Year: 2022
- Ethiopia
News: Ethiopian army generals jet-off to Baidoa, Jubaland, Somaliland; cross border security, Al-Shabaab threat top agenda
Ethiopian senior army generals conducting military meetings in Baidoa (top picture), Somaliland (bottom left) and Jubaland (bottom right). Pictures: ENDF Addis Abeba – A military delegation led by Major General Tesfaye Ayalew, Head of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Deployment and Somali region’s Temporary Security Command Post Coordinator arrived today in Baidoa, south west state of neighboring Somalia, this…
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News: Southwest Ethiopia State Council tables draft bill proposing four regional capitals of equal status
speaker the regional Council, Wondimu Kurta. Picture: Communication affairs bureau Addis Abeba – The provisional council of the newly formed Southwest Ethiopia People’s Regional State has announced that the regional state will have four capital cities of equal status. If it is approved by Council members, the regional state will be the first among Ethiopia’s eleven federated regional states in…
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Op-ed: Beyond National Dialogue: Ending Ethiopia’s civil war needs international engagement
Members of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission. Picture: Prosperity Party (PP) By Ezekiel Gebissa @egebissa Addis Abeba – On January 27, 1838, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech titled “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions” to the Young Men’s Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois. The core message of his speech was the need to preserve two great American ideals: self-rule and human…
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News: Obasanjo to brief AU Peace and Security Council on Ethiopia situation
On 31 May, chief Obasanjo met with Tigray regional state President Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD). Picture: Getachew Reda Addis Abeba – AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, is expected to brief the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) on Thursday 04 August on the situation in Ethiopia and his activities since the last meeting of…
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News update: Zonal restructure not agenda for Gurage Zone Council, Zone awaits House of Federation decision on request for own region
Alemyirga Woldie. Picture: Screenshot/GMN Addis Abeba – The Gurage Zone Council has not yet lined up the issue of restructuring to join several other zones and special Woredas in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state as agenda item; Zonal administration is instead waiting for the response from the House of Federation on its earlier request for a regional…
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News: With letter of assurance, “there should be no obstacle” for services to begin in Tigray: EU and US Special Envoys
U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer, European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa Annette Weber with Tigray’s President Debretsion in Mekelle. Picture: DW Addis Abeba – Special envoys of the U.S. and the E.U. said that they have received a letter from Tigray’s Regional President Debretsion “to be passed to the Government of Ethiopia…
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#NewsAlert: Tigray president meets special envoys, diplomats
Debretsion with Special envoys and diplomats in Mekelle. Picture: Dimtsi Woyane (DW) Addis Abeba – Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), President of Tigray regional states has “received and held productive talks” with U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer, European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa Annette Weber, UN Under Secretary General & Special Envoy to the…
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News: UN rights experts hope for unhindered access without delay to relevant areas for investigation
members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia with Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy PM and Minister of Foroeign Affairs. Photo: MoFA Addis Abeba – The three members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia “reiterated its requests for access to areas relevant for its investigation”. The UN experts said this an the end…
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News: Ten zones, six special woredas in Ethiopia’s Southern state undergo major restructuring to create two more regional states
The Former SNNP Administrative Map Source: Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) Information Center UN OCHA-Ethiopia Addis Abeba – The local councils of several Zones and special districts in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state have passed resolutions to restructure a merger in order to create two more regional states, bringing the number of new regional states…
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News: Major gaps remain in human rights conditions in Oromia’s prisons, correctional facilities, notes Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
By Fraol Bersissa @FiraolBer Addis Abeba: The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) held a meeting in Bishoftu, Oromia region between 22 July- 23 July, 2022 with high-ranking members of the police, correctional facilities and other stakeholders on its observations of 126 police stations and 27 correctional facilities across Oromia for 2022 yearly duration. The commission presented its findings in the…
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