, according to the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). Colonel Shumet Telelew, Sector Four Deputy Commander, said that the role of the peacekeeping forces joint combat…
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News: Electoral Board to run re-election in Bule Constituency after “a large-scale violation of law” during the 6th national election
Addis Abeba – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced that it will hold a re-election at the Bule constituency, in Gedeo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) Regional State, which is one of the constituencies where the board confirmed that there was “a large-scale violation of the law” during the 6th national election held on…
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News: Finnish company powers Ethiopia’s new weather radar network with solar energy
Addis Abeba – Vaisala,a Finnish company that specialized in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements powered Ethiopia’s new weather radar network with solar energy. “Utilizing clean solar energy power will allow Ethiopia’s new weather radar network to operate with highest availability so decision-makers can focus on safety,” the company said. The solar powered weather radar is the first one in a…
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News: Lawmakers fiercely oppose TV license fee, as state broadcaster doubles fee in revised bill
From left: MPs Asemahegn Asres, Ashebir Woldegiorgis (PhD) and Aregash Tekle (from right to left) Photo: House of People’s Representative/Facebook Addis Abeba – Members of the House of People’s Representatives have expressed their fierce opposition against a proposed TV license fee outlined in a new draft bill to re-establish the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC). In their 6th regular meeting of…
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News: Southern region puts Gurage zone under indefinite command post after protests over statehood demands
Alemayehu Baudi. Photo: Screenshot Addis Ababa – The Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) region Peace and Security Bureau said that decision has been made to put the entire Gurage zone under the rule of an organized command post as of 25 November. In a presser he gave to the local broadcaster, Debub TV, the bureau’s head Alemayehu Baudi said…
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News: “No country should accept the presence of foreign country on its land”: Obasanjo
Chief Obasanjo and Dr. Phumuzile Mlalmbo in Mekelle. Picture: Tigray TV Addis Abeba – Olusegun Obasanjo, High representative of the AU to the Horn of Africa and chief peace negotiator between Ethiopian government and Tigrayan authorities, told the senior leadership of Tigray regional state that “no country should accept the presence of foreign country on its land.” Chief Obasanjo and…
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