Year: 2022
- Armed conflict in Amhara and Afar state
News: Women march in capital adds to growing calls for peace in Ethiopia
Women march in Addis Abeba calling for peace. Picture: Social Media Addis Abeba – A peace rally was held in Addis Abeba on Thursday 08 August organized by three women-centered indigenous civil society organizations based in Ethiopia. The march for peace adds up to the rare, yet growing calls from non-state actors calling for an end and a peaceful resolution…
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News: Ethiopia disavows state media report doubting Somalia President for “strong relationship with TPLF”
Screenshot from Etv World news program Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (MoFA) on Wednesday 07 August distanced Ethiopia from news coverage the previous day by “Etv World”, one of the programs under the banner of state-owned, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporate (EBC), discussing challenges facing Somalia’s President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in taking Somalia out of decades of…
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News: UN Rights Experts urge Security Council to keep Ethiopia, Horn situation on its agenda, says Eritrean troops engaged in Tigray hostilities
UNSC Chamber. Photo: UN/Loey Felipe/Archive Addis Abeba – Commenting for the second time on Ethiopia’s renewed militarized hostilities between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigrayan forces, members of the U.N. appointed International Commission of Human Rights Experts said that “given the gravity of the situation, the Commission urges the [UN Security] Council to keep the situation in Ethiopia and the…
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News: Despite ban on meeting press, local CSOs call for immediate peace in Ethiopia, basic services provision in Tigray, other conflict hit areas
A similar call was made last year by a collective of 24 local civil society organizations in connection with the Ethiopian New Year, which is celebrated every year on September 11. Graphic Design: 2021 Peace Call By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: After being blocked by security forces from meeting the media, a group of 35 local civil society organizations…
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News: In Ethiopia scientists identify Fossil Otter the Size of a Lion
Reconstruction of the otter Enhydriodon omoensis (in background), compared with three current species, left to right: the South American giant otter; the sea otter; and an African otter. E. omoensis occupied Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley at the same time as human ancestors known as Australopithecines (shown here for size comparison along with a modern human). The otter’s femur and dental…
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News: People In Need provides safe water to more than 8,300 inhabitants in Konso zone
Addis Abeba – People In Need (PIN), a non-governmental, non-profit organization, launched a water development project with support from the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid department. “So far, more than 8,300 inhabitants have benefited from safe and drinkable water provided by the project in the Segen Zuria Woreda and the Lultu and Aylotadokatu Kebeles, in the Konso zone, in the Southern…
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News: Rights Commission says militants from local, neighboring Amhara region responsible for recent massacre of more than 60 in Oromia
A picture that circulated on Social Media platforms last week shows mass displacement of civilians after the attack Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released a new report confirming that more than 60 people from the Oromo community were massacred in Western Oromia during the course of two days attack by armed men who gathered both from…
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Commentary: Ethiopian National Dialogue Proclamation: A camouflage for monologue?
Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi presiding over the swearing in ceremony of the eleven Commissioners appointed by Parliament to lead the National Dialogue Commission (NDC). Picture: HoPR By Milkiyas Bulcha Addis Abeba – The National Dialogue (ND) has become popular for conflict transformation, lest it may be manipulated to consolidate the power of a ruling party. For a country like Ethiopia,…
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