Year: 2022
- Africa
News: AU Chairperson expresses hope Ethiopia peace talks will “lead to a ceasefire and opening a way to bring humanitarian support”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat in Ottawa, Canada. Picture: Moussa Faki Mahamat/Twitter Addis Abeba – Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed his hopes that the AU-led peace talks happening in South Africa between the representatives of the federal government and Tigrayan authorities “will lead to a ceasefire and opening a…
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News: Ruling party Central Committee member, Somali region MP Juweria Subcis shot dead “deliberately”: Regional official
Juweria Subcis, 26, is survived by her two children. Picture: Social Media Addis Abeba– Juweria Subcis, a member of the ruling Prosperity Party Central Committee and the Somali regional state Parliament was shot and killed “deliberately”, Mohamed Guray, Deputy Chief of Security of the Somali regional state confirmed to Addis Standard. Juweria Subcis was shot dead by a member of…
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News: Ethiopian federal police detain man, accomplices for alleged possession of more than five billion birr illegally, money laundering
Headquarters of the Ethiopian Federal Police in Addis Abeba Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Federal Police says it has arrested an individual named Samuel Aguale Alemu, whom it accused of illegally possessing more than 5 billion birr. The police said in a statement on Wednesday that Samuel was arrested with 25 other individuals including his sister Yodit Aguale Alemu who…
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Business: Major landmark for Akobo Minerals as it begins excavation on Segele Gold Mine
Company geologists and surveyors lay out the location of the incline shaft (left). The mine manager supervises the first earth being removed from the box cut location (right). Picture: AKobo Minerals Addis Abeba – Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, today announced that it has broken ground at its Segele gold mine, marking an “important…
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News: UN Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia brief UNSC A3 group on “alarming abuses against civilians”
ICHREE Commissioners Kaari Betty Murungi (Chair), Steven Ratner and Radhika Coomaraswamy meeting the UNSC A3. Picture: Kenya PR to UN Addis Ababa: Representatives of the the UN Security Council A3 member states, namely Gabon, Ghana and Kenya, met on Tuesday with the Commissioners of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) and the Special Rapporteur on the situation…
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News: US says immediate cessation of hostilities priority to end “this destabilizing conflict” as AU announces launch of peace talks in South Africa
AU-led Ethiopia peace talk facilitators. From left: Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Uhuru Kenyatta Addis Ababa: The US says it welcomes the start of AU-led peace talks between the government of Ethiopia and Tigrayan regional authorities while urging the delegations “to engage seriously to reach a lasting resolution to this conflict” and that immediate cessation of hostilities was essential…
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News: Southern region police apprehend officer suspected of trafficking 48 Eritrean nationals to Kenya
Addis Abeba – The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state Police Commission has announced that a member of the South Omo Zone Police suspected of trafficking 48 Eritrean nationals, including children, to Kenya has been detained. Deputy Commander Taju Negash, the head of the media department of the SNNP Police Commission, told a local radio that, the suspect,…
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News: Ethiopia ranks 123 out of 140 in Rule of Law Index, a decline from last year
Addis Abeba – The 2022 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, which was released on 25 October, revealed that Ethiopia’s overall rule of law score has decreased 3.6% in this year’s Index. Ethiopia ranks 123rd out of 140 countries worldwide, falling one position since last year. Significant trends for Ethiopia included “a deterioration in the factor measuring Order…
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#NewsAlert: Somali region MP shot dead inside Jigjiga airport
Picture: Dr. Juweria Ali. Addis Abeba – Juweria Subcis, a member of the Somali regional state parliament, was shot by a member of federal police officer inside Jigjiga Airport in the region’s capital. Juweria died immediately due to her injuries, according to her close friend Dr. Juweria Ali. Details are sketchy, and there is no official statement from the regional…
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News: Residents say drone strike killed dozens of civilians in West Shewa, Oromia region; OLF, OFC condemn relentless airstrikes across Oromia
By Addis Standard Staff Addis Ababa – Residents told Addis Standard that at least 68 people were killed in a drone strike in Ofu Bekke village, Chobi district, about 120 km northwest of the capital Addis Abeba in the West Shewa zone of Oromia regional state. The attack took place on Sunday 23 October in the district at a place…
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