Year: 2022
- Armed Conflict in Tigray
News: Battlefield provocations, bellicose rhetoric, lack of durable ceasefire threaten Ethiopia peace progress: US
Antony J. Blinken. Picture: US Embassy in Berlin Addis Abeba – U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said the “recent provocations on the battlefield, bellicose rhetoric, and the lack of a durable ceasefire now threaten” five month old peace progress to end Ethiopia’s civil war. Secretary Blinken said the State Department was “concerned by reports of renewed hostilities in Ethiopia”…
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News: National Electoral Board accepts request to organize referendum for six zones, five special woredas
By Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21 Addis Abeba: The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has accepted a request by the House of Federation (HoF) to organize a plebiscite within the next three months on the efforts of 6 zones, Wolaita, Gamo, Gofa, South Omo, Gedeo, Konso, as well as 5 special woredas, Derashe, Amaro, Burji, Ale, and Basketo, to be reconstituted…
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News: Fed. Government, Tigrayan forces exchange blame for resumption of military hostilities
Civilians displaced by the civil war in Tigray. Picture: © UNHCR/Hazim Elhag Addis Abeba – In a statement issued this morning the Government Communication Service confirmed the resumption of militarily hostilities involving the federal army and Tigrayan forces after a lull in the past few months. The federal government blamed Tigrayan forces for the resumption of military hostilities. “Leaving aside…
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News: Army at level of readiness “to repel any attack from inside, outside”: ENDF
Picture: ENDF Addis Abeba – Quoting the army commanders of various corps as saying, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) said “the army is at a level of readiness where it can repel any attack from inside or outside.” According to a dispatch posted on the ENDF’s Facebook page this morning, different commanders of the army corps, who were present…
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News: Ethiopia Army issues warning calling for immediate stop to “unverified, unnecessary information and rumors” on its current affairs
Addis Abeba – In a statement it issued today, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) strongly warned and called for the immediate cessation on reporting “our army’s current affairs” using “unverified, unnecessary information and rumors.” The army said that it firmly believes that the strength of the support and participation of the Ethiopian people to the Defense Forces are critical…
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In-depth Analysis: ‘Historical Decision’ on Addis Abeba, Oromia Special Zone administrative demarcation: Answers to old questions or more questions?
Officials of Addis Abeba City Administration lead by Mayor Adanech Abiebie, and Oromia regional state led by its president Shimelis Abdissa, celebrating announcement of the administrative demarcation identifying districts between Addis Abeba and the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne which is hailed as “a historic decision” . Picture: Mayor’s office By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Abeba: The long talked about…
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News: Gurage Zone officials favoring statehood arrested, sources say
Gurage zone officials who got arrested Picture: social media Addis Abeba: Zonal and bureau officials have been arrested in connection to the movement for Gurage statehood, according to an anonymous government source. The arrested officials are as follows: Zonal Finance Bureau official Minewer Hayatu, Governmental Communications Affairs official, Mebrate Woldemariam, Abebe Amerga, Zonal Enterprise and Industry Development Bureau official, and…
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News: Puntland President meets senior Ethiopian army officers, discuss cooperation against Al-Shabaab
Picture: Ethiopian Consulate General Addis Abeba – President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, and vice president, Ahmed Ilmi Osman Karash, met on Sunday 21 August with high-ranking at the Presidential Palace in Garowe, met high-ranking officials from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and officials from the Ethiopian Consul in Puntland, according to a report from Puntland…
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#ASDailyScoop: Uganda’s Min. of State for Foreign Affairs, Commander-in-Chief of Ground Forces on working visit to Ethiopia
From left: Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kianerugaba, Henry Okello Oryem, & Temeseng Tiruneh . Picture: MoFA Addis Abeba – A Ugandan delegation, which includes Uganda’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem, and the Commander-in-Chief of the country’s Ground Forces and President Yoweri Museveni’s Senior Advisor on Special Operations, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kianerugaba, as well as other senior security…
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