Year: 2022
- Africa
News: Drone airstrikes in Mekelle endanger “very fragile hope for peace”, Eritrea continues “to impede” peace efforts in Ethiopia: EU
Medics in Mekelle seen attending to an injured civilian. Picture: Tigray TV By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba – In a statement it released last night, the European Union (EU) said said it regretted that “the two drone airstrikes that hit Mekelle”, the capital of Tigray regional state on 14 on 13 September “endanger, once again, the very fragile hope…
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#ASDailyScoop: Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Bureau gets new chief
Lydia Girma. Picture: Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Administration Bureau Addis Abeba – The Addis Abeba City Peace and Security Administration Bureau appointed Lydia Girma as its new bureau chief, replacing Kenea Yadeta (PhD), according to the Bureau’s Directorate of Communication Affairs. Lydia was the deputy head of peace values sector at the Bureau. The Bureau also appointed Tewdros…
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News: Ministry unveils new factory prices for cement products
Minister Gebremeskel Chala. Picture: Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration. Archive/Sept. 07/22 Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration has announced today that it has issued a new cement price regulation to curb the rising price of cement products in the country. The ministry said it has made the decision after it asked cement factories in…
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News: AU, US, UN, EU hail Tigray decision on AU-led peace process by “mutually acceptable mediators”, abide by “immediate, mutually agreed cessation of hostilities”
From left: Getachew Reda and Lt. Gen. Tsadikan Gebretinsae. PictureL Screenshot/AS/Archive By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba – The African Union, the U.S. government, the United Nations, and the European Union have responded with acceptance a statement released on 11 September by the Tigray regional state government announcing its stance that it was “prepared to participate in a robust peace…
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News: Biden extends sanctions on unnamed officials connected to humanitarian, human rights crisis in Ethiopia
President Biden. Picture: White House Addis Abeba – U.S. President Joe Biden has extended his September 2021 Executive Order “imposing sanctions on certain persons with respect to the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ethiopia.” Although the sanction is a year old, the U.S. government has not made the names of sanctioned officials public. In a 09 September letter to…
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News: AS explainer on re-detention of journalists Meaza Mohammed and Gobeze Sisay
Journalists Gobeze Sisay and Meaza Mohammed. Picture: Screengrab By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – On Wednesday September 08, government security forces have re-detained journalist Meaza Mohammed, owner and managing director of “Roha Media” , a YouTube based media channel. Meaza’s detention came hours after security forces re-detained journalist Gobeze Sisay of “The Voice of Amhara“, another YouTube based media.…
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News: Ethiopia rejects UN experts call for UNSC meeting as “ultra vires, blatant”; cautions it forecloses “all doors of cooperation”
In early August, members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia with Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Photo: MoFA Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was “dismayed by the statement of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia” and rejected it as “ultra vires and…
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