Year: 2022
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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…
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Ethiopia
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…
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Africa
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…
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Africa
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…
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Africa
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…
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Africa
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…
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Africa
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…
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Ethiopia
#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…
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Africa
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…
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