Year: 2022
- Education
News: Inquiry reveals counterfeit academic credentials in Dawro Zone
Dawro Zone administrator Desta Demissie. Photo: Dawro Zone communication office Addis Ababa – The newly established Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Regional State said the first round of educational document authentication operation carried out in Dawro Zone revealed 19 employees with counterfeit academic credentials. According to the communication office of the Dawro Zone it has verified a total of 373 academic credentials.…
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News: Oromia region calls on youth who join armed group to return, rules out peace talks to end war in region
Members the OLA fighters. Picture: OLA Website Addis Abeba- The Oromia Regional State government called on Oromo youth who joined to fight alongside the rebel group in the region, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), known by the government as “OLF/Shene”, to “return back to peace.” The regional state also ruled out the possibilities of having peace negotiations to end the three-year…
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News: Up to 30% children in Tigray face acute malnutrition, five million in need as aid remain far from adequate: UN
Health worker Mengistu Atalay attends to a newborn baby, asphyxiated at birth, in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mai Tsebri Primary Hospital. Photo: ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2021/Demissew Bizuwerk Addis Abeba -A report by the UN released yesterday revealed that an estimated 30% children in the Tigray region are facing “acute malnutrition” while more than five million people are in need of food assistance as humanitarian supply arriving in the region “remain…
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News: China provides Ethiopian Federal Police with patrol, bullet-proof vehicles and communication upgrading system worth above US$600, 000
Commissioner General Demelash G/Michae and Ambassador Zhao Zhiyuan during the handover ceremony. Picture: Federal Police Addis Abeba – The Chinese government has provided the Ethiopian Federal Police with five Corolla Cross patrol vehicles, a bullet-proof vehicle, a Communication Upgrading System worth more than US$600, 000. The donation also included digital forensic laboratory equipment and cash. Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia Zhao…
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News: Tigrayan official accuses Eritrean forces of “summarily executing” civilians, calls on federal government for protection
A resident in the Irob district whose house is reportedly shelled by Eritrean forces shows the wreckage left in the wake of the shelling to the local Tigray TV. Photo: Screenshot Addis Ababa – Getachew Reda, Spokesperson for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and member Tigrayan peace talks delegation, said Eritrean forces have continued killing civilians including children and…
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News: Worsening security, drought drive Ethiopia humanitarian response rise to $3.335 billion; 11% increase in people in need
12 July 2022. Azati Kitli IDP site hosting conflict IDPs in Mambuk Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz Region. Shewanesh Chali (25) lost her husband as a result of conflict about a year ago andstruggles to keep her two children alive. Credit: Liz Loh-Taylor for OCHA Ethiopia. Addis Abeba – Continued insecurity, including conflicts and multiple episodes of violence, as well as the ongoing…
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News: Police in pursuit of five Addis Abeba City officials suspected of land grab, grand corruption
Addis Abeba: Addis Abeba police says five senior officials of land management office of Lemi Kura sub-city are on the run and being sought by law as part of government’s anti-corruption crackdown. According to police, head of land management office Habiba Umer, her deputy Tesfaye Girma, land management officers Bekalu Tsadek and Chemdessa Fulea, as well as Leul Terfe, who…
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News: University teachers threaten indefinite strike over pending demands
By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Ababa – Teachers and their technical assistants working in all Ethiopian universities have written a letter to the Ministry of Education and the House of People’s Representatives announcing that they will go on strike for an indefinite period of time starting 04 December 2022. The letter says the university instructors’ demands for improvement on starting…
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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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