Year: 2022
- Africa
#ASDailyScoop: Ethiopia signs MoU to supply electricity to South Sudan
The MoU was signed by the State Minister of Finance and Economy on behalf of Ethiopia and the State Minister of Water and Dam on behalf of South Sudan. Picture: EEP Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), the state-owned electric producer in Ethiopia, signed a memorandum of understanding to supply electricity to South Sudan, according to the state utility.…
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News Analysis: Amhara State calls region security to ready for attack by Tigrayan forces, respond to growing lawlessness, arms proliferation in region
Members of Fano, the armed group thought to be the target of crackdown by regional security forces. In a meeting the National Security Council of the federal government held in January, Temesgen Tiruneh, Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) said that “necessary measures” would be taken against informal armed forces based on studies conducted. Addis Abeba…
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Innovation: Ethiopia’s Addis Alemayehou named in 100 Global Tech’s Changemakers list
Addis Alemayehou. Picture: Dispatch Ethiopia’s serial entrepreneur and investor Addis Alemayehou was recognized in the Rest of World (RoW)’s 100 Global Tech’s Changemakers’ list for his contribution to the tech sector amid challenges. Addis Abeba – Kazana Group chairman, Addis Alemayehou who has become a household name in Africa’s business and entrepreneurship landscape with Ethiopia as the genesis of his…
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News: Rights Commission tells lawmakers to “pay special attention” to rising rights abuse including extrajudicial killings, excessive use of force
From Left: EHRC’s chief commissioner, Daniel Bekele (Ph.D.) and Rakeb Mesele, deputy commissioner . Picture: HoPR By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) told lawmakers to pay “special attention” to the increasing level of human rights abuses in Ethiopia including extrajudicial killings, excessive use of force, random detentions, including extended detentions without due process by…
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#ASDailyScoop: Somali state Special Forces, Intelligence say weapons cache buried by Al-Shabaab militants seized
Somali Regional State affliated media displayed the weapons allegedly buried by Al-Shabaab militants Addis Abeba – Officials of the Somali regional state Special Forces,intelligence and security service claimed to have seized weapons cache allegedly buried by Al-Shabaab militants along the Ethiopia-Somali border during a joint operation. According to information from media affiliated with the Somali regional state, the joint operation…
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News: Somali state security, armed men use of “excessive lethal force” at Akisho Clan traditional ceremony result in deaths, injuries: Rights Commission
A report by Karamara TV on 21 March said at least ten people were killed in the attack. Picture: Screenshot/Karamara TV Addis Abeba – A report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) concluded that an armed attack at a traditional ceremony ceremony crowning a clan chief for Akisho Clan in Somali state constituted “excessive use of lethal force” by…
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News: Ministry tells cement factories to exclude agents from transaction chain
Photo: The Reporter By Firaol Bersissa @FiraolBer Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Industry directed cement factories to exclude agents from the market network and sell the product directly, reports said. In a letter dispatched to 10 cement factories, the ministry asked the factories to indicate in a letter the names and number of agents they had excluded, according to…
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News: Journalist Gobeze Sisay released after 9 days of MIA
Gobeze Sisay, journalist at Yegna TV By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – Gobeze Sisay, a digital journalist at Yegna TV was released yesterday around 9 PM local time after he was reported missing in action for 9 days following his arrest on Sunday, May 1, 2022. In an exclusive interview with Addis Standard, Gobeze Sisay disclosed that on the…
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