Year: 2022
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News: Sidama State begins first Fichee Chambalaalla celebrations since becoming regional state
pre-Fich Chembelala celebration activities were underway in the regional state throughout this week. Picture: Sidama regional state secretariat Addis Abeba – Sidama Regional State began festivities marking the colorful Fichee Chambalaalla celebrations, Sidama people’s New Year. The celebrations this year, which will begin at Soressa Gudumale square in Hawassa, mark the first since the Sidama state became an autonomous regional…
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News Update: Addis Abeba, Amhara state Islamic Affairs Councils demand justice as death toll in Gonder rises to 21; thousands rally in Addis
Thousands of Muslims in Addis Abeba rallied this morning demanding justice to victim’s of yesterday’s attack in Gonder. Picture: Ustaz Bediru Hussien By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – The Addis Abeba Islamic Affairs’ High Council said in a statement this morning that the number of people killed in Gonder city yesterday has risen to 21, and that the attack…
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News: At least three killed in attack on mourners at funeral of prominent local Sheik in Gonder, Amhara state
Pictures posted on Social media from Gonder today as unrest erupted at the funeral of a prominent local Sheik. Photo: Ustaz Bediru Hussien Addis Abeba – Reports coming our of Gonder, the historic city in Amhara state, indicate that at least three people were killed after a group of people attacked mourners at the funeral of Sheik Kamal Legas, a…
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News Analysis: Ministry tells police, state & fed law enforcement agencies to step up work to bring hate speech, disinformation perpetrators to court
Awel Sultan; Picture: EPA Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Justice said that law enforcement institutions including the police, regional state and federal justice institutions should step up efforts to control the spread of false information and hate speech in Ethiopia by bringing perpetrators to the law. Awel Sultan, Public Relations and Communication Director of the Ministry of Justice, is…
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#ASDailyscoop: Fuel transporters profit margin raised by 42% following ultimatum to boycott
Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Transport and Logistics agreed to raise fuel transporters’ profit margin by 42 percent (32,000 ETB) effective early May 2022, reports said. Transporting fuel from Djibouti to Addis Abeba sets truckers back 100,000 ETB per trip. The cost breakdown includes outlays for spare parts, drivers’ wages as well as port fees. Hitherto fixed by the…
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News Analysis: Konso zone and Segen Woreda admins, security officials discuss ways to jointly tackle ongoing security crisis in Segen
Addis Abeba – Local administrative and security officials drawn from Konso Zone and Segen Woreda in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state met on Saturday 23 April to discuss and outline joint plans to solve the security crisis in Segen Woreda, where the sounds of gunfire “continued in some kebelles” surrounding the Segen Woreda, according to Konso zone…
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