Month: November 2022
- Art and culture
“Ali is a teacher of Oromumma” – Lemma Megersa’s tribute to the late Ali Birra
Lemma Megerssa Addis Abeba – Lemma Megersa (PhD), former minister of defence and president of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia expressed his sadness over the death of Artist Ali Mohammed Birra, in a tribute sent to Addis Standard. Breaking his utter silence since he was sacked as defense minister in August, 2020 due to disagreements with PM Abiy Ahmed, the…
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News: Federal army, Tigray topmost military leaders meet today amidst Tigrayan criticism on disarmament
From Left: Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, Chief of the Ethiopian Defense Force and General Tadesse Worede, chief of Tigrayan forces. Picture Credit: Screenshot/FBC/TigrayTV Addis Ababa – As the sequel of the peace agreement on cessation of hostilities and war between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), the top military leadership of the federal army and…
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Tribute: Becoming Ali Birra: the rise from “the little teacher” to a giant music legend
Who is Ali Birra? Addis Abeba – Ali Birra was born to Mohammed Mussa and Fatuma Ali in the city of Dire Dawa, some 515 km southeast of the capital, Addis Abeba, in 1948. His father, Mohammed Mussa, was from the Ala sub-clan of Afran Qallo Oromo and came from a town called Grawa. Fatuma Ali, on the other hand,…
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In Memoriam: Ali Mohammed Bira: Life, Liberty, Legend
The late Ali Bira. Picture Credit: Empire Pictures Ezekiel Gebissa @egebissa In July 2012, I visited Ali Mohammed Bira, a pioneer Oromo music artist—singer, composer, and poet—who essentially reinvented Oromo music, in his home in Pickering, Ontario. Ali has a recliner perched on a landing at the end of the first flight of stairs to the second level of his…
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News: Outcry over arrest of three Oromia Supreme Court judges after allowing bail to Jawar Mohammed’s security detail
Addis Ababa: Police in Adama, East Shoa zone of the Oromia Regional State, detained three judges of the Oromia Supreme Court, Eastern Criminal Division, without due process of the law, an informant who is close to the matter but asked to remain anonymous told Addis Standard. The Judges Dessaleny Lammii, Mohamed Jimaa and Abdiisaa Waqjiraa were detained on Friday, 04…
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News: Nine priests abducted by militants since last week remain missing in North Shewa, Oromia Region
Addis Ababa: Nine out of 11 priests abducted by militants last week in an incident that left a deacon killed in Gebre Guracha town, North Shewa zone of Oromia Region, remain missing, while a priest and parish administrator were released after paying ransom money, a priest from North Shewa, Selale Diocese, told Addis Standard. North Shewa, Selale Diocese of the…
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News: Rights bodies urge effective transitional justice in wake of Ethiopia peace agreement
A child sits inside a vehicle burned out during fighting in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Photo: © UNICEF/Christine Nesbitt/January 2022. Addis Abeba -In the wake of the “agreement for lasting peace and cessation of hostilities” signed by the federal government and the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF), Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have…
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Official version of AU-led Ethiopia peace agreement
Picture: South African Government International Relations and Cooperation Addis Abeba – Ambassador Redwan Hussien, Minister, National Security Advisor of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, has posted the official version of the AU-led peace agreement signed between representatives of the federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on 02 November in South Africa. The agreement was made after multiple back…
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News: World welcomes Ethiopia permanent cessation of hostilities with calls for swift implementation
Picture: South African Government International Relations and Cooperation Addis Abeba – Various diplomats and members of international community have welcomed the signing of cessation of hostilities agreement between the Ethiopian federal government and representatives of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) n South Africa. The warring parties have agreed to cessation of hostilities on Wednesday during conclusion of the AU-led…
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Breaking: AU-led Ethiopia peace talk facilitators to announce agreement on cessation of hostilities
Addis Abeba – Olusegun Obasanjo, the High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, announced that AU-led peace talks in South Africa has resulted in agreement of cessation of hostilities between the federal government and Tigrayan authorities. Full Text: Joint Statement between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF)…
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