Year: 2022
- Ethiopia
News: Oromo Liberation Front condemns intensified military operations in Oromia state
Picture: Social Media Addis Abeba – In a statement released yesterday, the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) said the Oromo people and Oromia are under unbearable constant attack in many ways since the government of Prosperity Party (PP) led by Abiy Ahmed(PhD) came to power. “The current campaign against the Oromo people is multi- dimensional and widespread than ever aiming…
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News: Security forces in Oromia state close six ECX branch offices, detain staff with no explanation
By Etenesh Abera @EtenbeshAb Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) said that six of its branch offices in Oromia regional state were shut down by security forces and its employees were arrested for “unknown reasons,” Netsanet Tesfaye, ECX corporate communication bureau head told Addis Standard. According to him, ECX branches in Mettu, Gimbi, Jimma, Bedele, Nekemet, and Adama, where…
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News: Amhara state security arrest 373 on suspicion of involvement in attacks in Gonder; movements of people, weapons restricted after 7 PM
Desalegn Tassew. Picture: AMECO Addis Abeba – Amhara regional state peace and security bureau said 373 individuals were arrested in Gonder city following the recent violence in the city. Violence targeting Muslim mourners erupted on 26 April at a funeral of Sheik Kamal Legas, a prominent local Sheik in the city who passed away after a short illness. The bureau’s…
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News: Fed. gov’t accuses TPLF of plotting fresh attacks; says withdrawal from Afar, Amhara regions a must for unhindered humanitarian access
By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – “The federal government hasn’t created any problem for the international community to deliver aid to the Tigray region but TPLF did,” Ambassador Dina Mufti, the spokesperson of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), said at today’s biweekly presser to the local media. He also accused the TPLF of planning to inflict another…
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News: Hadiya and Silte Zone Diocese in SNNP demand justice after two Churches, clergies attacked; region says will not tolerate ‘extremist forces’
By Firaol Bersisa @FiraolBer Addis Abeba – The Hadiya and Silte Zone Diocese Secretariat issues a statement last night detailing damages against churches and Christians in the Silte Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state. Similarly, the regional state government warned this morning that it will not tolerate attacks by “extremist forces”using religion as pretext. The Hadiya and…
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News: UNICEF Exec. Director visits drought-stricken Somali region; calls for urgent response to save lives of millions of children
Photo: UNICEF Addis Abeba – After a four-day visit to Ethiopia, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell called for a rapid scale-up of support to prevent a humanitarian disaster due to the drought in Ethiopia and the region. The director stressed that the effect of the drought in Ethiopia is devastating, and said, “In the Somali region, one of the worst-hit…
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News: Tigrayan UN peacekeepers’ refusal to return home caused by propaganda: Ministry of Defense
Photo: UNIFSA By Firaol Bersisa @FiraolBer Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Defense commented on the refusal of 528 Tigrayan UN Peacekeepers in Abyei (UNISFA) to return home. The ministry said that the troops who reportedly sought political asylum in Sudan fell victims to propaganda by TPLF’s servants abroad which alleged that returning to Ethiopia meant imprisonment’. “This has caused…
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