Year: 2022
- Africa
News: Gurage zone’s lingering request for statehood causes another stay-at-home protest in zonal capital
Pictures from yesterday’s protest in Wolkite city. Photos: Social Media Addis Abeba – Residents in Wolkite city, the capital city of the Gurage zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state, have staged yest another protests by boycotting routine activities in the city and its environs which included suspending civil service works and business activities. Similar protests…
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Business: Ethiopia’s Tracon Trading wins Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award for finest coffee Arabica
Photo: .lacucinaitaliana Addis Abeba – Ethiopia’s Tracon Trading, a private company mainly engaged in Coffee Export & Real Estate development, has won the Best Award of the “Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award 2022”, a prize that celebrates the finest coffee Arabica variety sourced from all over the world. According to the organizers, every year, an external jury made up of…
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News: Former senior health bureau official, government critic detained in Somali region, accused of hate speech
Siraj Adem. Photo: Friends Addis Abeba – Siraj Adem, former Somali region senior health bureau official, has been detained on Thursday 17 November in Dire Dawa and taken to regional capital Jigjiga where he is currently jailed, according to information received by Addis Standard. The information was corroborated by Siraj Abdikadir, a lecturer at Jigjiga University, who said that Siraj…
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News: Justice Ministry files charges on suspects of murder, serious crime against ride taxi drivers in Addis Abeba
Drivers protesting against the brutal murder of their colleagues and calling for justice on 21 July. Photo: Screeshoot Addis Ababa: The Ministry of Justice has announced that it has filed charges of murder and serious crimes against 12 individuals who are suspected of committed series of murders and robbery against half a dozen ride drivers providing transport services. The Directorate…
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News: Full implementation of Pretoria agreement essential to restore partnerships with Ethiopia: US
Assistant secretary of state for African Affairs Molly Phee responding to congressman Brad. Photo: Screenshot Addis Abeba – America’s assistant secretary of state for African Affairs Molly Phee said the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) signed in Pretoria, South Africa between the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan leadership is must be fully implemented for the US to consider restoring partnerships…
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News: UN Human Rights Office condemns execution of seven people in Kuwait, including an Ethiopian woman
Addis Abeba – The United Nation Human Rights Office, in a statement it issued yesterday, has condemned the execution of seven people in Kuwait on Wednesday. Liz Throssell, spokesperson of the UN Human Rights Office, described the execution, “Disturbing”. #Ethiopian woman among seven executed in #KuwaitKuwait has carried out its first executions in five years, hanging seven people. …those put…
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Business: Partnership between Oromia Bank, EthSwitch sees Mastercard withdrawals kick off in Ethiopia
Picture: Oromia Bank By Tom Bleach, thefintechtimes For the first time, Mastercard debit, credit and prepaid cards are accepted in Ethiopia. The news follows partnerships between the financial services giant and two Ethiopian financial firms. Addis Abeba – EthSwitch, Ethiopia’s national payment switch, and Ethiopia-based Oromia Bank have partnered with Mastercard. The move brings Mastercard services to the citizens of Ethiopia.…
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