Year: 2022
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#ASDailyScoop: Somalia’s South West, Somali regional state Presidents agree to fight Al-Shabaab
Presidents Abdiaziz Laftagareen and Mustafe M.Omer. Picture: Somali Fastinfo. Addis Abeba – President of the Somali regional state, Mustafe M.Omer, and neighboring Somalia’s South West region President, Abdiaziz Laftagareen, met on Monday 08 August in Jigjiga, the capital of the Somali Regional State and agreed to fight against Al-Shabaab militants. This came in the backdrop of the foiled incursion in…
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News: Residents in Wolkite city, Gurage zone stage protest, boycott routine activities
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 Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba – Residents in Wolkite city, the capital of Gurage zone in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state, staged protests today…
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News: Govt claims its forces kill hundreds of militants, detain thousands in various regions; recapture over 1000 kebelles in Oromia, Benishangul Gumuz states
Members of the National Security Council; Image: PMO-Ethiopia By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian government said it has killed hundreds of armed militants operating in various parts of the country, and detained thousands of suspects since the National Security Council (NSC) held its meeting in June this year and put forth a direction to tack the growing security…
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News: OLF slams AU characterization of military conflict in Oromia as “ethnic violence”
Dawud Ibssa, Chairman of the Oromo Liberation Front By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba – The opposition party, Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), has criticized the African Union’s (AU) characterization of the militarized conflict in Oromia regional state as “ethnic violence.” The OLF was referring to a recent “Brief Note” by the AU after its High Representative for the Horn of…
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News: Security forces in Wolaita detain prominent scholar, opposition member Asefa Wodajo
Former Assistant Professor of Dilla University Asefa Wodajo. Picture: Personal Facebook By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba: Security forces in Sodo city, the capital of Wolaita zone in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state, detained, once again, Asefa Wodajo, a notable proponent of Wolaita Statehood and central committee member of the opposition, Wolaita National Movement (WNM), the party…
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News: Affected communities left to die of hunger unless intervention is enacted, exclaims #OFC
By Fraol Bersissa @FiraolBer Addis Abeba: The Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) has written a letter on 06 August 2022 to relief organizations working in Ethiopia to take account of and respond to the drought, which it says is devastating the Eastern and Southern sections of the Oromia region. The letter identified eight zones of Oromia, namely East Bale, Guji, West…
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#ASDailyScoop: Ethiopia federal police seize Eritrean Nakfa, other foreign currencies illegally moving in Addis Abeba
Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian Federal Police stated that it seized a sum of foreign currency originating from different countries, in collaboration with the community and other security forces that was being moved illegally in Addis Ababa city on Friday, 5th of August, 2022. During the operation 27, 491 US dollars, 15, 325 Euros, 680 Pounds Sterling: , 6 689 Eritrean…
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Business: Ethiopia state telecom giant launches three digital financial services with Dashen Bank
The launching ceremony at Skylight hotel By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – State owned telecom giant, Ethio-Telecom, in collaboration with Dashen Bank, has on Friday launched three different digital finance services under the motto “Financial Service for All” aimed at benefiting users with digital financial services including money transactions. They are: Telebirr Mela, Tele birr Endekise, and Telebirr Kuteba (Sanduk).…
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