Year: 2022
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In-depth Analysis: Analyst, community members caution against treating Gurage People’s quest for self administration as threat to national security
A group of elders and local community members in Gurage zone holding banners rejecting the new cluster arrangement. The message in the black, circle banner reads “Gurage regional state.” Picture: Social media By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – As the Ethiopian House of Federation (HoF) prepares to pass a decision on the status of the Gurage people’s request for…
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News Analysis: Ethiopia peace committee wants “enabling environment” after ceasefire to resume basic services in Tigray
Members of the ruling party Main Peace Committee. From Left: Ambassador Redwan, FM Demeke, and Justice Minister Gedion. Picture: MoFA Addis Abeba – The Main Peace Committee established by the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) briefed members of the diplomatic community including Ambassadors based in Addis Abeba today about “the peace process that the Ethiopian government has been pursuing so far.”…
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News: At least seven casualties reported in Bosat district; residents blame ‘Fano militants’
By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Ababa – Residents and local administrators in Bosat district of East Shewa zone of the Oromia region told Addis Standard that several people were killed in an attack by “armed groups from the Amhara region”.At least eight people were killed in the attack in Hadhecha village, residents said, adding that repeated attacks on the people…
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News Analysis: Faltering Dreams: The Fight for Inclusivity
Dr. Tazebachew Wudie By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba: Social media has been ripe with stories of medical students facing salient administrational challenges, owing to their disabilities. It was a recent phenomenon that Dr. Biniam, a person with a disability, was solved after a huge Ethiopian social and broadcast media controversy. Weeks later, Dr. Tazebachew Wudie, an Obstetrics and Gynecology…
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News: USAID announces $7.7 M investment in Amhara region
USAID Ethiopia Director Sean Jones launches new $7.7 million project with Bahir Dar University Vice President Dr. Tesfaye Shiferaw, Bahir Dar, August 16, 2022. Picture: US embassy Addis Abeba – The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Ethiopia Mission Director Sean Jones announced a new $7.7 million investment to train the next generation of 750 Ethiopian disaster risk management…
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Profile: A mother’s call to rescue future generation
Sister Yirgedu Habtu By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba – Sister Yirgedu Habtu, the founder and owner of New Life Addiction Rehabilitation Center, also known as ‘Addis Hiwot’ Addiction Rehabilitation Center, is the 2015 recipient of the Ethiopian Health Ministry’s Ethiopian Role Model Nurse of the year award. Sr. Yirgedu says that the recognition inspired her in several ways to…
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News: Thousands of Tigrayans illegally held in Afar camps begin return to Ab’ala town
Addis Abeba – Thousands of Tigrayans who were forcibly kept in detention camps in Semera, in Afar regional state, began returning to Ab’ala town. The UNOCHA tweeted a photo with information: “today in Semera, Afar region, the return of thousands of Internally Displaced People (IDP) to Ab’ala town began. The return operation will continue over the next couple of weeks.…
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Analysis: Safaricom makes assurance in wake of protest from Oromo activists, bloggers over alleged employment discrimination
Gammadaa Olaanaa, second from left, is a social media influencer and one of the campaigners who met with Safaricom officials today. Picture: Gammadaa Olaanaa Facebook page By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba: Oromo online activists on Facebook and Twitter are protesting against alleged employment discrimination by Safaricom Telecommunications PLC. The protest is mainly centered around accusations that the company shows…
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#ASDailyScoop: Addis City inaugurates Pushkin Square – Gotera Interchange modern road project
Picture: Addis Abeba City Administration Addis Abeba – The inauguration of the first modern road project covering the area from Sarbet – Alexander Pushkin Square – Gofa Mazoria to the end of the Gotera Interchange, and located in Nifas Silk Laphto District, took place today in the presence of Addis Abeba City Mayor Adanech Abiebie, Ahmed Shide, minister of Finance,…
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Bilalul Habeshi Community Museum: A standing storyteller named after an African pride in the ancient Arabian Desert
By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, September 2021 – Ethiopians were among the first people to convert into Islam after accepting and accommodating the companions of Prophet Mohammed. During a war against Islam, the companions of the prophet set their foot to the then Axumite kingdom seeking a safe haven after the prophet sent them telling they would rather find…
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