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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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