Year: 2022
- Africa
#ASDailyScoop: Ethio Telecom threatens to sue Safaricom Ethiopia over service disruptions in Afar region
Addis Abeba – Ethio Telecom says the service disruption its customers experienced in Semera, the capital city of Afar regional state, on Sunday, 11 December was due to telecom lines installation works being carried out in the area by Safaricom Ethiopia. The state owned telecom giant said in a statement that the company’s international telecom line that is passing through…
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News: Lawmakers from Oromia region request Tigray peace deal redo between govt, OLA armed group
Ethiopian Parliamentarians in session. Photo: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters/Archive Addis Abeba – Members of Ethiopian parliament elected from the Oromia region said they have submitted a letter consisting ten points to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and senior leaders of the parliament demanding lasting peace in Oromia region. About 80 MPs convened and discussed security situations in Oromia region on 05 December last…
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News: Ethiopia charges four including construction and logistics deputy of intelligence on grand corruption
Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Justice says it has filed grand corruption charges against four employees of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) including its deputy director for Construction and Logistics, who are suspected of buying 29,200 quintals of cement from two factories at a low price and selling it at higher prices. The officials and experts had…
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Business: AFDB approves $10 m grant to support Tulu Moye Geothermal Resource Development
Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations (TMGO), an independent energy company in Ethiopia, kicked off drilling on 04 March 2020 at its project site, Tulu Moye, Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional state, Iteya District. Photo: AFDP Addis Abeba – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $10 million reimbursable grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa…
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#ASDailyScoop: State-owned utility suffers 100 million birr loss due to theft on electric steel towers
A collapsed electric steel tower. Photo: EEP Addis Abeba – State owned electric utility, Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), transmission lines and distribution stations operations sector said that in 2014 Ethiopian calendar alone, some 756 tons of steel was stolen from electric steel towers resulting in a loss of 100 million birr. According to the director of the sector’s Eastern District,…
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News: Benishangul Gumuz region signs peace agreement with second rebel group, deal signed in Sudan
Members of the Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement. Photo: Benishangul Gumuz regional government Addis Abeba – The Benishangul Gumuz regional government said it has signed a peace agreement on 10 December with the armed group Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement (BPLM) in Khartoum, Sudan. BPLM, an armed group that was operating in the border area of the regional state is the…
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News: Zambian police discover 27 bodies suspected to be Ethiopian nationals “dumped” in farming area
Addis Abeba – Zambian police said they have found the bodies of 27 men who are suspected to be Ethiopian national, “dumped” in a farming area on the outskirts of the capital, Zambian media reported. “Members of the public discovered 27 bodies in Ngwerere area, they alerted the police who rushed to the scene and found the 27 bodies with…
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News: Fed., regional states police commissioners joint emergency meeting discuss use of media, political parties to fuel incitement
Federal and regional police commissioner joint emergency meeting. Picture: Federal Police Addis Abeba – The federal police commission said a joint emergency meeting between the federal and and regional states police commissioners was held on Friday at the Ethiopian Federal Police Headquarters. The meeting “focused on current national security issues,” the federal police said. The police commissioners discussed in details…
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