Year: 2022
- Africa
News: UN experts warn women and girls fleeing war in Tigray, Amhara, Afar at heightened risk of trafficking for sexual exploitation
Survivors of sexual violence in Tigray. Picture: Human Rights Watch/November 2021 Addis Ababa: UN experts warn women and girls in the war affected regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara, in Northern Ethiopia are increasingly vulnerable to abduction and trafficking for sexual exploitation as they flee the war. “We are alarmed by reports of refugee and internally displaced women and girls…
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News: Ethiopia says it accepts peace talks invitation by AU
Tigray’s leader Debretsion Gebremichael (PHD) and Olusegun Obasanjo, AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa in Mekelle. Photo: Getachew Reda Addis Ababa: The Government of Ethiopia says it has accepted a peace talks invitation issued by the African Union to resolve the 21 months war in Ethiopia. “The African Union’s official invitation is consistent with the Ethiopian Government’s prior…
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News: Fed. prosecutor presses multiple charges against journalists Gobeze Sisay, Meaza Mohammed and author Asaye Deribe
From left: Meaza Moahmmed, Asaye Deribe and Gobeze Sisay Addis Abeba – The Federal prosecutor has filed multiple charges against journalists Gobeze Sisay, Meaza Mohammed as well as author and activist Asaye Deribe, who has been detained since mid-September the Ministry of Justice has announced. The details of the charges, which were filed at the federal court on Friday 30…
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News: Gambella region rejects Rights Commission’s report, calls it “irresponsible”
Ugutu Adeng, Gambella Regional state Government Communication Affairs bureau head. Picture: Screenshot By Mihret G/Kristos Addis Ababa – The Gambella regional government has rejected and condemned Ethiopian Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) report on extrajudicial killings of at least 50 civilians in the region following a clash in June between security forces and armed groups. The regional government says in a…
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Analysis: Dialogue amid civil war and violence: Mission impossible?
The cover design of the May 2022 edition of Addis Standard’s print magazine, where the story below was featured on. By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba – The ruling Prosperity Party (PP) is dead set on getting Ethiopia to experience its first ever “national dialogue” and has subsequently micromanaged the creation of a “National Dialogue Commission (NDC)” through a parliament…
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News Alert: EU alarmed over “totally blocked” humanitarian access in Tigray, “greatly impeded” in affected areas in Amhara, Afar
Shelter for displaced Tigrayan civilians in Mekelle. Picture: EU/2021 Archive Addis Abeba – The European Union (EU) said it was “alarmed at the deterioration of the humanitarian operating environment” in Tigray, Amhara and Afar regional states since the resumption of militarized hostilities in 24August. The EU also said the fighting has reportedly left “tens of thousands” of people newly displaced…
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News Alert: Ethiopia, Somalia call on UNSC to lift Somalia arms embargo
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Picture credit: PMO Addis Abeba – In a joint communique issued at the end of a two-day official visit by Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Ethiopia and Somalia called upon the UN Security Council (UNSC) “to consider the request of the Federal Governments of Somalia for the lifting of the arms…
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News: At least 50 civilians killed in extra-judicial execution by security forces, armed groups in Gambella: new report
Screenshot taken from a scene of one of the extra-judicial execution of a civilian by Gambella region security forces By Mihret G/Kirstos & Assefa Molla Addis Ababa – Following the June 14th clash in the capital of Ethiopia’s Gambella region between the region’s security forces and coalition of armed groups Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and Gambella Liberation Front (GLF), civilian…
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Commentary: Ethiopia’s conflict: Politics of nationalism and federalism without a federation
Caption: The 13th Ethiopian Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Day celebrations held in Addis Abeba on 08 December 2018. Credit: Anadolu Agency/Screengrab By Milkessa Gemechu @milkessam Addis Abeba – In a statement made on Sunday September 11, 2022, the African Union Commission welcomed the announcement by the Regional Government of Tigray of its commitment for a peaceful resolution of the civil…
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