Year: 2022
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#ASDailyScoop: World Cup Trophy touches down in Addis
Addis Abeba – The 2022 World Cup Trophy arrived in Ethiopia, as part of its global tour preceding the football games, which are set to take place between November and December in Qatar. Accompanying the trophy was former Chelsea and Barcelona right-back Juliano Haus Belletti. Minister for Culture and Sports, Qajela Merdasa, and State Minister for Sports under the Ministry…
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News Analysis: Ten journalists, media personalities arrested in Bahir Dar, Addis Abeba in just Three days
By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – About a dozen journalists and media personalities were arrested in a span of three days, reports said. The arrests were made in Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara region, and Addis Abeba according to information acquired from the media houses and families of the detainees. The crackdown was first reported on May…
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News: Fed. Supreme Court Cassation bench frees OLF senior leader Col. Gemechu Ayana
Col. Gemechu Atana. Picture: Screenshot By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba -The Federal Supreme Court Cassation bench has today ruled to set free Colonel Gemechu Ayana, one of the senior leader of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), and subsequently ordered his release from police custody. Earlier in February Colonel Gemmechu was arraigned at the federal supreme court cassation bench alongside…
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Analysis: Mass arrests, unknown number of casualties reported in Amhara state as law enforcement operations by gov’t lead to confrontation with local armed group
Residents of Mota town, in the East Gojam zone, where casualties were reported said that the clashes were due to the government’s attempts to disarm Fano Photo: DW Amharic By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 & Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – Reports of unrest, widespread detentions as well as casualties and deaths emerged in the past few days in connection with…
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News: Amhara state security detain more than 4,000 in ongoing crackdown
Desalegn Tassew. Picture: EPA Addis Abeba – Amhara Regional State Peace and Security Bureau chief, Desalegn Tassew, said 4,552suspects have been arrested in connection with the ongoing “rule of law operation” in the region since a week ago. Of these, more than 1,780 are suspects who failed to discharge their public duties, including members of the regional security forces. The…
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Business: KEFI approves capital raising of 1.8 bln ETB
Addis Abeba – The shareholders of KEFI Minerals, the gold exploration, and development company authorized 28 GBP, or 1.8 billion ETB, into the company’s capital raisings, reports said. This money is intended to be imputed into its Tulu Kapi site and two other Saudi Arabian projects according to a presser released last week. The presser noted that in connection with…
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#ASDailyScoop: Unidentified gunmen kill four people in Gambella refugee camp, two more in local district
Gambella Police Commissioner, Abula Ubong. Picture: regional media Addis Abeba: Four people were killed by unidentified individuals at a refugee camp located in Merkes Kebelle, Dima Woreda of Gambella regional state, according to the regional state’s Police Commission. Abula Ubong, Commissioner of Gambella Regional State Police Commission, said that four people were killed in an attack by unidentified individuals around…
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News: Former Amhara state Special Forces commander accused of attempting to dismantle constitution
By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – Brigadier General Tefera Mamo, the former commander of Amhara regional state Special Forces, was arraigned at the Amhara Region Supreme Court yesterday where he was accused of attempting to dismantle the constitution, a member of the defense team, lawyer Mulu Tadesse told Addis Standard. The court gave 10 days to the investigative team…
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#ASDailyScoop: Over 300 suspects arrested in connection with violence in Derashe special woreda
Addis Abeba – The Southern Nations SNNPR Police Commission announced that it has arrested over 300 individuals suspected of partaking in the recent conflict within Derashe special woreda. Alemayehu Mamo, Commissioner of the SNNPR Police Commission, told the media that ‘armed anti-peace forces’ had wrecked significant humanitarian, economic and social havoc for Derashe starting from April 26, 2022. It was…
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