Year: 2022
- Amhara Regional State
News: Bahir Dar City Admin community police chief shot dead
The late Commander Wagaw Tarekegn. Picture: Amhara Police Commission Addis Abeba – The Amhara regional state Police commission announced that Commander Wagaw Tarekegn, head of Community Police Department at the the Bahir Dar City Administration Police was shot and killed by an individual. Commander Wagaw was killed last night around 6:00 PM local time, the regional state police said. He…
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News: Electoral Board requests more than 541 m birr budget to hold referendum in Southern state
NEBE Promotion Poster Addis Abeba – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said it has submitted a budget request amounting a total of 541,270,104.82 birr for the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) for the upcoming referendum expected to be held in Southern Nation, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state. The Board’s request follows a decision by the House of…
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News Update: Amhara state police detain Zemene Kassie, a well-known Fano militia leader
Zemene Kassie delivering speech at a gathering of Amhara youth association in April 2019. Photo: Screenshot. Addis Abeba – The Amhara Regional Police Commission announced that Zemen Kassie, a well-known Fano militia leader, otherwise known as “patriot Zemene” has been taken into police custody in Bahir Dar, the capital of the regional state. According to the AMC, the regional state…
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Breaking: Ethiopia terminates contract with Chinese POLY-GCL effective today
Takele Uma Addis Abeba: Takele Uma, Ethiopia’s Minister of Mines & Petroleum announced the termination of the contract with the Chinese POLY-GCL, which has been engaged in oil exploration in Ethiopia. In March this year, in a letter of ultimatum sent to Chinese owned POLY-GCL Petroleum Group Holding Limited, the Ministry issued a list of conditions to be met by…
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News: US “tracking Eritrean troop movements across the border” with Ethiopia: special envoy
Screengrab Addis Abeba – The U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer, told media this afternoon that the U.S. was “tracking” recent Eritrean troop movements along the Ethiopian border. The Envoy’s remark came shortly after Tigrayan authorities said that “Eritrean forces have launched full scale offensive in all fronts today,” and days after news reports emerged that…
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News: Reasonable grounds to believe “war crimes, crimes against humanity” in Ethiopia’s war; Tigray “systematically” deprived of material, services “indispensable” for survival: UN investigators
Shire hospital in Tigray which serves more than one million people, was one of the hospitals targeted for destruction by invading Eritrean forces. Addis Abeba – In a report highlighting its initial findings and presented to the UN Human Rights Council, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) concluded that “there are reasonable grounds to believe that…
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News: Rights Commission calls for immediate response to dire state of Tigrayan civilians illegally detained in Jarre camp, now transferred to Awash police training camp
A screenshot showing Tigrayan displaced civilians in the Jarre camp taken from a recent report on Channel 4 Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for immediate response to the dire human rights situation of thousands of displaced civilians from Tigray and bordering Amhara regional states who were recently transferred from Jarre camp in South Wollo…
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News: Gurage Zone Council to hold first meeting after rejecting cluster arrangement
Arshya Ahmed. Picture: Gurage Zone Communication Bureau By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: In statement issued today, Arshya Ahmed, the Speaker of the Gurage Zone Council, in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state, said that the zonal council has called its members for a meeting scheduled for tomorrow, 17 September. This is the first meeting by the Council…
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News: Authority vows to hold CSOs working against “sovereignty, public interest” to account
Jima Dilbo. Picture: SCSO By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba – Jima Dilbo, Director General of the federal Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) told state media that the Agency would strengthen its works to make civil society organizations “working against Ethiopia’s sovereignty and the public interest” accountable by law. Jima further pointed out that the Authority was working with…
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#ASDailyScoop: US welcomes appointment of Uhuru Kenyatta as peace envoy to Ethiopia, Eastern DRC
Addis Abeba – The U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs said the U.S. welcomes “the appointment of Uhuru Kenyatta as peace envoy for the conflict in Northern Ethiopia and in Eastern DRC.” We welcome the appointment of Uhuru Kenyatta as peace envoy for the conflict in Northern Ethiopia and in Eastern DRC. A critical time for both conflicts –…
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