Year: 2022
- Amhara Regional State
News: Lalibela imposes curfew, movement restrictions, unauthorized firearm possession
Lalibela is known otherwise as the ‘Jerusalem of Africa,’ and is home to the UNESCO registered rock-hewn churches. Picture: Lalibela city government Communication Addis Abeba – The historic town of Lalibela in Amhara regional state has issued curfew and restrictions of movement for people and vehicles. By so doing, Lalibela followed the cities of Debre Birhan, Kombolcha, Sekota which imposed…
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News: Ethiopia Rights Commission concerned by renewed fighting; urges return to dialogue
A child sits inside a vehicle burned out during fighting in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Photo: © UNICEF/Christine Nesbitt/January 2022. By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says it is worried about the renewal of conflict between Tigrayan forces and the Federal Government of Ethiopia (FGoE) last week. The commission called for a…
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News: Debre Birhan, Kombolcha, Sekota cities in Amhara state impose curfew, movement restrictions and ban on public gatherings
Pictures: AMC Addis Abeba – The Security Councils of the Debre Birhan, Kombolcha and Sekota cities in Amhara regional state imposed curfews on peoples and vehicles, movement restrictions, bans on unauthorized public gatherings, and carrying weapons unauthorized by security forces, among others. #Ethiopia: #Woldiya,#Dessie cities in #Amhara state impose curfew, movement restrictions https://t.co/5T12PzExMH The announcement from both cities followed earlier…
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Commentary: Beyond Safaricom: Foreign Direct Investment, diversity and miscalculated decisions
Addis Abeba’s financial district By Ayele Gelan (Ph.D.) @AyeleGelan Addis Abeba: No sooner than when Safaricom arrived in Addis Abeba did it encounter turbulence. It seems Safaricom’s managers did not consider the differences between the business environments in Ethiopia and Kenya. The company was engaged in undertaking preliminary duties to settle in its new marketplace. These included recruiting local staff…
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News: Sidama Federalist Party elects chairman, executives; approves party program
Assistant Professor Tessema Elias. Picture: SFP Addis Abeba– Founding members of the newly established regional opposition party, the Sidama Federalist Party (SFP), held the the founding convention of the party on Monday 29 August and elected the chairman and the executive committee members of the party. Held at Beshu Tullu complex tower in Hawasaa, the incoming capital city of Sidama…
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News: Media houses should refrain from spreading ‘hate speech and fake news’: Ethiopian Media Authority
Mohammed Idris, EMA Director-General; Image courtesy of ENA By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) was reported to have stated that media establishments found to be ‘forgoing of national interest and peace shattering’ would be held accountable. Mohammed Idris, Director General of EMA, was quoted as saying, ‘’ even though media houses are expected to deliver…
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News: Woldiya, Dessie cities in Amhara state impose curfew, movement restrictions
Dessie City. Photo: Dessie City Administration Communication Addis Abeba – The city administration bureaus of Woldiya and Dessie in Amhara regional states have imposed restrictions on movements of people and curfews effective Sunday 28 August. The announcement from both cities followed earlier news on Saturday 27 August from the federal government that allied members of the federal army and Amhara…
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News: Media, communication institutions should manage crisis time reporting carefully: Communication Service
Minister of Government Communication Service, Dr. Legesse Tulu. Picture: ENA Addis Abeba – The Federal Government Communication Service has said that the media and communication institutions should carefully manage their reporting and access to information in times of crisis in order to reflect the country’s national interest. This was highlighted at the end of a two-day federal and regional media…
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Op-ed: Resignation is the honorable and right thing for President Obasanjo to do
former Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo. Picture Credit: Friends of Europe. By Mehari Taddele Maru @DrMehari Addis Abeba – The glimmer of hope that came from the joint announcement by the Special Envoys of the United States (US), Ambassador Mike Hammer, European Union (EU), Dr Annette Weber, and the United Nations’ (UN), Dr Hannah Tetteh, that negotiations to end the war…
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News: “We are being tactically pushed out of the khat export market”: Khat farmers, traders in #Hararghe, #Oromia
By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Abeba – Kahat farmers and traders in Hararghe, Oromia complained that they are being forced to leave the export market as the government has entered the export market through its own agencies. Traders who spoke to Addis Standard said the traders who were organized under an association called Biftu Baha Oromia two years ago are…
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