Year: 2022
- Africa
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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#NewsAlert: Obasanjo to give first press briefing today on ongoing AU-led Ethiopia peace talks
IGAD Executive Secretary Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu in conversation with Olusegun Obadanjo in Pretoria on Saturday 29 October. Picture: Nuur Mohamud Sheekh Addis Abeba – Olusegun Obasanjo, the High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, is scheduled to provide a briefing to the media today in the afternoon in Pretoria, according to the South African government department of international…
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News: Cholera outbreak kills nine as cases spike to over 330 in Bale zone Oromia and bordering Somali regions
A girl receives oral cholera vaccine during a campaign led by IVI and partners in Shashemene, Ethiopia. Picture Credit: International Vaccine Institute/May 2022 Addis Ababa: A new report by the UN said that at least nine people have died following the latest cholera outbreak across five districts in Oromia and Somali regional state, with over 330 cases reported as of…
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News: Gov’t trying to convince Tigrayan authorities to “respect the law of the land, to respect the constitution, to act as one state in Ethiopia”: PM
PM Abiy Ahmed seen holding hands with Tigray state President Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), who was then the vice President, in Axum city on 10 June 2019. Picture: PMO/Archive Addis Abeba – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the federal government is “trying to convince [the] TPLF to respect the law of the land, to respect the constitution, to act as…
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